Paula Hynes: Classification time - the results are in!

'Granny' goes Excellent

After somewhat of a sad week last week, this one started on a much more positive note. We received the results of the genotypes for this year's heifer calves, and we were amazed at the results. Nineteen of our heifers came back with EBI over 300, while our highest heifer calf has an EBI of 411 and from a phenomenal cow family with her grand dam on her ninth lactation with an EBI of 310. 

We started genotyping in 2014; looking back, we were striving to get heifers with 200 EBI. I know the whole EBI system causes some controversy on social media, but it is something that has always worked for us. We put a lot of time going through bulls and picking out the right bulls for each specific cow and I genuinely think now that we can see the reliability come through.