Content related to the topic: breeding

21 June 2024

It’s time to run a genetic carbon audit

Improving genetics is the cheapest and most effective way to make long-term and permanent changes to a dairy herd’s performance

17 April 2023

Selecting recorded rams for carcase traits

A leaflet produced by Signet services Ltd providing information on selecting recorded rams for carcase traits

3 February 2023

Keeping up with our counterparts in Canada

Canadian suckler cow producer, Arron Nerbas, visits three English suckler farms to deliver three events discussing what it takes to produce a profitable suckler cow

6 January 2023

Creating a profitable suckler cow - nothing fancy, just functional

Being clear about what you’re trying to achieve on your farm and using your system to select the cows that fit, is how Nerbas Bros. Aberdeen Angus, Canada, have developed a profitable suckler cow that works for them.

26 October 2022

Halting the trend towards bigger cows

A change of mindset is needed to reduce the size of Holstein cows across the national herd

11 October 2022

Ultrasound scanning guidance by Signet

This manual provides new guidelines for ultrasound scanning of sheep for muscle and fat depth. Ultrasound scanning provides measures for body composition in sheep breeding programmes, designed to enhance carcase yield and conformation, while optimising fatness.

11 October 2022

Terminal Sire Breeding Evaluation manual

In the 25 years since the introduction of across-flock evaluations, more than 3 million terminal sire sheep records have been analysed by Signet Breeding Services. This analysis has been carried out by using a dataset of over 650,000 ultrasound scans for muscle and fat depth, and over 10,000 images from computed tomography (CT). The UK breeds sheep with world-leading terminal sire genetics and has some of the best tools for measuring and analysing sheep in the world.