https://naturesblueprintcow.com/post-title/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=post-title Profitable and Sustainable Farming. Nutrient Dense Food Production Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://naturesblueprintcow.com/post-title/#comment-15 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:28:29 +0000 http://creativepixels.me/hosting/natures/?p=44#comment-15 The biggest con the Australian Beef Industry has fallen for is allowing Breedplan to convince the industry that Breedplan can compare and make allowances for the environmental differences in all states of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and the U.S.A. Breed Societies(The Angus in particular), Meat and Livestock Australia and (supposedly) leading Seed Stock producers have given Breedplan great assistance in this sales pitch.

]]> https://naturesblueprintcow.com/post-title/#comment-14 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:44:44 +0000 http://creativepixels.me/hosting/natures/?p=44#comment-14 “It is dishonest to suggest, or imply, that BLUP (EPD) analysis will allow accurate genetic comparisons of all economically important traits across all environments. A trait such as fertility is determined by hormonal balance (largely unaffected by environment) and body condition (largely a reflection of environmental adaptation). It is therefore subjected to genotype X environment interaction. Animals performing well in one environment may perform poorly in a different environment.

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