New Release of NSIP Katahdin Percentile Reports Percentile reports are calculated once per month and can be found on the Online Searchable Database. The percentile reports provide producers with a benchmark to compare the EBVs of an animal. The report lists the percentile bands of each trait. This allows you to compare animals to see… Continue Reading
Meat Goat Breeds and Types The US goats meat goat industry was primarily supplied by cull fiber goats through the 1970’s. After that they were primarily utilized for brush control. However, with the decline of the fiber industry demand for goat meat started to turn to imported product and a very small number of meat… Continue Reading
The White Suffolk is an Australian breed developed for Australian conditions. It was developed from breeding programs involving the Suffolk breed, initially, crossed with a white breed (mainly Poll Dorsets). The White Suffolk is proving to be the ideal prime lamb terminal sire in wide-ranging areas and environments of Australia. It is giving outstanding results… Continue Reading
The American Tunis evolved from a number of importations of fat-tailed sheep from Africa and the Middle East in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These sheep were crossed with some established European breeds to improve the meat characteristics. The earliest documented importation occurred in 1799. By the 1820’s, Tunis were in much demand… Continue Reading
The Texel sheep originated on the isle of Texel, the largest of the Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. The exact origin of the breed is unknown although it is thought to be a cross of multiple English breeds. It was slowly bred into a meat breed of outstanding carcass quality. It… Continue Reading
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EBVs are science-based, industry-tested measurements of heritable traits that can be tracked and measured. For those familiar with Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) used in cattle, EBVs are very similar. EPDs denotes the breeding value of an individual animal’s progeny whereas EBVs denote the value of the individual animal. More simply, EBVs equal EPDs times two. Continue Reading