CDCB’s new Activity Report recaps progress and outreach of the recent 12 months – along with a special section celebrating the milestones of the past decade. Alongside delivering genetic evaluations and managing the National Cooperator Database, CDCB has strategically invested in technology and systems modernization, development of new data pipelines and new trait discovery. The 2023 Activity Report shares progress made by the CDCB team, collaborators, and partners at USDA AGIL and other research institutions. Highlights from Oct 2022 to Sep 2023 include:
- Launch of new www.uscdcb.com and WebConnect for animal queries, lists and national performance metrics
- Start of the revamp to CDCB’s data ingestion system
- Progress to update the milk yield projection factors and related on-farm tools that reflect modern U.S. dairy management
- Cow mobility research and data collection via camera technology and hoof health observations
- Work to develop evaluations for milking speed based on quantitative data through new data pipelines
- Continued efforts to enhance feed efficiency evaluations
- New research underway on genetic selection to reduce methane emissions
- Increased producer and industry engagement led by CDCB’s new Outreach Specialist
- Hosting the first National Cooperator Dairy Database Workshop
- Enhanced support for Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn breeders through the Dairy Breed Improvement Collaboration
