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The marathon of genetics with John Cole
John Cole breaks down indexes and how to effectively use them in your herd on this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast. Cole serves as the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding's chief research and development officer. Learn about the math and data that’s involved in calculating an index, Cole’s recommendations for using indexes and a few new tools from CDCB.
Here is the episode breakdown:
1:00 – Rapid-fire questions
3:15 – Cole’s background
8:20 – Defining an index
15:30 – Balancing regional markets within Net Merit
19:05 – Utilizing fluid, cheese or grazing merits
23:45 – Creating a…
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