Economically Relevent Traits and Selection Indcies

Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type Article

Copyright 2015 Matt Spangler.

Abstract

Summary

• Establish production goals
• Use economic indices that fit your desired breeding objectives
• Do not make sire selection more cumbersome than it needs to be
• Know your costs
• Select on PROFIT not just revenue
• Multiple trait selection is critical and could become more cumbersome
• Economic indexes help alleviate this
• Use index values that meet your breeding objective