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A guide to August's bull proof changes.

Authors :
Balsom, Aly
Source :
Farmers Weekly. 6/20/2014 Supplement Livestock Event 2014, p44-45. 2p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article presents a guide to the changes of the profitable lifetime index (PLI) of bulls that will be applied in August 2014 and how British livestock farmers can benefit from them. Issues discusses include the new PLI de-emphasizing production and taking into account two completely new traits, and spring-calving, low-input herds being able to use a new spring calving index (SCI) instead of PLI.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00148474
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Farmers Weekly
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
96872980