Breeding Beef Beyond Borders: Let's Talk BREEDPLAN with Catriona Millen

Join us for a fascinating episode of "Genetics in the Paddock with Emily" as we welcome Catriona Millen, an Extension and Technical Consultant from the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI)'s BREEDPLAN. In this episode, we discuss the intricacies beef genetics, with a focus on Catriona's learnings from the BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation service for beef cattle.Catriona discusses her experience working with global and diverse markets and production systems. She shares her insights the use of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs), giving us many helpful tips and tricks to implement. This episode also touches on some potential challenges producers may encounter when using BREEDPLAN and how we can troubleshoot these issues.Come along to hear about how we can use BREEDPLAN and genetic technologies to make more informed breeding decisions, as well as the importance of data driven decisions and recording.. Whether you're a producer, a researcher, or simply curious about how BREEDPLAN works, this episode is packed with insider knowledge you won't want to miss!This episode is produced by the Extensive Livestock Team within the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.To provide feedback, comments, suggestions for future topics or guest speakers you'd like to hear from, please email: [email protected] information is for informative and educational purposes only and does not constitute advice.Links related to this episode:BREEDPLAN: https://breedplan.une.edu.au/