Why EBV's
EBVs (Estimated Breeding Values) of tups and ewes within a sheep flock provide exactly
the management information required to identify the good and the bad, and are rapidly becoming the focus of commercial farmers across the world when buying in breeding animals. However, the
EBV has to be calculated from data collected on the farm, whether this be parentage,
lambing ease, milk score or weight data. this is often a considerable task. For
large flocks this is often time consuming even with EID, and without eid even impossible.
Why FarmIT 3000 Can Help!
When it comes to collecting information of the farm the mandatory implimentation
of EID (electronic identification) has helped in the identification and collection of the
data. Collecting data with EID is not neccessarilly quicker than simply writing the
data down, but enables the data to be imported into the computer without typing
the data in, thus saving considerable time. Quite literally you can be analysing
the data within seconds of returning to the computer. This fact should be stressed
to the person doing the data collection, who may not fully appreciate the time to
manually type his scribbled notes into the computer and the fact that if the data
is wrong it is now his fault rather than rather than yours!
Who Use's SIGNET
"We have customers who annually record over 1500 Llyen ewes which are all registered
with SIGNET and have appropriate EBVs."
FarmIT 3000 used in conjunction with EID (electronic Identification) definitely
improves thing's as most of our customer would be happy to testify, in fact it is
the reason why so many people us FarmIT 3000. Specially designed routine for
lambing, weighing, body condition scoring (BCS), tupping and scanning enable the data to be accurately
collected in order to meet the requirements for SIGNET and SIL.
Specialised SIGNET Reports Make Sending Data to Signet Easy
Specific reports designed hand in hand with SIGENT are produced at the click of a button to send the collected lambing and weight data to SIGNET. The software also allows the recording of specific animal identification codes meaning animals are matched
correctly.
FarmIT Online Help - SIGNET REPORTS
Importing EBV's allows analysis and animal selection
EBV data can then be imported back into the software for analysis, animals identified
and then loaded into EID readers for identification in the field. The breeding index
for example may be used to drive a drafter or displayed on a mobile device (FarmIT
Mobile).
FarmIT Online Help - Importing SIGNET EBVS
Customisable Breeding Traits
The "Breeding Traits" capability of FarmIT 3000 also provides for the import and
analyse of genetic markers for example MyoMax .
You may analyse the breeding traits and select animals based on combined EBV scores
and your own defined traits, making the time taken to collect and record the data
well worth the effort.
Achieving Better Returns with EID.
The electronic identification of sheep has been and no doubt will continue to be
a subject which many of you have mixed feelings about. However, for those of you
who already record manually or wish to record information about your sheep then
EID opens up a whole world of possibility.
Mr Duncan Nelless is one such farmer. Duncan records over 1200 Lleyn ewes,
lambing them outdoors! He also records details of sire, dams, lambs produced and
breeding traits.
Using Agrident APR500's the data is easily collected and with FarmIT3000 the
data is easily analysed, and it needs to be! With over 1200 ewes and 4 years of
data, that's a lot of lambs!
The result is better returns, with an increase in breeding indexes and weight of
lambs.