Feed conversion testing brings greater profits
FAST FACTS
Phase D bull testing is an objective way to measure the animals’ performance.
Using the data from these tests, farmers can perform selection to improve herd performance.
Improving the feed conversion rate of your herd results in higher profits.
Performance testing of a beef cattle herd entails the weighing of animals at certain ages to determine their genetic value.
Data obtained through such tests provide farmers with an objective selection aid to identify the best-performing animals in their herds to be used as parents for the next generation. This improves the genetic merit of their herds. In a broader sense, the objective of performance testing is to improve the biological and economic efficiency of beef production of a particular herd, breed, and eventually the national herd.
Since the continuous selection
