The project aims to enhance domestic beef production based on suckler cows because decreasing dairy cow population cannot fill the gap between domestic production and consumption. This is done by upgrading the current traditional beef breeding scheme into genomic evaluation scheme.
Project duration
1.1.2019–1.5.2023
Collaborators
Atria Oyj
Faba osk
Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
Snellmans Köttförädling Ab Snellmanin Lihanjalostus Oy
Funder
Atria Oyj
Faba osk
HKScan Finland Oy
Maatilatalouden kehittämisrahasto (MAKERA)
Niemi - säätiö sr
Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation Danmark NAV
Snellmans Köttförädling Ab Snellmanin Lihanjalostus Oy