Santa Gertrudis

Export Production Index

EBV emphases (%):

This red bar-graph shows the emphasis on individual EBVs that is aimed for in the Santa Gertrudis Export Production $Index. The signs indicate the directions of the emphasis. For example, greater 600-Day Weight EBVs and lower Days to Calving EBVs are favoured.

The EBV emphases reflect the underlying profit drivers in a commercial operation targeting export markets. The emphases take account of the genetic relationships between the trait EBVs and the relevant profit drivers.

When $Index values are calculated, the weightings that are applied to each EBV are in actual units ($/kg, $/mm etc). In this graph these weightings have been converted to standard percentages (%) to illustrate the relative emphases.

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