Milking Speed Trait Coming August 2025

News and Updates
7/25/2025

In this episode of The Select Sires Podcast, host Ethan Haywood is joined by Asha Miles, director of dairy records management systems and chair of the milking speed evaluation task force for the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB). Asha gives us an inside look at the development of the new milking speed genetic trait set to launch during the August 2025 sire summary. Learn how this trait was defined, the immense data behind it, and what its release means for herd efficiency especially in a time when every second in the parlor counts.

 

Ethan Haywood
Genetic Specialist and Podcast Host
SELECT SIRES INC.

Asha Miles
Director of Dairy Record Management and Chair of Milking Speed Evaluation Task Force
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding


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