Genetic Improvement in Sheep in Australia: investments, returns, challenges

Robert Banks

Genetic Improvement in Sheep in Australia: investments, returns, challenges

Robert Banks

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Investment in genetic improvement: • What returns - $32m additional wealth each year, and rising • What investments - $9m per year - Sector contributions - INF essential for hard-to-measure traits • What next - More traits - Better incentives - information flow - Always give the consumer more than they expect!

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2010
Event	Sheep CRC 2010: Sheep CRC Research Conference: Transforming Wool, Meat & the Sheep that produce them - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 20 Oct 2010 → 21 Oct 2010

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Conference	Sheep CRC 2010: Sheep CRC Research Conference: Transforming Wool, Meat & the Sheep that produce them
City	Adelaide, Australia
Period	20/10/10 → 21/10/10

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Animal Breeding

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Genetic Improvement in Sheep in Australia: investments, returns, challenges

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