Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change

P Graham; Andrew Swan; Robert Banks

Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change

P Graham, Andrew Swan, Robert Banks

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Breeding objectives were constructed for Merino enterprises operating in environments subject to forecast climate changes to 2030. These were derived using gross margins per dry sheep equivalent (DSE) from the GrassGro pasture model at three locations in New South Wales, Yass, Woolbrook, and Narrandera, and two enterprises, wool and dual purpose. Gross margins were predicted to be lower under forecast climate change, particularly at Narrandera. Simple breeding objectives were derived using GrassGro data, and selection index predictions based on these showed that losses in profitability could mostly be offset, and improved. The GrassGro breeding objectives were strongly correlated with those currently used in the MERINOSELECT genetic evaluation system, although there were differences in outcomes for body weight.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Editors	Kim Bunter, Tim Byrne, Hans Daetwyler, Susanne Hermesch, Kathryn Kemper, James Kijas, David Nation, Wayne Pitchford, Suzanne Rowe, Matt Shaffer, Alison van Eenennaam
Place of Publication	Armidale, Australia
Publisher	Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Pages	245-248
Volume	21
ISBN (Print)	9780646945545
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	AAABG 2015: 21st Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics - Lorne, Australia Duration: 28 Sept 2015 → 30 Sept 2015

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Conference	AAABG 2015: 21st Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
City	Lorne, Australia
Period	28/09/15 → 30/09/15

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action

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Graham, P., Swan, A., & Banks, R. (2015). Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change. In K. Bunter, T. Byrne, H. Daetwyler, S. Hermesch, K. Kemper, J. Kijas, D. Nation, W. Pitchford, S. Rowe, M. Shaffer, & A. van Eenennaam (Eds.), Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (Vol. 21, pp. 245-248). Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG). http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/AAABG21papers/Graham21245.pdf

Graham, P ; Swan, Andrew ; Banks, Robert. / Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. editor / Kim Bunter ; Tim Byrne ; Hans Daetwyler ; Susanne Hermesch ; Kathryn Kemper ; James Kijas ; David Nation ; Wayne Pitchford ; Suzanne Rowe ; Matt Shaffer ; Alison van Eenennaam. Vol. 21 Armidale, Australia : Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), 2015. pp. 245-248

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Graham, P, Swan, A & Banks, R 2015, Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change. in K Bunter, T Byrne, H Daetwyler, S Hermesch, K Kemper, J Kijas, D Nation, W Pitchford, S Rowe, M Shaffer & A van Eenennaam (eds), Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. vol. 21, Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), Armidale, Australia, pp. 245-248, AAABG 2015: 21st Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Lorne, Australia, 28/09/15. <http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/AAABG21papers/Graham21245.pdf>

Merino Breeding Objectives Under Climate Change. / Graham, P; Swan, Andrew; Banks, Robert.
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. ed. / Kim Bunter; Tim Byrne; Hans Daetwyler; Susanne Hermesch; Kathryn Kemper; James Kijas; David Nation; Wayne Pitchford; Suzanne Rowe; Matt Shaffer; Alison van Eenennaam. Vol. 21 Armidale, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), 2015. p. 245-248.

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