AHDB Food & Farming

294: Dairy: Breeding more environmentally friendly cows


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In this episode Alistair McLaren is joined by Marco Winters, Head of Animal Genetics at AHDB, and Professor Mike Coffey from SRUC to talk about two new breeding indexes that will enable farmers to identify and breed cows with better environmental credentials and reduce their feed costs.

Find out more about breeding and genetics.

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This episode was produced and edited by Kate Smith, Marcomms Executive (Dairy).
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