Dairy industry good database negotiations hit roadblock

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11th October 2011

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Dairy industry good database negotiations hit roadblock

DairyNZ says it’s disappointed negotiations with LIC over the development of a new dairy industry good database have failed.

Chairman John Luxton says DairyNZ and LIC have been in discussions over the last 12 months on how to realise the recommendations of the Anderson Report on the Herd Improvement Database Review, to benefit both New Zealand dairy farmers and stakeholders.

To effect the recommendations of the Anderson Report requires that:
• The Core Database shift from LIC control and management to that of industry good (DairyNZ);

• DairyNZ and NZAEL (New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited) have full control of BW (Breeding Worth) for both bulls and cows; and

• Data fields required for animal evaluation and industry reproductive and animal health monitoring, which are additional to the 46 regulated core fields, be supplied to DIGAD (Dairy Industry Good Animal Database).

Mr Luxton says in order to justify these changes, both parties needed to be satisfied with the proposition.

“For DairyNZ, the changes must result in a new dairy industry good database that is sufficiently enabled to deliver on the Anderson Report recommendations. Also tied in with the database is the on-going support for NZAEL and the NBO (National Breeding Objective) that it supports, particularly the future provision of genomic information for breeding values. For LIC, the deal obviously needs to satisfy their imperatives.

“Regrettably, negotiations have failed because we could not agree on terms. DairyNZ will explore other options. We are committed to finding the best way to bring about the key recommendations of the Anderson Report and we will be working with all those involved to determine this,” says Mr Luxton.

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