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We cannot afford to lose the confidence of users as the industry undergoes the dra matic restructuring now under way,” observed John Seiz, presi dent of the Holstein Association. “We are concerned that our sys tem must produce records of con sistent quality if they are to be use ful in herd management, genetic evaluations, and marketing,” ob served Quesnell and Selz. “We be lieve that many in the dairy indus try feel new agreements will help maintain the steady and remark- Association able progress that U.S. dairy pro ducers have made in breeding and managing cattle in the last few de cades. The Holstein Association and National DHIA are unwilling to risk any slowing of that progress.” Several joint committees will work on specific projects. One committee will address means to improve the accuracy of identifi cation. Approximately SO percent of the records now processed through the DHI system are un usable for genetic evaluations, largely due to incomplete identifi- cation. Representatives from AI and the Purebred Dairy Cattle As sociation would be invited to par ticipate. A second committee will devel op a system by which particular production records can be moni tored and verified. The degree of enforcement necessary to main tain an accurate database of infor mation will be reviewed. The Standards Task Force concept, by which records could be monitoed will be examined. Both committees will work closely witih representatives of DHIA Affiliates, AI. and USDA Jtaffman R sSSh © 1993 Hoffman Seeds, Inc ianeMUr Fanning, Saturday, Auguat 14, 1993-A23 agencies. The collaborative efforts may be incorporated into a new memorandum of agreement for re view by the industry. “Dairy producers have come to rely on a wealth of records for herd management, genetic pro gress, and marketing. We some times take for granted how vital that confidence is. We want the dairy industry, in the U.S. and abroad, to continue to use produc tion records in their management decisions with complete confi dence. Our efforts are aimed at en suring that they will not be let down by those responsible for the integrity and utility of records," concluded Quesnell and Selz.
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