This project aims to improve the quality of dairy beef calves in the industry by identifying and enabling widespread use of superior bulls for dairy beef.
Bulls of all breeds can be submitted for entry and dairy farmers and dairy beef finishers will be able to see which bulls perform the best across the range of trait data collected.
The ideal bulls will add value to all stages of the dairy beef market, offering easy calving and short gestation length to the dairy farm, rapid growth for the finisher and superior carcase attributes for the processor. The calves will be recorded at birth, throughout rearing and the carcases assessed at slaughter.
In August 2026, the Dairy Beef Progeny Test was renamed the Beef-on-Dairy Progeny Test (BoDPT). The change reflects the evolution of both the programme and industry terminology over the past decade. While the programme itself has not changed, the new name better reflects its focus on evaluating beef sires used over dairy cows and identifying genetics that add value throughout the dairy-beef supply chain. Some reports and resources produced before August 2026 may use the former Dairy Beef Progeny Test name, but these references relate to the same programme.
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