The importance of benchmarking your flock/sheep

Summary

Benchmarking is a valuable tool when getting started with genetics within your flock. To benchmark allows you to get a deeper understanding of the genetic performance of an individual animal or flock against other sires or ram sources in the industry. This provides valuable information on how your animal or flock is currently performing, allowing both gains in desired traits and shortcomings  to be identified.

This information will allow you to select appropriate breeding objectives, monitor changes in traits and make informed decisions about your breeding program and identify superior rams, as well as ones that don’t align with your objectives.