The future of the Florida dairy industry will be impacted by this group of highly motivated, well educated, young adults. With the ever changing technology, DHIA has been able to adjust to the needs of its producers and industry. This continuing restructing provides flexibility within the DHIA system without jeopardizing its standards. These procedures include items such as how to weigh and sample milk, and a uniformity of calculation of records and identification of animals. Records from testing plans not traditionally used in genetic evaluations will now be included providing they meet minimum qualifications.
Profiles are a uniform, standardized barometer of the data collected.
These profiles will allow dairy producers to document the integrity and credibility of their herd record. These profiles will be openly available to record-users on a request basis. By openly and consistenly providing this information to record users, some self-policing will be introduced. This new DHIA System is expected to be implemented early in 1997. If you have any questions or require more information about this please contact your DHIA personnel.