Canadian Dairy Network Information

Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) was officially created on May 29, 1995 as the result of a federal government decision to privatize all genetic evaluation activities in Canada. Currently, the four mandates of CDN include the following: -The provision of genetic evaluations for all dairy cattle breeds in Canada. -The coordination of industry-funded research and development projects in the area of dairy cattle genetics and genomics. -The establishment of national standards associated with supervised herd recording, publishable lactations and information used for genetic evaluations. -The maintenance of a national dairy database for the dairy cattle improvement industry in Canada. The Canadian Dairy Network's mission is: "To provide excellence and leadership in dairy herd improvement through an efficient information infrastructure and quality genetic evaluation services ensuring Canada's continued responsiveness and competitiveness both domestically and internationally. This mission reflects the main mandates of the company with the focus being Canadian dairy producers and the industry that supports them in terms of genetic improvement."