BIF 2018: Experiences with Implementation of Single-Step at American Angus, One Year In
Steve Miller Angus Genetics Inc has four research scientists. They do single-step genomic evaluations for Angus, Canadian Angus, Charolais, Canadian Charolais, and Maine-Anjou. Angus switched to single-step on July 7th, 2017. Miller feels like the switch to single-step was a monumental switch, should have made the Time Magazine year in review! When breeders see bulls re-rank, they then understand was a correlation of 0.9 really means! On July 7th, Steve Miller talked to two breeders. On July 8th he was feel cool and casual like Ferris Buller. The next week, then the calls came. "I've seen this before, in a couple of months it will all blow over" a friend told Miller. And that proved true. The switch to single-step was kind of like the stages of grief with getting a flat tire. Quiet phase: Listening, evaluating, asking yourself if you have a flat tire. Expressive phase: Cussing, kicking dirt, frustrated. Have to Move Forward phase: Fixing the tire and getting