Upcoming Animal Evaluation Updates
NZ Animal Evaluation is introducing three key updates in the next animal evaluation run to support more informed breeding decisions:
- Annual update to Economic Values (EVs)
- Adjustment primarily to milk volume EV to include lactose
- Review of the National Breeding Objective (NBO) model
These changes may result in some re-ranking of bulls.
Developed in consultation with a number of breeding industry stakeholders, the updates will go live in the Animal Evaluation run published on Friday 5th December 2025.