{"id":13250,"date":"2014-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/dairy-database-goes-live\/"},"modified":"2014-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T11:00:00","slug":"dairy-database-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/dairy-database-goes-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy database goes live"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Access to the core data would continue to be controlled by an independent panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes animal performance data from customers of herd recording companies LIC and CRV Ambreed and data collected by breed societies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transfer of the Dairy Core Database is an important step towards the industry\u2019s target of increased genetic gain and industry-wide data use and was one of the main recommendations of the 2009 Anderson Review.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the culmination of years of work to reach this significant milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cDairyNZ, through its subsidiary New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL) setting the national breeding objective and Breeding Worth, is leading the provision of animal evaluation as well as providing access to the core data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis reinforces the critical nature of this information to the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIndustry organisations must have access to collated data so we can evaluate things like Breeding Worth for dairy cattle and Forage Value Index for ryegrass.\u201d<\/p>\n

DairyNZ and LIC had been working closely for nearly two years to ensure a smooth transition of the database.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The work was supported through the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Growth Partnership programme led by DairyNZ and Fonterra partnering with the Ministry for Primary Industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a huge collaborative effort between DairyNZ and LIC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also had a number of external organisations assisting with the design and build of the new DIGAD system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

'Time is right' for database move<\/strong><\/h2>\n

LIC chief executive Wayne McNee said, \u201cLIC has been looking after the core database since the 1980s but the industry has developed a lot over the years and the time is right for it to move to DairyNZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanding over the core database to DairyNZ is a significant milestone for the project and achieving this is a credit to the hard work, dedication and commitment of everyone involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a lot of important data to work with and we are pleased to report that it has all transferred smoothly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to work with DairyNZ to ensure the next stages of the project are completed successfully.\u201d<\/p>\n

An independent audit of the project was done and submitted to the ministry as part of the approval process for transferring the custodianship from LIC to DairyNZ.<\/p>\n

The audit found the new system was well configured, DIGAD was appropriately designed and built to receive core data and that appropriate arrangements were in place for the ongoing management of the Core Dairy Database.<\/p>\n

The transfer of the Dairy Core Database was the first phase of a programme of work that DairyNZ was doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next phase was the transition of the animal evaluation function from LIC to DairyNZ. Work on that had started and would be completed next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transfer of the Dairy Core Database from farmer-owned co-operative LIC to industry-good body DairyNZ has been completed and is now part of a new Dairy Industry Good Animal Database (DIGAD).\nDairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle said DIGAD would hold Dairy Core Database, all the data required for animal breeding evaluation purposes and some additional data for industry research.\n\nResearchers and others can apply to the independent panel for access to the core data on the DairyNZ website.\n\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":13251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t