A commercial dairy producer has one more cow to select to


A commercial dairy producer has one more cow to select to keep in his herd, and he has three cows to choose from. The herd average for milk production is 25,000 lbs. The first cow (Cow A) has a single record of 24,500 lb. Cow B has two records of 24,500 lb and 24,700 lb. Cow C has an average of 24,700 lb for three lactations. Please determine the estimated producing ability, the expected next lactation milk production record, and the accuracy of the estimation for each of the three cows, and recommend to the producer which cow to keep in the herd. The heritability of milk production is 0.30 and the repeatability is 0.50.

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