Editorial: Effective breeding programmes down under

Abstract

Australia is a very large country far away from the rest of the world. And while Australia may have had its fair share of well-known geneticists, what happens on the ground is what really matters. The breeding programmes in sheep and cattle are remarkably successful, even though breeding decisions are made by many independently operating individuals. Progressive and proactive breeders have been keen interest; with a shared fate of contributing via the breeding programme to the same common benefits. How does that science of animal breeding. They have acted in their own to embrace the technology and schemes delivered by the work?