The project aims to produce a dataset that will allow new benchmarks to be created for the White Suffolk breed. This will mean that producers can compare their lambs to whole industry benchmarks for carcase weight and IMF, and for the first time, they can also see where their lambs sit in comparison to the rest of the breed.

By sharing feedback data from your business for use in this project you will be making it possible for White Suffolks to be the first breed to benchmark against the commercial industry in this way. This information will underpin AWSA promotional and breed development activities. It will also give you insights into how well your breeding program and management systems are addressing industry standards in comparison to other White Suffolk producers for the first time.

The raw data collated and used for this project will be kept confidential. Results derived from the analysis of the dataset will only be published in an aggregated and deidentified form, unless a contributor has expressly given their permission for their data to be published. Results of analyses benchmarking individual flocks will be kept confidential and only reported back to the contributor.

How to participate