Cargill and MMI Genomics, Inc., Davis, CA, announces the launch of two new breeding tools for the cattle industry: Tru-Marbling and Tru-Tenderness.

Cargill and MMI Genomics, Inc., Davis, CA, announces the launch of two new breeding tools for the cattle industry: Tru-Marbling and Tru-Tenderness.

Based on MetaMorphix's Genius-Whole Genome System, the tools are DNA based selection products that allow livestock breeders to accurately determine the genetic potential of beef cattle to express these desirable traits. Breeders can use these products to optimize matings that accelerate genetic progress for individual cattle production operations and for entire breeds.

In addition, these trait-specific tests can eliminate the need to perform expensive and time-consuming progeny testing on unproven bulls.