http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1308/S00009.htm Increased Sil-Ace Use Driving Commercial Ram Performance Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:59 am Press Release: NZ Beef and Lamb Increased Sil-Ace Use Driving Commercial Ram Performance The annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand Central Progeny Test results have been released and they show a significant growth in flocks using the powerful SIL-ACE evaluation. The Central Progeny Test – now in its 11th year – helps farmers identify rams that are superior for traits important to individual farmer’s operations. It compares rams by running their progeny in identical environments, so differences between progeny performance can only be due to their genetics, not their environment. [....]