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Speaker Jared Hutchins - Inbreeding as a Coordination Failure/Externality: A Theoretical Model of Dairy Breeders

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
FACS (Food, Agriculture, and Commodities Seminar)
Location
426 Mumford Hall
Date
Dec 3, 2025   12:00 - 1:00 pm  
Speaker
Jared Hutchins, Assistant Professor, UIUC
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Abstract
In 2009, genomic testing allowed dairy bull breeders to almost double their rate of genetic improvement. Yet, while genetic improvements grew, so did the rate of inbreeding among dairy bulls. In this very rough theory model, I attempt to model how this technology increase the returns to inbreeding and result in lower welfare overall.

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