Dr. Andrew Cromie:

I shall clarify the last point because a clarification is required. When I said run out I meant we would run out of animals for genotyping. We will not run out of potential four and five-star females. In fact, the objective of the scheme is to genotype all of the potential candidate animals and to generate more four and five-star females. It would mean farmers could either breed-in or purchase and then the animals would be traded through the mart system. Therefore, the data such as their eligibility and four and five-star status, etc., would be indicated at the mart. When I said there was potential to run out I meant just in that context.