ABS & Dairy News
Sustainable breeding strategy delivers options for dairy family
Incorporating dairy-beef in their breeding program has provided one south west Victorian family with flexibility within their business. Elingamite North sharefarmers Jake and Melissa Hinkley started using ABS Beef InFocus™ this past season. They’d “dabbled” using sexed genetics for the past five years and said adding Beef InFocus to their breeding program ensured they were on…
Sexed genetics push profitability in December ABV highlights
ABS JERONIMO-P is still Australia’s top Holstein proven sire Local Jersey sires dominate the proven and genomic ABV rankings ONSTAD-P continues to lead the Red breeds New high-fertility Holstein sire HOWLER dominates sexed genetics sales Sexed genetics push profitability Demand for sexed genetics from Australia’s top Holstein sires has never been stronger, as dairy farmers…
Milking the meat market with InFocus
Using specialist dairy-beef semen in a three-way-cross herd has eliminated bobby calves and opened a lucrative new income stream for one southwest Victorian dairy farm. And there’s expectations this move could deliver a windfall of up to $100,000 a year, without any extra work. Garvoc dairy farmers, Josh and Lilli Philp, have joined more than…