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Like all dairy farmers, getting cows in calf is a priority for Simon Rea.<\/p>\n

Milking 520 Holsteins at Panmure, calving mostly in the autumn, herd fertility is crucial.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019d reached a point where we realised, we were going to have enough Friesian heifer calves for replacements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat when we started using the ABS Beef InFocus\u2122. The attraction was the claim it had a better fertility outcome, I don\u2019t have perfect pregnancy-test records, but my gut feeling is they got in calf pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABS Beef InFocus is a modern genetic program for dairy herds, delivering off-spring suitable for the beef feeder market. The Beef InFocus sires have high semen fertility and produce calves with fast growth rates, feed efficiency and yield more saleable meat than traditional dairy-beef cross animals.<\/p>\n

Simon reared 65 Beef InFocus calves born in April and May this year, with plans to sell them into the backgrounder market in the coming year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are good little-doing calves, very healthy calves and they weren\u2019t any trouble to rear at that time of year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs calves, they were pretty solid but certainly all came out without any dramas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing their birthweight as \u201cfairly equal to the Friesians\u201d, Simon said cows calved to Beef InFocus sires easier \u2013 even if the calves were large- and he believed this was due to the dimensions of the calves\u2019 head.<\/p>\n

The Beef InFocus semen followed the milking herd Holstein artificial insemination and replaced the need for a Holstein mop-up bull.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a Friesian mop-up bull is a couple of dollars cheaper, but for me it wasn\u2019t the economics,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was breeding a surplus of beef animals rather than a surplus of Friesian heifers and bulls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBreeding with ABS Beef InFocus looks after either sex, and gives them an opportunity in life, that\u2019s a good outcome for a dairy farm.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a way of minimising bull calves that would otherwise go onto the calf truck.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon doesn\u2019t want to sell any more heifers to the export market and in recent years has been building dairy herd numbers.<\/p>\n

He views the beef market as sustainable – especially with current prices. \u201cThere\u2019s always someone looking for a beef calf to buy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Learn more about ABS Beef InFocus<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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