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Incorporating dairy-beef in their breeding program has provided one south west Victorian family with flexibility within their business.<\/p>\n

Elingamite North sharefarmers Jake and Melissa Hinkley started using ABS Beef InFocus<\/a>\u2122 this past season. They\u2019d \u201cdabbled\u201d using sexed genetics for the past five years and said adding Beef InFocus to their breeding program ensured they were on the path to eliminating bobby calves from their business.<\/p>\n

Generating an additional dairy-beef income stream was a bonus, especially in the wake of strong beef prices. \u201cWe sold ours at five days old, it was easy to sell them \u2013 once people knew we had beef calves \u2013 they were ringing me wanting them,\u201d Jake said. \u201cOriginally, we were going to keep them, but when you can sell them for $300 a calf so young, you take that. It has given us more options though.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake, Melissa and their three children Max 8, Zoe 6, and Lucy 1, milk 350 Holsteins and have just registered their Hinkley Park stud. They recently invested in activity monitoring collars for their herd to better understand their reproduction cycles and get the most from their sexed genetics.<\/p>\n

Targeting younger cows and those that cycle early with sexed genetics, they use Beef InFocus across the rest of their herd. They want to end their use of conventional Holstein semen and are confident that this approach to breeding will deliver the 120 replacement dairy heifers they require each year.<\/p>\n

While this means they will still be busy rearing calves during the early part of calving, Jake and Melissa don\u2019t begrudge the tiresome task as much when there\u2019s a decent return for beef animals. \u201cYou spend five days rearing bobby calves for what?\u201d Jake said. “$30 or $40, it\u2019s not worth it and not efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, the Hinkley\u2019s are interested in building their assets by adding a beef herd to their business and Beef InFocus could help them achieve this goal. As sharefarmers, adding more animals to their business is a path to growth, but they are also keen to develop additional income streams for diversity.<\/p>\n

The Hinkley family recently won ABS Australia\u2019s Sustainability Survey competition. Their prize included 50 units of Sexcel\u00ae and 50 units of Beef InFocus to implement their \u201cWinning Game Plan\u201d breeding strategy for profitability and sustainability.<\/p>\n

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