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The Boyds will now breed more of their lower genetic merit animals to ABS Beef InFocus, using genomic results to guide these decisions. Estelle and Brett were both impressed with the fertility of the ABS Beef InFocus semen, and they never had any issues with calving. Their carry-over cows that were joined to ABS Beef InFocus were bred as part of a fixed time artificial insemination program across five days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you think about it, we are starting with the dodgy ones \u2013 cows that didn\u2019t get in calf \u2013 but in saying that we were still getting 50 per cent of them in calf with the PG program,\u201d Brett said. \u201cI think that is pretty good as that\u2019s what we are getting from our maiden heifers in a similar program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mother and son team are joined on farm by Estelle\u2019s husband Geoff, Brett\u2019s wife Kelly and their children Jase 7, Charlie 6, Gordy 4 and Zoe 1 month, as well as Kelly\u2019s dad, Trevor Jury. The family milks about 550 cows, depending on the season, across two farms with the herd containing about 60 per cent Jerseys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They chose to use ABS Beef InFocus after doing a similar program with Angus a year earlier. Brett said they opted for ABS Beef InFocus the second year on the advice of local ABS sales representative Alan Blum and the knowledge there were buyers wanting the animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Estelle, the ABS Beef InFocus calves provide a \u201cquicker turn around\u201d than the Jerseys. \u201cABS Beef InFocus provides a positive cash market for calves from 10 days old, whereas with Jersey heifers, there is no real market until they are 200kg-plus or 12-15 months of age, unless someone is specifically chasing them,\u201d she said. \u201cThis means there\u2019s a lot more risk for us to carry Jersey heifers through, especially in unfavourable seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Flatter milk production, a shorter spring joining and a \u2018second opportunity\u2019 for quality cows, these are just some of the benefits one Gippsland family have obtained from using a specified dairy-beef insemination program. The fact they also get valuable ABS InFocus\u2122 animals delivering a \u201ccash cow\u201d later in the season is just a bonus. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abs-australia-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n