CSCWOODSIDE<\/a>), the ABS Australia Jersey sire with the highest number of exported semen straws this past year. He was also the highest selling Jersey sire domestically this financial year. \u201cIt is nice to know that people around the world will be using this bull and hopefully he delivers great animals that have longevity and improve the breed,\u201d Paul said. \u201cAustralian Jerseys – and our black and white counterparts – haven\u2019t always been recognised for the great animals we have here, with farmers looking overseas to add to our genetic pool.\u201d Paul said Australian genetics were \u201cflexible\u201d as cows were able to milk with grass, other inputs, or a combination of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s this strong focus on cows fitting into an Australian – or specifically the Mumford\u2019s Gippsland farming system – that drives Paul\u2019s breeding objective. This system at Yarram is a predominantly spring calving, dryland, pasture-based dairy farm where cows are fed 1.4-1.6 tonnes of grain each – depending on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this in mind, it is no surprise that Paul believes he\u2019s \u201cfussy\u201d when he says he needs everything in a cow. \u201cI want capacity, strength, ability to milk, likeability – one that doesn\u2019t kick – and longevity, one that makes money,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m pretty stringent on how I breed cows and pretty ruthless when it comes to improving my farming system. The CSCWOODSIDE cow family has survived and regenerated for me and is achieving that long-term goal of where I am taking my farm system and genetics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A descendant of the Cowslip family, Paul specifically chased these genetics because they had a \u201cformidable bloodline history\u201d and were \u201cgenetically better\u201d. \u201cI looked at their numbers, and this was before genomics,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir ABV (Australian Breeding Value) numbers were performing better than their expected parent average. The proof has been in the pudding, they\u2019ve probably done me pretty well, breeding two bulls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Nuffield Scholarship in 2009, studying genomics and its application in Australia, enabled Paul to expand his theory of \u201ccrunching the numbers\u201d and investigating cow families that deliver progeny that are better than their expected parent average. Genomics was introduced to the Australian dairy industry in about 2010 and this quantified Paul\u2019s belief in concentrating on the numbers and improving his genetics with every generation. He continues to employ this approach to breeding and combines it with a visual appraisal of each animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For him, the Cowslip family offered the best of both worlds – and this is reflected in CSCWOODSIDE. \u201cIt\u2019s a very rare trait to have strength, capacity and milk together in one animal- normally we call that beef,\u201d Paul joked. \u201cBut it\u2019s definitely something the Jerseys were lacking and that\u2019s what made the Cowslips even more appealing. They had the ability to milk and visually showed strength and capacity, all in the one animal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CSCWOODSIDE is Gelbeado Park\u2019s third sire that\u2019s entered the artificial insemination market. Paul\u2019s \u201chumbled\u201d by CSCWOODSIDE\u2019S success – both in Australia and across the globe \u2013 but he\u2019d much prefer to breed cows, any day of the week. After all, they offer much more value to his milk production business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, he\u2019s making the most of CSCWOODSIDE\u2019S balanced proof as he strives for continual improvement. \u201cWhat I like about CSCWOODSIDE is he\u2019s the perfect bull for my herd. He\u2019s going to deliver all the traits that I need to improve the core nucleus of my breeding herd,\u201d he said. \u201cHe will be my primary bull because the traits he displays are exactly what I need for my herd – strength, capacity and the ability to milk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nPaul & Lisa Mumford with Gelbeado Park Tahbilk Cowslip 5435 EX-93, the dam of CSCWOODSIDE, the sire who is dominating semen export sales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Paul Mumford breeds dairy cows, he wants \u201ceverything\u201d. And it turns out this is exactly what South African and New Zealand Jersey breeders want too. Paul and his wife Lisa, Gelbeado Park, Yarram, Victoria, bred Gelbeado Park Woodside (CSCWOODSIDE), the ABS Australia Jersey sire with the highest number of exported semen straws this past…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9942,"featured_media":4228,"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-4229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abs-australia-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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