With shorter gestation, easy calving, superior growth rates and a huge uptake the specially breed Short Gestation Belgian Blues are already paving a more efficient future for New Zealand dairy farmers.
Samen has been breeding Belgian Blue cattle designed to be crossed with dairy cattle for over 25 years. We now have sires that produce progeny capable of adding real value to both the dairy and beef industry.
The Belgian Blue carry the Double Muscling Gene, otherwise known as a mutated Myostatin Gene, this effects how much muscle is laid down and here in New Zealand we are also noting a huge increase in their feed conversion efficiency because of the gene.
Combining this gene with easy calving and short gestation, we now have the ability to tail off dairy herds with these specially bred Short Gestation Belgian Blue, tighten up the dairy farmers calving period, giving more days in milk, create easy calving and reduce/remove the number of bobby calves produced.
+ Extremely Short Gestation
+ Calving Ease
+ Superior Growth Rates
+ Myostatin Gene
+ Low Maintenance Calves
+ Proven in New Zealand
+ Highly Sought-after Offspring
Rt Hon Sir Lockwood Smith has been working with Belgian Blue for decades. We are very excited to be working with someone as passionate as us about the Belgian Blue. We visited Lockwood to talk about what drives his passion for the breed.
We are also working closely alongside Lockwood to create the KiwiBlue™, keep an eye out for more news about the KiwiBlue™ in the near future.
Over the last 10 years sales for the Short Gestation Belgian Blue have sky rocketed and now in just the Netherlands alone almost 1,000,000 does’s go over dairy cattle each year.
Here in New Zealand, we are seeing a huge increase in the use of our Short Gestation Belgian Blue with success stories sweeping the country. Samen NZ Dairy Beef Co-ordinator Trudy Bensted notes “there is huge demand from beef rearers and finishers looking for the animals, many dairy farmers after working with the animals opt to keep them on farm and finish them”
• Short Gestation Length (more days in milk)
• Easy Calving
• Used Over Crossbreed, Jersey & Friesian Herds in New Zealand
• High Demand From Rearers & Finishers
• Rapid Growth Rates
• Colour Marking
• Easy Care & Great Feeders
Want to talk to a breeding consultant about our Short Gestation Belgian Blue or would you like help sourcing some Belgian Blue animals to rear/finish.
Simply fill in the form below or phone 0800 220 232 and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
When you are ready, a local Samen NZ rep is ready to come discuss your dairy operation and assess your herd.
