Photo:Â Brave PP, double-muscled and homozygous polled Angus Dairy-beef numbers are on the rise as the industry bids to increase efficiencies, reduce greenhouse gases, better utilise surplus calves, and create a value chain that promotes a more sustainable practice...
The Pillars of Sustainability Craig Mckimmie, Genetics Programme Manager. In 1814, New Zealand’s number one sector started with dual-purpose Milking Shorthorns. Demand for butter grew globally, so NZ brought in Jersey genetics and butter become our...
Cees van Baar’s passion for NZ and its dairy sector is his driving force when it comes to using genetics as a game changer. Arriving in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase of clothes and $50 in your pocket can make or break a person, but for Samens managing...
Using beef genetics over the herd, a Canterbury farmer is reaping the rewards of saleable calves and no longer has bobby calves. Thanks to an innovative breeding policy that includes using sexed semen to get replacement heifers and beef breeds over the other...
Maungatautari dairy farmer James Dallinger has admirable goals when it comes to his herd’s breeding strategy – and his use of technology ensures the cows are on the mating platform at the optimal time, every time. James Dallinger, an equity farmer on his 220ha Waikato...
The New Zealand Dairy Industry is looking for a way to remove/reduce bobby calf numbers and produce animals capable of contributing to the New Zealand Beef Industry. So, what is the best Dairy Beef Solution for our grazing dairy beef in New Zealand? To answer this...
