by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
What dairy farmers want – an insight into the future of breeding AUSTRALIAN dairy farmers with pasture-based, seasonal calving systems are interested in a breeding index customised for the specific needs of their production system. In addition, those farming in hotter...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Boost to data delivers for farmers A total of 18.2 million dairy cow records are now contributing to genetic improvement in Australia’s industry. And thanks to a new DataGene initiative called DataConnect – there will be even larger volumes of historical and daily...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jul 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Newcomer takes the Winter Fair’s Highest BPI Award A newcomer has taken this year’s Highest BPI Heifer Award at the Victorian Winter Fair. Newhope Dylan Butter, owned and bred by Bruce Fuller, topped the heifer entries with a Balanced Performance Index (BPI) of 352....
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jun 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Have your say on the nation’s breeding objectives. Has your breeding philosophy changed in the past few years? Are you focused on developing different traits in your herd? Maybe you are keen to use genetics to lower your dairy farm’s emissions intensity? Or, you might...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Big genetic gains for Australian dairy farmers Some Australian dairy farmers have made genetic gains of more than 200 per cent in recent years thanks to industry tools such as the genomic testing, the Balanced Performance Index, Good Bulls and sexed semen. These huge...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
West Australian genetics make ABV history ONE WEST Australian Holstein herd has dominated this DataGene’s latest release of Australian Breeding Values – a first since the industry introduced genetic predictions 40 years ago. Carenda Holsteins, owned by the Kitchen...
