by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Rising star takes the Winter Fair’s Highest BPI Award A heifer bred by 20-year-old Angus Fraser has taken out the BPI Heifer Award at this year’s Victorian Winter Fair. With a BPI of 417, Montrose Dropbox Tiffany descends from the Gordon Brothers’ Tiffany cow family....
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jun 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
DataGene CEO receives breeding Fellowship Outgoing DataGene Chief Executive Officer Dr Matthew Shaffer has been awarded a Fellowship of Australia and New Zealand’s peak body for animal breeding and genetics. Dr Shaffer was last week elected as a Fellow of the...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dairy retains top talent Dr Matthew Shaffer – DataGene’s CEO since its formation in 2016 – will take on the role of Chief Executive Officer, Dairy Australia, from 16 July. DataGene Chair, Tim Jelbart, said that while the move created a vacancy at the organisation, he...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Confident breeding decisions made easy THERE are a lot of uncertainties in dairy farming at the moment but breeding doesn’t need to be one. Making the right genetic choice continues to be a simple and objective decision for dairy farmers thanks to DataGene’s Good...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Mar 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Data sheds new light on dairy breed preferences DataGene’s Central Data Repository – Australia’s largest database of dairy animal performance records – is shedding new light on the breed preferences of the country’s dairy farmers. Now DataGene wants more farmers...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Don’t miss Herd ’25 Herd ’25: 12-13 March, Bendigo Dairy herd improvement enthusiasts won’t want to miss out on Herd ’25, the popular conference for the dairy herd improvement industry. Registrations are now open for the event which will be held 12-13 March at...
