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...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 8, 2023 | Case studies, Genomics, Uncategorized
Genomic analysis guides breeding decisions Luke Davison and Victoria Burleigh Region: South-West Victoria Topic: Genomics For sharefarmers Luke Davison and Victoria Burleigh genomictesting is a business tool. Like soil testing. But it’s what they do with the genomic...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Breeding for calf vitality under the microscope CALF health records from more than 50 Australian dairy farms are helping researchers better understand the genetics that contribute to healthy young stock. And this information could be used to build the nation’s first...
