ABS & Dairy News
US bovine breeding technicians helping Aussie farmers
Two experienced artificial insemination technicians from the United States of America will be breeding cows in Australia this year to help alleviate staff shortages in the sector. And this comes as Australia’s dairy industry prepares to relaunch standardised artificial insemination (AI) training to develop local breeding professionals to service the growing demand. ABS Global bovine…
ABS sires proving their worth for Australian dairy farmers
Famer favourite bulls headline latest rankings April Australian Breeding Value (ABV) highlights: Record-breaking proven polled and A2 sire ABS JERONIMO-P continues his run at the top. New young genomic Holsteins make a mark. Demand is hot for Australia’s highest ranked true polled Holstein. Overseas markets want our Jerseys. ABS has nine of the top 10…
Sustainable breeding strategy delivers options for dairy family
Incorporating dairy-beef in their breeding program has provided one south west Victorian family with flexibility within their business. Elingamite North sharefarmers Jake and Melissa Hinkley started using ABS Beef InFocus™ this past season. They’d “dabbled” using sexed genetics for the past five years and said adding Beef InFocus to their breeding program ensured they were on…