ABS & Dairy News
Innovative Farmers Use Genetics to Boost Animal Welfare.
IT’S been six years since one of Australia’s leading dairy farms has removed horns from its animals and at the same time, they used exclusively female sexed Holstein PP semen to breed replacements and eliminate bobby calves. And their milking herd of up to 1500 continues to thrive with solid milk production, fertility and all the…
ROYALFLUSH Gives Dairy Farmers a Winning Hand Against JH1
Farming throws-up enough challenges – droughts, poor seasons, tight margins. The last thing milk producers need is a bull carrying the JH1 Haplotype – especially when it can be avoided. That’s according to Gippsland dairy farmer Estelle Boyd, breeder of one of the country’s next top Jersey bulls, RANLEIGH ROYAL FLUSH (ROYALFLUSH). JH1 Haplotype is…
Longevity and High Fertility the Secret Behind New ABS Jersey Bull
WHEN a cow with a deep, long-lasting pedigree and high components walked through a Gippsland sale ring three years ago Mark and Philippa Flemming couldn’t resist buying her. The couple from Western Victoria rarely buy cattle for their family’s Miami Jersey, which just celebrated 70 years of breeding in 2024 – but this time was…