ABS & Dairy News
Ticking all the breeding boxes at Cooriemungle
Byron Smethurst has strict criteria for selecting bulls. The manager of two dairies, milking a total of 600 cows at Cooriemungle in southwest Victoria, he knows it’s possible to breed cows with a combination of form, function and profit – it just requires research. “I like good looking cows, but they have to make money,”…
Australian dairy values polled perfection
Two of the top five proven Holstein sires are ABS polled bulls Australia’s highest Heterozygous polled Jersey in demand Breeders embrace top Type Red Holstein ABS dominates top six Holstein proven sires Young Red bulls on the rise Polled ABS Holstein sires lead the dairy industry’s latest bull rankings, as more farmers choose genetics to…
Brent Mitchell shares his story
His story:Mitch Holsteins in Bamawm, Victoria is run by Brent and Kim Mitchell. They milk just short of 300 cows with split calving in autumn and spring and do all their own AI work. They have around 400ha of farm spread between three different locations. “We place a big emphasis on cows, we love our…