{"id":2704,"date":"2020-01-30T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-test.absglobal.com\/auau\/?post_type=abs_testimonial&#038;p=2704"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:41:55","slug":"white-house-farm","status":"publish","type":"abs_testimonial","link":"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/testimonials\/white-house-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrew\nLeggott from White House Farm near Northallerton has never been afraid to adopt\nnew technologies and evolve his business.&nbsp;\nHe was one of the first farms in the country to use sexed semen in 2004\nand moved into robots in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leggott\nhas now embarked on a major program to increase milk yield per cow to achieve\nthe same farm output from 50 fewer cows and increase income from beef\ncalves.&nbsp; Central to this will be the use\nof Sexcel\u00ae to produce heifers from heifers, to increase genetic improvement and\ncreate more beef cross calves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan\nis to genomic test the herd and only create replacements from the top 25% of\nfemales.&nbsp; Working with GMS evaluator\nThomas Tiffin, Andrew uses GMS to rank the herd. By breeding the rest of the\nherd to Beef InFocus\u2122, Leggott achieves a win-win with calves born from sires\nwith good calving ease but good growth and carcass characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIf we can achieve the objectives of higher yield per cow from fewer cows to maintain output while increasing genetic merit of the cows we have and boosting beef calf returns, I am confident we will have a more robust system.\u201d <\/p><cite>Andrew Leggott<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underline wp-block-heading\">Related Products<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"\" class=\"alignwide section-wrapper section-wrapper-small-fluid block-product-slider\" data-magellan-target=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-card-section owl-carousel owl-theme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Genetic Management System\u202f\u202f<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-description\">The mating program you can trust with a robust database. Knowing the impact genetics have on a herd and profitability over time led our team in 1968 to develop the first mating program, Genetic Management System (GMS). Today, we celebrate 55 years of GMS, a tool that has already performed more than 165 million mating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/services\/genetic-management-system\/\" class=\"card-section-button button\">Learn More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/03\/product-sexcel-2.jpg.webp?w=375&#038;resize=375,250\" alt=\"Image of medical devices\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Sexed Semen with Proven Fertility<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-description\">Using Sexcel, customers have the power to decide with, as much precision as biology and technology currently allows, which part of the herd will pass on their genetics and make replacement heifers for the next generation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/services\/sexcel\/\" class=\"card-section-button button\">Learn More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/03\/beef-infocus-product-page2.jpg?w=375&#038;resize=375,250\" alt=\"Image of medical devices\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Beef InFocus \u2122<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-description\">Beef on Dairy, but not as you know it. \nABS Beef InFocus\u2122, powered by NuEra Genetics\u2122, delivers proven and reliable beef genetics for the dairy producer to maximize calf crop value while driving beef supply chain efficiency.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/au\/services\/beef-on-dairy\/\" class=\"card-section-button button\">Learn More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf we can achieve the objectives of higher yield per cow from fewer cows to maintain output while increasing genetic merit of the cows we have and boosting beef calf returns, I am confident we will have a more robust system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":12438,"template":"","abs_industry":[57],"abs_herd_type":[53],"abs_client_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2704","abs_testimonial","type-abs_testimonial","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","abs_industry-dairy","abs_herd_type-holstein"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.6 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - 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