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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…

ABS JERONIMO-P is still Australia’s top Holstein proven sire Local Jersey sires dominate the proven and genomic ABV rankings ONSTAD-P continues to lead the Red breeds New high-fertility Holstein sire HOWLER dominates sexed genetics sales Sexed genetics push profitability Demand for sexed genetics from Australia’s top Holstein sires has never been stronger, as dairy farmers…

Using specialist dairy-beef semen in a three-way-cross herd has eliminated bobby calves and opened a lucrative new income stream for one southwest Victorian dairy farm. And there’s expectations this move could deliver a windfall of up to $100,000 a year, without any extra work. Garvoc dairy farmers, Josh and Lilli Philp, have joined more than…

AUSTRALIA’S top Red dairy bull is making a mark on one south west Victorian herd, with his daughters delivering in the vat and helping to cut costs. Red sire ONSTAD P is ranked number one in the recent Australian Breeding Values release at 388 BPI$ thanks to his strong production, outstanding management traits and elite…

August ABV release highlights: Australia’s highest genomic bull is now the country’s top proven sire. ABS Holsteins are the country’s two top proven sires. Australia’s top genomic Jersey is Gippsland-bred Jersey Gelbeado Park WOODSIDE. Sales of sexed genetics continue to surge with demand for Jersey outcross Forest Glen Craze TRIPP and Holsteins with high-ranking health…

Breeding extra dairy heifers and capitalising on demand for beef has helped one NSW dairy couple purchase a farm. Young farmers Ben Clarke and Abbey Smeets will make move into farm ownership in November, after leasing a farm at Hannam Vale on the state’s mid-north coast. Additional income from livestock sales bolstered the milk cheques,…

Andrew Delaney isn’t short of replacement heifers. In fact, the Nirranda dairy farmer has enough to satisfy his annual herd intake and plenty leftover to sell to the export market – making the most of recent high prices. But it’s one thing to have quantity and something totally different to combine this with quality. Andrew and Jacqui Delaney…

Australia’s highest-ranking dairy bull and heifer were revealed on Monday in the latest Australian Breeding Values (ABV) release. ABS JERONIMO-P was the first sire to record a Balanced Performance Index (BPI) of more than 590, coming in at a record breaking 596, deeming him the most profitable dairy sire in the nation. The Holstein also notched a…

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Specialised dairy-beef might be a new concept in Australia, but this does not faze James Whale. Purchasing ABS Beef InFocus™ dairy beef animals isn’t a risk for the grazier from Branxholme near Hamilton in Western Victoria. He even disputed the suggestion that backgrounding these steers and heifers for feedlots was innovative, despite being one of…