Bullseye May 2014 Misty Springs Superpower Rare it would have been in past sire-procurement models that any bull dam would be given 8 opportunities to produce that top-ranked proven son for one AI organization. That however, is exactly what has been afforded the highly acclaimed Misty Springs Shottle Satin. Although scored VG-86 as a 2 [...]
Bullseye May 2014 WestGen 70 Years Strong WestGen celebrates its 70th year in 2014. And while 70 years is an important hallmark for all WestGen members across the four western provinces, it’s particularly so for those producers in BC whose parents and grandparents helped grow the company. With new property purchased and new businesses being [...]
Manifold Reaches Pivotal Millionaire Sire Mark Recently, Semex sire 0200HO00402 Mainstream Manifold reached the pivotal Millionaire Sire mark at Semex, joining 11 other elite Semex sires that have each produced over one million doses of semen. Semex is an industry leader in delivering the 'best selling' sires of their time, which is the truest testament [...]
December 2015 Proof Round WestGen is pleased to provide a quick snapshot of the proof highlights as they relate to our new lineup. Without a doubt it is a proof round with lots of positive news and new sires to consider for your herd. Thanks go to WestGen genetic advisors Carl Barclay and Michael [...]
August 2015 Proof Round Canadian Rankings: We now have two official indexes in Canada. The LPI has been revamped to reflect a 40-40-20 weighting on Production-Durability-Health, while a new index, Pro$ places weights on a combination of traits that most accurately predicts realized daughter profit. Expected response rates for individual traits [...]
April 2014 Proof Round Another exciting proof round was realized with 3 new proven bulls added to our lineup. 200HO06186 Blondin Careyprice Our highest newcomer at +2847 GLPI, Careyprice offers customers great production and components. He comes from a tremendous cow family being a Goldwyn x Shottle x Champion x the great Regancrest-PR Barbie. Careyprice [...]
Bullseye, March 2014 Boviteq West Continues to Move Forward As we continue to evolve here at Boviteq West, we see continual growth and development. The most gratifying is the continuity of satisfying results from both embryo production and pregnancy rate. With both of these proving successful comes an important step for the business, positive word [...]
Bullseye July 2015 Cowtucky Derby Western Canadian Classic 2015 Celebrating its 31st year, the Western Canadian Classic (affectionately know as the "WCC") takes place in Red Deer Alberta from August 19th to 22nd, 2015. During the competition, a total of 100 young adults and youth between the ages of 12-21 take part in many activities. These activities include clipping, a dairy [...]
Bullseye July 2015 Summer 2015 Genomax Offerings Ginary DODGE Diamond (Snowman x Planet) x Numero Uno x Bolton If you think using a few doses of new Genomax bulls is risky business, you may not realize the deep, deep pedigrees that these sires often provide. In Dodge’s case we’re talking about eleven generations of well-respected LPI and Conformation specialists. From [...]
Bullseye July 2015 Stargazer With the debut of OCD Stargazer, the Rud Zip family delivers one of the most unique bulls to ever reside on the WestGen proof sheet. Stargazer is a Super son from Windsor-Manor Elegant Delight VG-88-2YR-USA DOM. She is backed by the EX-93-2E-USA DOM GMD 4* Durham, Z-Delight, and then the EX-95-4E-USA DOM GMD 1* Rudolph [...]