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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2013 Master Breeder Malarky Holsteins Like many other Master Breeders before them, Mark and Mary Ida Donohoe dreamed of one day winning a shield when they set out farming on their own in 1989 and registering with the Malarky prefix in 1991, and with 2 other Master Breeder herds in the family (Donohoe and Donfield), [...]
Bullseye March 2015 Benner Holsteins Ltd: Breeding Brood Cows & Bulls Benner Holsteins Ltd. is a name known far and wide for the cows bred by the Penner family on their Steinbach, Manitoba farm. The farm began 60 years ago when Ben Penner started with 11 cows, and three generations of the family have worked [...]
April 2015 Immunity + Continues Meeting & Exceeding Expectations In 2013, decades of research and hard work in collaboration with the world-reknown University of Guelph in Canada resulted in the launch of Semex’s Immunity+ sires worldwide. “Some cows and cow families just do not get sick,” says Semex CEO Paul Larmer. “They go virtually unnoticed [...]