With the calendar flipped to November, it seems another growing season has flown by, and in many parts of Western Canada this one came with plenty of challenges. As the climate curveballs continue to be thrown at you, what technologies do you counteract them with to manage your cropping enterprise efficiently, so that it’s a [...]
Falcon: Immunity+ and so much more! As high ranking Genomax sires go, Falcon is right up there with the best for LPI. In fact he is listed among the top 15 Holstein young bulls on CDN’s top 100 with the August 2015 evaluations, and among bulls with at least +13 Type, he is in the [...]
Thank you for participating in the 2015-2016 Hockey Pool! The Hockey Pool is now closed. Log in to see the final standings. The winners are: OVERALL CHAMPION Name Points Prize Derek Slomp (De Linge Farms) - Alberta 1450 2016 Hockey Pool Champion WestGen Jacket & A limited edition WestGen Silversmiths Belt Buckle. PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Building for the Future When I first articulated my vision for WestGen nearly three years ago, I promised results and positive change. I wanted to secure a long-term future for the Western Canadian producers who’d grown with us for nearly 70 years, as well as for our own WestGen staff. Following the departure [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Newest Genomax Additions With young Genomax additions becoming an increasingly popular choice for dairy producers, each proof round we carefully consider a host of candidates. With the August update, we have capitalized on the success of Numero Uno and Meridian, as well as the popularity of Doorman in drafting our new candidates. [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Cowtucky Derby - Western Canadian Classic 2015 The 31st WCC took place from August 18-22 in Red Deer, Alberta. With 104 participants competing in the Cowtucky Derby, it was quite a race. In the end, Team Alberta was declared the Premier Province Cup winner. Next year’s show will be held in Brandon, MB. More photos are [...]
Thurl Placement Bullseye September 2015 Canadian classifiers have been evaluating thurl placement for a number of years, but August 2015 represents the first time that Thurl Placement has been an officially published trait. Sires producing daughters with thurls placed back are rated with a “B” while sires that are known to produce daughters with thurls [...]
Bullseye September 2015 HCD: Haplotype Associated with Cholesterol Deficiency Below is a summary of a CDN Extension Article “Discovering Genetic Anomalies from Genotyping” by Brian VanDoormaal & Lynsay Beavers. For the full article, please visit https://www.cdn.ca/articles.php. In addition to genomic evaluations and integrity of pedigrees, accumulating thousands of genotypes for a given breed results in [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Meridian Sully Hart Meridian joins the proven bull list after an illustrious career as a Genomax sire, and it’s safe to say his first crop of milking daughters don’t disappoint! Early in his career, Meridian was an interesting sire because of his high type GPA and as he was one of the [...]
Discovering Genetic Anomalies from Genotyping Genotyping a single animal has direct advantages in terms of providing a genomic evaluation for genetic selection and mating as well as confirming its parentage for herdbook integrity. Accumulating thousands of genotypes for a population of animals in a breed has become an excellent source for identifying various genetic anomalies, which are usually undesirable. Although [...]