Bullseye March 2015 High Octane - High Type and High Production! As of March 1st two world-renown genomic sires and full brothers, Stantons High Octane and Stantons Capital Gain, have been added to WestGen’s Genomax™ line- up. We are confident that both will be popular, but in particular expect High Octane to be a bull [...]
Bullseye March 2015 Gator Giveaway WestGen announced the Gator Giveaway Promotion in late October with a great deal of excitement. It’s the biggest grand prize that the company has ever awarded and so naturally the promotion campaign was enthusiastically embraced by customers across the 4 western provinces. When customers purchased 20 doses from a select [...]
Genomax Lineup Grows With New Supersire Son Genomic testing over 4800 young sires worldwide nets impressive results for Semex’s industry-leading Genomax™ lineup. Designed to deliver a consistent source of the world’s leading genomic young sires, this program is home to some of the world’s most famous and profitable genomic young sires, including the international sensation [...]
WestGen Thanks You for Entering Our 1st Amateur Photography Contest We were pleased to successfully complete WestGen’s First Amateur Photography Contest and chose 3 winners for our categories of a picture of a Cow in a Barn Setting, a Cow in Nature and a Cow with a Person(s). WestGen staff voted and Julia Los of [...]
It’s still early enough in the transition to genomics to be pleasantly surprised when a bull, promoted immediately as a Genomax bull, later receives a strong endorsement via his daughter proof. The latest example is Misty Springs Supersonic, an early Super son who we introduced with some enthusiasm in 2011. He was a strong [...]
Great New Options Keep Coming It’s easy to see why usage of daughter proven sires has lessened over the past year. With so many outstanding Genomax sires offered, it is understandable that producers want to incorporate many of them into their breeding program even if only in small increments. The fact that some producers now [...]
Boviteq West Continues to Grow As we enter a new year with ambitious goals to grow and attain new heights with the expanding business in 2015, it is important to thank our customers who have helped us achieve a successful past year. We have now collected over 100 different donors with numerous pleasing reports of [...]
More Growth Expected in 2015 After completing another successful year, the WestGen group of companies is poised for continued growth in 2015. This growth is only possible with the strong support from producers across Western Canada. We are your company and continue to push forward with initiatives that gain our members access to technologies that [...]
Bullseye March 2015 WestGen Days 2015 As a member owned and directed organization, our Annual General Meeting is an important event on our calendar. With members spread across a vast geography, we recognize that attending the meeting isn’t convenient for many. For that reason, over the last decade we’ve worked to enhance the AGM by [...]
Barkman Named Head of Genetics We are pleased to announce that Darrel Barkman has been named WestGen's Head of Genetics; a prestigious position in addition to his existing role of Genetic Advisor in Manitoba. The additional title is an important one in that while WestGen does not employ sire analysts to purchase the bulls, there [...]