It’s easy to forget that through using a host of high-ranking young Genomax bulls in our breeding programs, the net result a few years later is some pretty awesome proven sires that can become reliable options to consider for further use. What’s more, some very useful trait leaders emerge that provide excellent improvement on [...]
Already widely proven and accepted as a heat detection and reproduction improvement tool, what else does SCR’s Heatime Pro system have to offer? With rumination monitoring you can set yourself up for the future. Monitoring rumination will give you an advantage over others, and make you a more efficient milk producer. Fine tune [...]
Six new Genomax sires become available in between the April and August proof runs. Of these six, four are Robot Ready™, and they possess a variety of attractive sires and pedigrees. Woodcrest Def Manhattan continues to demonstrate her potent transmitting capabilities adding two more high indexing sons to our lineup. [...]
IMPROVE YOUR GENETICS THIS SUMMER! It’s never been a better time to improve your herd! Available for a limited time only! DFR OPU OVF CYCLE Repro Exam Health Test Set-up Fees Open File Fee Genetic Plan Pooling 3 Donor [...]
YOUR ANSWER IS YES! If you checked any of the items! Guidelines for Using Sexed Semen Fertility window for sexed semen is narrower because the sperm are believed to be closer in their timing for optimal fertility. This may [...]
Each year, the genetic base used to express genetic evaluations in Canada is updated in April, the first release of the year. The table below indicates the amount of base change realized in 2017 compared to 2016 for each trait and breed.
BC Holstein Spring Show The 2017 BC Holstein Spring Show was held on March 23rd at the Abbotsford Exhibition grounds. Judge Pierre Boulet, Montmagny, QC had his work cut out for him judging an elite group of animals. Exhibitors attended from across the prairies and as far south as California to participate in [...]
Two outstanding new Proven Sires from deep cow families offer breed leading improvement for your herd. Comestar Lautrust makes his phenomenal debut, dominating proven sires with an extremely balanced proof. The only proven sire above 3300GLPI and 2400PRO$ at the same time; he rounds off his highly profitable production numbers with +14 Conformation. Comestar [...]
The top of the Genomic LPI/Pro$ lists in Canada are as exciting as they’ve been in recent times. The Semex bulls on the list that have been made available to date carry diverse sire stacks that inspire confidence with numerous Robot Ready™ and Immunity+™ options among them. We are confident a number of them [...]
We had an exciting AGM and WestGen Days in Abbotsford, BC on March 27-29, 2017. The event kicked off with special guest Melissa Bowers doing a presentation on IVF at the Wine & Cheese event on the Monday evening. Tuesday’s AGM was well attended and began with a recap from President, Tony DeGroot and [...]