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 [...]
The WestGen April 2017 Holstein Protein Sire Summaries are now available! Learn about the latest Proven and Genomax sires.
It was in our August 2013 proof sheet that Airintake and Album were listed one after the other in the Genomax list . These two bulls, with identical sire stacks, and similarly predicted production and type scores have graduated to the proven side of our sheet. The pair of Epic sons are cousins to [...]
There are but a mere few sires available to producers that break the 3500 LPI barrier. New mid-round release Genomax sire, Claynook C-SUITE (AltaSpring x Bombero), is one of them joining December’s new star, SEDUCER, on that elite list. C-Suite’s dam is a VG-85 point Bombero daughter who traces through Mogul, Man-O-Man and [...]
August 2016 Proof Round
As new bulls reach puberty and begin semen production, more and more we find ourselves able to offer some very enticing new bulls between official proof releases. As much as possible we release these bulls at the mid-point between proof dates when the intention is to make them fully available. In addition to these, these [...]
Young Sire Update Dear WestGen Partner Participants: With regret, we inform that the longstanding 50-year tradition of “sampling” young sires in Canada is officially coming to an end for the Semex Partners, CIAQ, EastGen and WestGen. For the many producers who participate in WestGen’s Partner program, starting May 1st the Ecoline brand and its suite [...]
Update on PROVEN Sires DOORMAN (Bookem x Shottle) – His long anticipated Canadian debut has not disappointed type enthusiasts across the country as Doorman debuts as the #1 type sire in Canada at +19. Doorman also has terrific fat (+0.45) and protein (+0.35) deviations and very low SCS (2.49). Doorman will sire [...]
Val-Bisson Doorman is the quintessential new-age sire who shows how our new method of sire selection, while riskier, still has the checks and balances needed to provide protection. Today we stand a month away from Doorman delivering his first Canadian official proof, and we can say with relative certainty that type-oriented Canadian producers will be more than pleased for having [...]
The December 2015 Genetic Evaluation Release saw a large group of former Genomax bulls graduate into active service; and a couple of weeks later, they’re looking to be pretty popular commodities with western Canadian producers. If the Genomax bulls of the December 2012 list proved to be a remarkable group, which of the Genomax bulls of the December 2015 list [...]