Bullseye September 2014 New Daughter Proven Sires Take Centre Stage WestGen customers will be pleased with new high-calibre daughter proven options added to the proof sheet in August. They provide several well-rounded complimentary mating options to many of the bloodlines in milking strings and heifer pens today and are thus timely in their arrival. Without [...]
Bullseye September 2014 WestGen’s Endowment Fund is on the Move Again The WestGen Endowment Fund is pleased to announce that their support, along with that of our industry partners: Alberta Milk, BCDA, CDN, DFM, DFC, and Canwest DHI, have allowed for Dr. Herman Barkema to be appointed the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Infectious Diseases [...]
Bullseye September 2014 Thanks a Million Million dose semen producers are a rare breed and likely to become more rare in the evolving world of AI. Just the same, one more was recently added to the Semex portfolio and many would be surprised to know it is a bull that started his career at WestGen, [...]
Bullseye September 2014 Stories To Tell We have now completed our first year of business and have enjoyed the success that has come with it. Along with these accomplishments, we’ve seen numbers in the donor barn continue to increase. With more donors comes more data, and with more data comes more opportunities to inform and [...]
Bullseye September 2014 Type Bulls Help Promote Genomic Wave Whether you are a fan of Genomics or are still a bit skeptical, it is hard to ignore extreme numbers – perhaps for any trait of interest but especially it seems for Type. That’s why newly released bulls like Lookout Pesce SNOWY (Let It Snow x [...]
Top Mccutchen Son Confirmed as Immunity+™ Bull Milner, BC – No matter your management preference, maintaining a healthy herd of profitable and efficient cows is a top priority. Semex’s patented Immunity+™ sires have a naturally high immune response, and by using them you can improve your herd’s overall health and longevity. Immunity+ sires are those [...]
Bullseye July 2014 In this era of the robotic revolution across western Canada, many producers are reconsidering their breeding criteria as they attempt to breed cows that are productive and easy to manage in these systems. Robotic milking systems are obviously more efficient with a herd of cows that display desirable udder conformation, as they [...]
Bullseye July 2014 More Leading Genomax Sires Introduced As much as possible WestGen introduces new products to the market with the proof updates so that they can be included in our proof sheet materials. That objective falls by the wayside when small quantities of semen from top-ranked – in many cases sires of sons – [...]
Bullseye May 2014 2013 Master Breeder Willswikk Holsteins At the 2013 National Holstein Convention, Willswikk Holsteins was one of 2 herds to receive a Master Breeder Award that had earned their first in 1999. 14 years must pass between shields, so earning a subsequent shield on the first possible opportunity is a sign of a successful [...]
Bullseye May 2014 Is there any better time than April to launch a breed leading bull who carries the name of a hockey hero? Blondin Careyprice is a Goldwyn son from Regancrest S Celebrity EX-94 13* bred by the passionate Habs fans at Ferme Blondin who [...]