April 2015 Immunity + Continues Meeting & Exceeding Expectations In 2013, decades of research and hard work in collaboration with the world-reknown University of Guelph in Canada resulted in the launch of Semex’s Immunity+ sires worldwide. “Some cows and cow families just do not get sick,” says Semex CEO Paul Larmer. “They go virtually unnoticed [...]
Bullseye March 2015 Benner Holsteins Ltd: Breeding Brood Cows & Bulls Benner Holsteins Ltd. is a name known far and wide for the cows bred by the Penner family on their Steinbach, Manitoba farm. The farm began 60 years ago when Ben Penner started with 11 cows, and three generations of the family have worked [...]
2013 Master Breeder Malarky Holsteins Like many other Master Breeders before them, Mark and Mary Ida Donohoe dreamed of one day winning a shield when they set out farming on their own in 1989 and registering with the Malarky prefix in 1991, and with 2 other Master Breeder herds in the family (Donohoe and Donfield), [...]
High Immune Response – A Year in Review It has been a full year since Semex launched the Immunity+ brand, a product of the High Immune Response (HIR) research that Dr. Bonnie Mallard developed with her University of Guelph colleagues. Since then, Bonnie has been called upon at numerous conferences to explain her work. Of [...]
For the fast-forward crowd there is currently no bull that can get you to where you want to go faster for Type and Production than Silverridge Ascend. Ranked #3 on CDN’s Top 100 Young Bull list, he is as current as you can be [...]
Regan-ALH Pride Producers aiming to improve their herds by correctively mating their cows to sires that transmit the traits they seek, appreciate bulls that are consistent. Selecting reliable bulls that are consistent in their breeding pattern is the most efficient way to breed a uniform herd of cows that thrive under the same management conditions. [...]
WestGen Days 2014 The 25th of March will see WestGen owners from across western Canada meet together in Chilliwack, BC for the Annual General Meeting of the WestGen Group of Companies, and we hope you’ll be there! The AGM kicks off our 70th year of operations and we’re excited to show the membership the growth [...]
Sod Turning Marks Beginning of WestGen’s New Development February 26, 2014 marked the beginning of construction for the new home of WestGen. Together with Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman, Councillor Henry Braun, current and former WestGen Board members, WestGen CEO, associated press and staff, WestGen celebrated a Sod Turning Event to officially launch the development [...]
February 26, 2014 Sod Turning Kick Starts Construction of WestGen’s New Home WestGen is beginning the process of building its new home in Abbotsford, BC. The 33 acre property, conveniently located in the heart of BC’s dairy industry, has plenty of room for the company’s new corporate office and barns. To kick off the project, [...]
Bullseye January 2014 For most Canadian dairy producers graduating O-Bee Krusader (Planet x Shottle) to the proven sire listing was practically a forgone conclusion. He was an early Genomax Elite sire who received national sampling because of his exceptional genomic indexes, and his stay on our Genomax listing was relatively long due to his interesting [...]