Genetics Australia bulls have taken out the gold in the August 2024 ABV release, topping the rankings across the major breeds.
DataGene released the latest Australian Breeding Values and bull rankings on August 19, highlighting Australia’s highest BPI bulls across all dairy breeds.
Genetics Australia dominated the release, prompting CEO Anthony Shelly to describe it as a “gold medal performance”.
“The ABVs release is like the Olympics of the breeding industry,” Mr Shelly said. “Bulls from around the world are measured on the performance of their progeny or genomic tested and compared to each other. We can be very proud that Australian bulls match it with the very best and, in many cases, stand on top of the podium as the very best bulls for Australian farmers.
“The August breeding values clearly demonstrate the strong performance of both Genetics Australia and TLG bulls, with several the best in their respective breed for many traits.”
Genetics Australia has the top three Australian proven Holstein bulls with daughters milking, with PILBARA, LASTIN and PEMBERTON. These popular bulls now have hundreds of daughters milking.
The performance on the BPIg Holstein list is even more impressive with Genetics Australia holding the top four positions with AUSTRALIND, JOBOLT, FENDER and JORDLIV, with POLMAX following at six.
The 2024 Holstein bull team offered by Genetics Australia and Total Livestock Genetics holds 10 of the 20 leading positions on BPIg.
Australian Jerseys are building in demand around the world and the highest bull in Australia with daughters milking and a publishable ABV is DOUGGAN 396 BPI. BORUNG at 465 BPIg is the highest overall BPI Jersey, delivering No. 1 Daughter Proven and No.1 Genomic Proven to Genetics Australia.
“While the world took notice of the strong performance of Australian athletes at the Paris Olympics, the breeding world has long recognised that Australia has one of the best populations of Jersey cows and is an elite source of Jersey genetics,” Mr Shelly said.
The Jersey team offers a great balance of production with type and it is this combination that sets Australia Jersey apart from other Jersey populations.
Genetics Australia also has the number 1 BPIg Illawarra bull in CNLYONS, and several new Australian Red sires have been added to the team.
Mr Shelly said the success of Australian genetics stemmed from the efforts of local breeders.
“The cow families our elite breeders have developed are making a solid contribution to genetic improvement in Australia and are clearly matching it with the best in the world,” he said.
“We also understand that it’s just not all about BPI; breeding goals can be different across farms and many of our bulls rank well for other indices such as health and sustainability as well as for overall type and mammary improvement.”
Mr Shelly said the BPI considers the economic weighting based on producing milk in Australia and the August ABV release has clearly shown the strong and deep pool of genetics for Australian farmers is the best available.
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