Ray Kitchen”s Carenda Holstein herd has a record seven bulls in Genetics Australia”s 2021 team, and he”s not done yet. ‘This is the highest number we”ve had and we want to keep contributing,’ Ray said. ‘Only the top male genetics get into the breeding centres. They”re selecting the best from around the world so it”s […]

The latest ABVs have revealed there”s a bull for every breeding goal in the Genetics Australia team. The April ABV release has shown the continued strength of Australian-bred bulls, both daughter proven and genomically proven, with many Genetics Australia bulls leading in health, breeding and production traits. In total, 95 per cent of the Genetics […]

Nearly 60 years of history came to an end on Friday when the last collection was processed at Genetics Australia”s Parwan Park bull farm at Bacchus Marsh. Holstein bull TIRANO P will go into the record books as the last bull to have his semen processed at the facility. The milestone came just short of […]

One of the most famous farming properties in the Bacchus Marsh region is now on the market. For more than 60 years, Parwan Park has been the headquarters of Australia”s biggest animal breeding and genetics organisation, Genetics Australia. The property at 144 Woolpack Road, Parwan Park is attracting strong interest since going on the market […]

All at Genetics Australia mourn the passing of one of the herd improvement industries greatest advocates, former VAB/GA Director and Chairman Peter Stewart of Stratford. Peter gave lifelong service to the herd improvement industry and was highly respected by all organisations he served. Running the family dairy farm Peter could see the value genetics and […]

Genetics Australia has announced the Cooperative is strengthening its position in the herd improvement industry with the acquisition of Total Livestock Genetics (TLG). Genetics Australia will take over the TLG trading name from January 4, 2021 and GA”s bull management, semen management and semen collection and production services will be transferred to the TLG site […]

Genetics Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of HRM Dairies as a distributor of our product in Pakistan. ‘Pakistan has one of the fastest growing dairy industries in the world and it is great to partner with the team from HRM to bring our world class genetics to Pakistan’, states Export Manager Rob Derksen. […]

Health and animal welfare traits will underpin the “2030 green cow”, according to Genetics Australia chief executive Anthony Shelly. A focus on breeding for these traits, as well as decreasing a cow”s environmental footprint, will provide the key to the industry”s future. ‘The community will grant us a social licence with a particular focus on […]

Australian farmers are being advised to breed healthy ‘green’ cows to meet community expectations and take a long-term outlook in their breeding program. Genetics Australia CEO Anthony Shelly said that even with the advent of genomics, breeding was still a long-term process. ‘The results of the sire selection decisions you make today don”t impact on […]