We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of two former Cooperative employees. Terry Dodd worked as senior hand on our farm staff for just short of 43 years and retired in 2015. Terry was a key member of our collection and farm team and was a dedicated and loyal employee who not only […]

CONFERENCE NOW POSTPONED – at a later date to be determined World-leading genetics experts will outline what the future is likely to hold for the industry at a major Victorian conference in March. Genetics Australia will host the three-day conference on March 18-20 to examine future directions in genetics with a horizon of 2030. The […]

Genetics Australia CEO, Anthony Shelly has been elected to the board of DataGene, the dairy industry”s organisation to drive herd improvement. He was elected at DataGene”s recent (14 November 2019) annual general meeting, when Gippsland, Victoria dairy farmer Tim Jelbart was also re-elected to the board and Ross Joblin was reappointed to the Boad. Anthony […]

Several new faces have joined the GA team in recent months. Joining our Sales team based in Gippsland is Nathan Mugavin. Nathan will have the responsibility of servicing members and customers mainly in the East and West Gippsland regions working alongside Gerard Brislin. He has previously worked at Nationwide AB and gained his on-farm knowledge […]

Each year at this time we start to get information on our Horizon genomic sires as their daughters hit the milking shed. It”s an exciting time for all involved as the potential new daughter proven sires emerge from the group and the reports from the field start to roll in. This year we have a […]

Genetics Australia have had representation anda display at the past 5 China Dairy Expo”s. Oneof the largest exhibitions of its kind in the world,the Expo moves around major cities in China toaccommodate the large number of exhibitorsand visitors from around the word. The 2019 Expo was of importance as it washeld in Tianjin, a major […]

We have recently been successful in obtaininga large semen and embryo order to supply tothe Philippines. The embryos and semen willinclude Holstein, Jersey and Australian Red aswell as cross bred embryos. Semen has beensent from all breeds previously but these willbe the first embryos that will be supplied by thecooperative. Donors have been sourced from […]

Beef semen used on dairy cows is a growing worldwide trend. There is no doubt more and more beef will come from the dairy industry in future years. In the USA alone where the use of genomic testing females and sexed semen has increased in recent years the use of beef semen on dairy cows […]

Genomic bulls are providing a cost-effective option for dairy farmers who don”t want to compromise their herd”s genetic gain. Just ask south west Victorian dairy farmer Eddie Kenna. More than 10 years ago, Mr Kenna changed his semen purchasing habits and slashed his costs by up to 75 per cent. Semen from proven sires was […]