Alan and Janine Carson fromCairnbrae Jerseys at Irrewillipealready knew Cairnbrae ValentinoDaisy 11 was a pretty special cow – afterall, she currently holds the honour of thenumber one BPI cow in the country. She classified 94 points in spring, andafter International Dairy Week 2019, shecan add Senior and Grand ChampionJersey along with Reserve Champion AllBreeds to […]

Trevor Henry”s passion for breedingdairy cows was recently recognisedwith a Holstein Australia Master Breeders Award. But more importantly, hispassion has infected his family, with hisson and nephew sharing his commitmentto breeding for continuous improvement. Mr Henry, of Tinamba, is a third-generation dairy farmer in Gippsland”sMacalister Irrigation District, Victoria. He began his career at 12 years […]

Lisa Broad developed a love andpassion for the Jersey breed fromquite a young age. Growing up on the family farm instilledin her a love that has only gotten strongeras the years have progressed in fact, whenLisa was a teenager, she even gave up aspot in a representative netball team soshe could continue to show cows […]

Northern Victoria has beenrecognised for its breedingprowess, achieving the numberone herd in four of the sixbreeds calculated underAustralian Breeding Values(ABVs) — including a nationwidefirst. But despite being recognised asthe best herd in three breeds, one dairyfarmer said he was not putting too much weight in the results and has called for anindependent analysis of the […]

PERU and China are becoming hot markets for Australia’s red dairy genetics, with Genetics Australia chief executive officer Anthony Shelly saying Australian Red demand grows each year. ‘The past year we have seen new markets open up in Peru and China and when we present the advantages the Australian Red offers there is immediate interest […]

Brookbora Jersey is a familiar name around the dairying circles of International Dairy Week. Robert and Sandra Bacon started visiting Dairy Week 25 years ago but it was 10 years before they took the plunge and finally stepped into the show ring. Both Robert and Sandra love a goodcow and their 260-cow herd at Tennysonis […]

Australia”s largest bovine genetics supplier, Genetics Australia Co-operative, has sold a 125ha property near Bacchus Marsh on Melbourne”s fringe to a property developer for $14.65 million. A five-year settlement will allow Genetics Australia to plan its transition from the Parwan Park South site. Proceeds from the sale will be used by GA to invest in […]

The April 2019 ABV release saw an excellent result for the Genetics Australia Cooperative. Our strong portfolio of Domestic & International Sires includes exciting premium daughters proven sires, super new genomic sires from renowned Australian cow families plus the best sires from around the globe, all with the best interest of our Australian dairy farmers […]

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