by Tyler Shelly | Mar 3, 2025
With a flat milk contract and 720 cows in a barn, Dehne and Sarah Vinnicombe are used to a daily calving routine. But a group of calves hitting the ground in March will hold special significance for the farmers from Calivil in Northern Victoria, Australia. They will...
by Tyler Shelly | Jan 28, 2025
One of Australia’s premier Holstein herds will open its gates on February 5 to showcase some of the first milking daughters of a world-leading homozygous polled sire. Based at Calivil in Northern Victoria, Calister Holsteins was established more than 20 years ago and...
by Tyler Shelly | Jan 13, 2025
Nearly 50 young people from across Victoria and South Australia got a a taste of the dairy industry at a camp at Noorat last week. The Western District Youth Camp at the Noorat Showgrounds from January 6-8 has attracted a capacity 44 participants aged 8-16 from...
by Tyler Shelly | Nov 1, 2024
Read PDF Version Here Size matters to vet turned dairy farmer Tim Humphris – but so does fertility, vigour and converting pasture to milk. That’s why he turned to a three-way cross breeding program when he started farming in northern Victoria and has continued...
by Tyler Shelly | Oct 24, 2024
Read PDF Version Here The Genetics Australia semen lab at Camperdown has received a tick of approval from the PEAK Director of Global Services, Bill Beckman, building a new level of international cooperation to benefit local farmers. Bill visited the facilities...
