Genetics

Farmers face increasing pressure to find homes for calves because of new requirements around non-replacement calves needing a useful life.

Informing New Zealand Beef seeking bulls for the next mating season.

Efficiency will be the key to finding solutions for emissions and other environmental challenges facing the dairy industry.

It is so hugely linked to the profitability of your farming operation that simply looking at a value like empty rate does not scratch the surface.

$1.7m project musters genomics for good breeding.

The Auckland BioSciences facility is producing sterile sera to bespoke specifications for markets that may not have sterilisation capabilities.

Annual results shows profit ticking up on somewhat lower underlying earnings.

Clover and endophyte products in development alongside HME ryegrass.

Having a speckled coat is no guarantee that the cattlebeast is a fast-growing, well-marbled, sweet-tempered Speckle Park.

With GM often being more about politics than productivity, should we really be betting on a monoculture?

Scientists disappointed that latest softening of anti-GM stance doesn’t go beyond human health research.

LIC and CRV question need for a new index as mooted by DairyNZ.

Easing of restrictions on gene editing would improve NZ’s global competitiveness.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand welcomed National's policy, saying it aligns with its own position.

A key issue around all of this is allowing more trials to happen out in the field as opposed to the lab.

Protect NZ’s advantage as a non-GMO producer says lobbyist.

Technology is a safe and effective way to meet urgent need for low emission products, says an AgResearch expert in the field.

The programme focuses on increasing the use of high-quality genetics in the beef industry.

Survey uncovers hunger for information about breeding better beef cattle.

Eventual eating experience must inform every step of the way – What’s the Beef roadshow.

A lack of ancestral data has held back reliable representation for international sires on the NZ Breeding Worth index, but this is beginning to change.

As dry summers persist in the South Island, genetics could hold the answer to helping dairy farmers breed healthy cows that produce more milk from less feed.

The Limousin breed is not what it used to be and is now a good option for dairy farmers looking to increase the value of their dairy-beef cross calves.

Genetic gains in BW result in cows that are more efficient feeders, meaning they need less feed for each kilogram of milk they produce.

A Northland dairy farmer who uses Limousin genetics over his Jersey herd says the match of the two breeds is perfect.

Country’s top production herd draws buyers eager for best dairy genetics.

Artificial breeding is a vital cog in the dairy industry.

Scientists clamour for NZ to catch up with rest of the world on new gene thinking.

New Zealand is handing an advantage to competitors who are not hampered by the world’s strictest GMO legislation, says Alan Emerson.

New Zealand’s genetics laws due for overhaul, claims a new report on modern genetic technology.

Informing New Zealand Beef is working to boost the sector’s profits by $460 million over the next 25 years by giving farmers the right genetic tools.

Measuring the feed conversion efficiency of stock can lead to better breeding calls.

Mark and Penny Brown fine-tune their farming to bring it ever closer to their sustainability goals.

Staff ready for season after 18 months’ training by international experts.

Using Norwegian genetics is getting great results around herd health and desirable traits for a group of farms.

One the first New Zealand sheep breeders to adopt an objective measurement to achieve genetic improvement.