Embryo transfer maybe a long term solution in which the “average” GY dairy farmer is to tight to invest maybe?. A more immediate solution is to milk on the old “bangers “many of which will push out 15 litres for months rather than replacing them with a fresh heifer that is …
whooooopie 😀 i’ve been asking Digby for 7 yrs where the EGCS is hiding the 3+ generation VG cow families and finally they are starting to appear, let the bovine world ake note. It often takes a third party to look at herds impatially most of us get bogged down …
Gideon as the breeder and owner of these wonderful cows has a vested interest in the calves to be born, Elinor 13 has had heifer calves at every calving so far and if Elinor 14 was to do so this would be potentially the fifth generation VG or better. Elinor …
I hope they all have heifer calves.
Mike is right in a lot of what he says, but he comes from another breed that can offer a bewildering choice of proven sires, that is a luxury the Guernsey breed has never and will never have and there are two main reasons for that,firstly the costs of collectng …
having typed for half an hour and lost it at click of button here’s the shortened version Who in their right mind is going to take the risk of young unpredictable sires with GMIs 100 points lower than now many better proven sires that came through the program and are …