DOUG SAVAGE

August 2024

Management

Dunmasc: Finding That Sweet Spot Between Good Carcass Weight and Easy Calving

‘Over the last couple of years sexed dairy semen has continued to gain traction here in Ireland, with the top end of herds bred to top dairy bulls and the...

August 2024

Management

World Wide Sires: ProfitSource Branded Terminal Sires for the Beef-On-Dairy Market

Data, traceability, quality assurance and sustainability are all very important elements that have been built into every stage of the supply chain. ‘We now have over 35,000 carcass records from...

August 2024

Management

Genes Diffusion: Long History of Selecting and Proving Bulls for Beef-On-Dairy

Genes Diffusion has nearly 50 years of tradition behind it’s beef-on-dairy program. Their product line for beef sires selected specifically for use over dairy cows is know as Safe. Bulls...

August 2024

Management

Large Herds: Optimizing Breeding Programs to Maximize Economic Return

Herd sizes are getting larger all around the world, posing their own set of challenges and opportunities. We asked some specialists who are involved in designing and delivering programs to...

August 2024

Cow Families

The Menna Family: Captain’s Dam is the Heart of a Proprietary Line at GenoSource

The Oman Mirror family has produced some of the true breed-changing sires of the past two decades – from Robust to Jedi, Duke, King Royal to Renegade and Captain. Here...

July 2024

Misc Breeds

BSI Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2024

Snoopy ranks at Nr.1 ISU in France, and is also 209 gPPR in the US and 134 gGZW in Germany. He is a son of Jonmar, who is now proven...

July 2024

Management

Simon Lalande: Always Searching for that Special Cow

Simon Lalande is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished cattlemen in the industry. His Ferme Blondin just west of Montreal has bred or developed numerous show champions, he...

July 2024

Misc Breeds

BSI Intriguing Sires DNA II - July 2024

Laugen-P is currently one of the most interesting polled sires in international Brown Swiss breeding. He presents himself as an all-rounder with a super balanced, no-holes proof: +820kg milk +.29%f...

July 2024

Management

Red Impact Competition 2024: Bomaz Rubels 9524 Wins in a Split Decision from Rubellia

In the event of a tie, preference goes to the popular vote! And that’s what it came down to, a tie, with the popular vote choosing Bomaz Rubels 9524-Red as...

July 2024

Misc Breeds

Gubelmann Brown Swiss in Canada: ‘I Don’t Care Where a Bull is From’

The Gubelmann family have bred one of the top genetic merit herds of Canada, and produced the highly proven bull Kingsley and the new release sires Kachow and Dionysis-P. On...

July 2024

Herd reports

Hallow Holsteins: Home of Ireland’s Famous Twizzle Cow Family

The Irish County of Wexford is the ancestral home of former US President John Kennedy, and a park carrying his name has been developed as a memorial. County Wexford is...

July 2024

Management

Conformation and PTAT: What are the Differences?

In general, a good bull is a good bull, no matter what country he is used in! That sounds like a perfectly reasonable statement, right, yet there are exceptions to...