This season we have joined females in our Angus stud program across four locations: Mortlake, Warncoort, Peterborough and Mansfield and things are progressing well:
800 stud heifers joined
1,560 stud cows joined
640 recipients marked for implanting
Our focus is on lifting the rate of genetic progress. That means making greater use of our elite sires and donor cows through AI and ET programs and backing selection decisions with more data and measurement, so that every generation of bulls we breed is a genuine step forward.
Across our country in Western Victoria, we recorded 73mm of rain in Warncoort and 35mm at Mortlake during October. Since the start of November, we have had 16mm in the gauge at Warncoort and 13.5mm at Mortlake.
This year we cut silage earlier to get better quality, with higher protein and ME levels. We’ve had success cutting both phalaris and ryegrass. We’ve got hay earmarked for round bales in the next couple of weeks and all pit silage is planned to be fed out in a wagon or silage feeder.
Pictured: Dr Reon Holmes and Aimee Desmazures from HVC Production and Breeding working on our ET Program at Nenagh near Mansfield. Pictures by Emily McCormack.
