Testimonials

Using data to drive changes to the system is helping one Cheshire herd improve performance

FOCUS ON FEEDING DURATION DRIVES PERFORMANCE Despite farming 250 miles apart, John Allwood from Huntingdon near Chester and Jack Elliott from Torrington in Devon have several things in common.  They are both running large, high yielding all round calving dairy herds.  And they are both convinced of the importance of using data to guide their […]

Sexcel® & Beef InFocus™ – British Blue is the future for our block calving herd

Keith Davis milks a Spring Block calving herd of 900 Crossbred Jersey X Friesian cows half of the cows are milked once a day the other half twice a day Keith purchased British Blue in the past but was reluctant to again due to Calving Ease. However, in May 2019, he purchased 150 straws of […]
Herd Size: 900

Quicke’s Traditional LTD

Quicke’s Traditional LTD are award-winning cheesemakers based in Crediton, Devon, managed by Director and Owner, Mary Quicke, MBE. The cheese is produced from 600 cows that are split into Spring and Autumn grazing Block Calving Herds. The Spring herd averages 5,800 litres at 4.75% Fat and 3.78% Protein. The Spring cows are grazed 365 days […]
Herd Size: 600

Trye Farm

The Holstein, Friesian and Norwegian Red crosses, have been bred specifically for the autumn calving grazing system at Adam and Georgina Robert’s farm near Penzance, in Cornwall. “Good and effective grazers are crucial for us,” says Georgina, who farms the 222ha unit with her husband Adam and Adam’s parents, plus an apprentice. The grazing platform […]
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Herd Size: 180

Wood Farm, Shropshire

“Since implementing the Sexcel® & Beef InFocus™ strategy we have achieved an 87% in-calf rate, 76% submission rate and 30% pregnancy rate, alongside a Sexcel® conception rate of 39%. The fertility of our block calving herd has improved alongside the increased value of our Beef Calves.” Graham Potter milks 250 cows on a three-way cross […]
Herd Size: 250

Evolution Farming

“We have only used the RMS service for 12 months the results have been exceptional. We received conception rates of up to 81% across Sexcel® and Beef InFocus™ ” Tom Rawson, Evolution Farms Evolution Farming, owned in partnership by Tom Rawson and Charlie Crotty, comprises six block calving herds, three Spring and three autumn located […]
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Herd Size: 2500

Sexcel Success Across Our Spring Block Calving Herds…

“Sexcel will allow us to increase the genetic gain of the heifers in our Spring Block Calving herd, a goal which we aim to achieve in three years” Llyr and Rhodri Lloyd from Dyfed currently milk 320 cows in a Spring Block Calving system and last year they made the decision to use Sexcel. They […]
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Herd Size: 320

Henllys Farm

“Sexcel & BeefInFocus alongside RMS means my herd is making genetic progress and the fertility of the herd is taken care of at the same time” Gerald Watkins from Henllys Farm, Aberystwyth explains how 3 years of using Sexcel and RMS has resulted in achieving conception rates as high as 65% in his 290 Pedigree […]
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Herd Size: 290

Tim Sinnott, Warwickshire

Tim Sinnott milks 225 cows on an autumn block calving system in Warwickshire. Calving from July through to November with all fertility work done by the Genus Reproductive Management System (RMS) team. The cows are milked three times daily with yields at 12,700lts/cow milk sold which equates to 890kg milk solids sold per cow. “In […]
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Herd Size: 225

Nathan Pryor, Cornwall

Nathan Pryor milks 480 cross bred Jersey-Friesians on a once a day, grazing based system. The herd is block calved and average annual yields stand at 4,000 litres a cow. Sexed semen now plays an important role in reducing the number of unwanted dairy bull calves and realising the genetic potential of Nathans herd. “Traditionally […]
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Herd Size: 480

Scarah Bank Farm

When moving to a new robotic milking unit from a traditional parlour based system, Andrew and Alison Walmsley from Scarah Bank Farm, near Ripley, Harrogate were faced with a number of challenges which required them to focus closely on breeding and reproduction to build their current herd. With three robots, there is a limit to […]
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Herd Size: 200

White House Farm

Andrew Leggott from White House Farm near Northallerton has never been afraid to adopt new technologies and to evolve his business. He was one of the first farms in the country to use female sexed semen in 2004, saw the benefits on the Genus ABS Reproductive Management System (RMS) ten years ago and moved into […]
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Herd Size: 410

Banhadla Farm, Llangedwyn

Husband and wife team Stephen and Sarah Suckley-Jones farm the 162ha Banhadla Farm, Llangedwyn near Oswestry with Sarah’s father David. The farm is home to the 320 head Banhadla herd. “We have found 320 is the right number of cows for the farm and buildings,” Sarah explains. “We have had as many as 350 but […]
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Herd Size: 320

Golden Dakota Farms

Originally from South Africa, Donovan Coatzee’s family purchased Golden Dakota Farms in 2014. The South Dakota farm is currently home to 3,100 milking cows. Since the farm was built in 2005, Coatzee has made significant changes to better the operation. Over a year ago, pregnancy rates at Golden Dakota Farms were around 21% and Coatzee […]
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Herd Size: 3100

Johnson’s Rolling Acres

Johnson Rolling Acres is a family farm that has been in business since 1979. After starting out milking 36 cows, the farm has steadily milked more cows to support a growing family. The most recent expansion was in 2012 when the Johnson’s built a cross-ventilated freestall barn and expanded to 1,200 milking cows. As a […]
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Herd Size: 1200
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