Ferdon Genetics is owned and operated by Warren and Michelle, together with their son, Corey, milking 200-210-head on 75 effective hectares. They showed 18 in-milk and six dry heifers in two breeds.
Sexed dairy semen is used on the top 30% of cows with the remainder bred to beef semen, using an easy-calving British Blue sire, Beef Shorthorn, and sexed Angus. Youngstock are bred to an Aberdeen ...
Kate Robinson and her team manage the 400-cow Holstein herd, which is part of the University’s Future Farm ... and beds are cleaned and bedded with sawdust during each milking to help optimise udder ...