Max Tweedie takes up his role as North Island extension officer this month. Read more »
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is launching a new progeny test to put a dollar value on the extra profit that can be added to the dairy-beef supply chain by using good beef genetics. Read more »
B+LNZ Genetics has appointed Dr Phillip Wilcox as its inaugural senior lecturer in quantitative genetics at the University of Otago. Read more »
The B+LNZ Genetics Beef Progeny Test is being run over two years and across five large properties; it involves more than 50 AI bulls, 50 follow-up bulls, 1600 cows and 600 heifers. Read more about the projects and the properties involved Read more »
Having a good eye when buying rams may well be a thing of the past if a new study shows it’s the data behind the ram’s breeding that delivers profit. Data Drives Dollars is a joint project between Massey University and Focus Genetics, with significant support from B+LNZ Genetics. It aims to find out if there is a financial advantage in buying rams with high genetic merit, or not. Read more »