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MORE AND MORE ECUADOREAN FARMERS RELY ON NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT NEW ZEALAND GENETICS, TO IMPROVE THE GENETICS OF THEIR DAIRY HERDS.

Why?

Livestock Improvement genetics, have:

• been developed over 55 years for a calving interval of 365 days.

   

• Information about their sires includes rankings for daughter fertility and longevity, so farmers can have some confidence that the daughters of New Zealand Genetics^TM they breed will not only get in calf themselves but will also last for many lactations.

   

• As in New Zealand, Ecuadorean farmers are benefiting from this data and can maximise the advantage by outcrossing - for example selecting Holstein-Friesian semen to put across Jersey cows - introducing hybrid vigour to the herd. Research confirms that a crossbred cow will last an extra lactation as compared to straightbred Holstein-Friesians or Jerseys.

   

• New Zealand Genetics^TM sires are proven in the worlds largest grass based progeny test programme.

   

• The bloodlines of Livestock Improvement's progeny test sires are sourced from the best in the world, selected for their ability to produce milk from grass.

   

• The introduction of 'new blood lines' solves the problem of inbreeding in many Ecuadorean herds.

   

• New Zealand genetics, specifically developed for grass-based farmers, also seem to be producing cows that are more resistant to the heat stress common in some dairying regions of Ecuador. Heat stress effects dairy cows in several ways, including milk production and fertility.

   

• New Zealand Genetics^TM Holstein Friesians tend to be smaller in stature meaning farmers have a choice of two similarly sized breeds - Holstein Friesian and Jersey, both of which are fertile and produce high percentages of milk solids.

   

• The average protein concentration for New Zealand Holstein Friesians is 3.5%, and 4% for Jersey.

   

• Cow temperament is one of the measures bulls are ranked against as their daughters are tested in Livestock Improvement's sire proving scheme - meaning farmers can have confidence that the progeny they are breeding will be easy to milk and handle.

   

• Research confirms in TMR (a driver to dairy efficiency, fertility and longevity) comparisons with Holsteins the New Zealand Holstein-Friesian cow produces similar solids to her Holstein herdmate on pasture with a difference in liveweight and condition score.