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Looking for AI Technicians?
Posted By Adam Sawell,
21/12/2022 12:01 PM With the busy autumn season not that far away NHIA member LIC might be able to help you track down AI techs for the new year. With international travel well and truly back on the agenda LIC New Zealand knows of many AI techs keen to spread their wings and spend time working in Australia and other markets. If you think you may be in need if AI technicians during autumn and winter why not get ahead of the game and contact LIC’s Mike Rose who can pass on your details to interested technicians.
Celebrate 40 years of ABVs at Herd’23
Posted By Adam Sawell,
21/12/2022 11:00 AM You are invited to join Ginfo participants along with Herd’23 partners NHIA, DataGene, Dairy Australia and Holstein Australia at a gala dinner on Tuesday 14th March 2023 in Bendigo, Victoria to celebrate 40 years of Australian Breeding Values. Over the last 40 years ABVs have contributed so much to the Australian dairy industry. In the past decade alone about one-third of productivity improvements achieved by Australian dairy farmers can be credited to better genetics. Join us to celebrate this...
Meet Stan Alves OAM
Posted By Adam Sawell,
21/12/2022 09:00 AM At the International Dairy Week 2023 National Herd Improvement Association dinner AFL icon Stan Alves will be our guest speaker, sharing insights from his long sporting, coaching and business career with NHIA members and guests. AFL and sports fans will know Stan's name, Saints (St Kilda Football Club) fans will know Stan very well. Here's a brief recap of Stan's impressive career to date. AFL coach, elite athlete, media personality entrepreneur and successful businessman, Stan Alves is one of...
Sexed dairy and beef semen drive strong domestic market
Posted By Adam Sawell,
18/11/2022 14:00 PM A strong domestic market in 2021 saw a 61% increase in sexed semen sales, up from 321,777 to 518,644 doses year-on-year and a 77% rise in beef semen sales, from 243,435 to 429,675 doses. Set against this was a marked reversal in the export market, with a 37% decline in dairy semen exports and 40% decline in beef exports. NHIA director and World Wide Sires Australia General Manager, Geoff Wood, says the increasing take up of sexed semen is changing the face of the domestic market. “Sexed semen...
Don't miss Herd '23
Posted By Adam Sawell,
17/11/2022 08:00 AM Dairy herd improvement enthusiasts will be eager to set aside 15-16 March 2023 in their diaries to attend Herd ’23, the popular conference for the dairy herd improvement industry. Held every two years in Bendigo, Victoria, the Herd conference has a reputation for addressing exciting topics through speakers who are leaders in their field, including scientists, farmers and service providers. Single day, two day and event dinner Herd ’23 registration with early bird discount is now open. NHIA...
NHIA Member Forums announced
Posted By Adam Sawell,
17/11/2022 07:40 AM Take part in our Gippsland and IDW member forums and dinner A key part of NHIA’s strategic vision is visiting regions to engage with members, gather information, provide support and build and grow the relationships that keeps herd improvement delivering for producers day in, day out. Gippsland Member Forum Wednesday 14th December Our final member forum for the year takes place in Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria on 14th December. The idea behind the member forum program is for NHIA to...
The on-farm sexual revolution is getting closer to home
Posted By Credit: Landline / Tim Lee,
17/11/2022 07:00 AM In 1995, an ordinary-looking lamb was born to a conventional Merino ewe. But Larry the lamb was anything but ordinary. Larry made history as the world's first gender-selected sheep. Scientists at the University of Sydney always knew they'd be getting a baby boy. They'd employed a process that sorted ram semen into male and female, and they chose to produce a male. Larry the lamb was the first sex-determined sheep born using sexed semen. (Supplied: University of...
NHIA Funding Program in action
Posted By Adam Sawell,
17/11/2022 07:00 AM Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) recently supported an AI introduction training session for Hico Australia in Maffra, Victoria, run by Hilary Lunn and featuring ‘Henrietta’, LIC’s AI training simulator. As part of the NHIA Australian Herd Improvement Industry Projects Funding Program, LIC received co-funding to increase the ability and knowledge of existing professional and DIY AI technicians through increasing the frequency of and access to AI refresher training. Applications for Round 4...
Could a national livestock gene bank future-proof endangered farm animals?
Posted By Credit : Landline / Tim Lee,
06/09/2022 20:00 PM NHIA member Genetics Australia featured in this ABC Landline story and TV clip (accessed via link below) on the need for an Australian National Gene Bank (all picture credits Tim Lee / ABC Landline). What do you think? In 2001, foot-and-mouth disease broke out among livestock in the United Kingdom. More than 6 million sheep and cattle were slaughtered and their carcasses incinerated on farms before the disease was brought under control. In the wake of the crisis, estimated to have cost...
Involved in Herd Improvement & AI – Your industry needs you!
Posted By Adam Sawell,
06/09/2022 17:30 PM Calling all Herd Improvement businesses that carry our artificial inseminations. NHIA needs 5 minutes of your time to complete the second National Herd Improvement Data Collection Survey. Why? Because it is all about harnessing our collective knowledge and expertise to build a stronger herd improvement sector. Take me there I’ll do the Data Collection Survey now! It’s important! Did you know that our first National Herd Improvement Data Collection Survey led to over $1 million in funding that...