UK Sires Blog

UK Dairy Day

by Simon Gee

8th September 2019

UK Dairy Day takes place on Wednesday 11th September at the Telford International Centre

Diabetes ‘can be kept at bay with a glass of milk every day’

4th September 2019

Drinking milk at breakfast time cuts the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, research suggests.

New dairy cattle breeding method increases genetic selection efficiency

8th July 2019

Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy cattle breeding method that adds a new parameter to genetic selection and conserves or even improves a population’s genetic diversity

Beef farmers – need some help this summer?

by Simon Gee

20th May 2019

French students seek internships on UK beef farms

Top genetic traits to improve lifetime yield revealed

by Marco Winters

13th May 2019

AHDB Dairy have revealed the genetic traits dairy farmers should focus on if they are aiming to increase their herd’s daily lifetime yields for fat and protein

Changes to the Holstein Type Merit Index in April 2019

by Darren Todd

1st April 2019

In the upcoming April 2019 proof run, Holstein UK will implement a new Type Merit formula, which dictates the makeup of the overall Type Merit Index. NBDC geneticist, Darren Todd explains the changes to the formula