Inbreeding was once perceived as a significant threat to long-term stability of Canada’s dairy industry, and the dairy genetics sector worked to successfully tackle the challenge in the first decade of the 2000s. The advent of genomics over the next decade shifted the sector’s focus but at Lactanet Canada’s most recent Open Industry Session shows […] Read more
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Lactanet looking at new inbreeding tool
Company developing list of “diversity sires” for Compass management software
Lactanet releases new herd reports for A2 milk
Organization pleased with over 600 downloads in first week
There have been more than 100,000 dairy cattle genotyped for the A2 beta casein in milk and that’s allowed geneticists to create new reports for farmers. “Beta casein is a protein that represents approximately 30 per cent of all milk proteins,” said Lactanet’s Chief Services Brian Van Doormal in an article about the release of […] Read more
Ontario dairy farms top national best managed herd list
Seven of the top ten best managed dairy herds of 2021 are located in Ontario, according to herd performance data assessed by Lactanet. The company recently announced Canada’s 25 best managed dairy herds of 2021 at a virtual event Feb. 22. The dairy herds are ranked according to the Lactanet Herd Performance Index (HPI). Jeff, […] Read more
Measuring the economic value of feed efficiency
How Lactanet plans to incorporate feed efficiency into Pro$ and LPI
Dairy farmers in Canada finally have a genetic index for feed efficiency after it was added to Lactanet’s genetic evaluations for Holstein cattle in April. With feed costs rising, and feed accounting for more than half of on-farm production costs, the farmer-run organization is taking a closer look at adding feed efficiency to the Lifetime […] Read more
Rosenhill achieves top spot on provincial herd list
St-Albert dairy maintained top-flight status through 2017 transition to robots
André and Judith Hildbrand may view Lactanet’s Herd Performance Index (HPI) as just one tool in operating a successful dairy farm, but the results over the past two decades at their Rosenhill Farm is proof they’ve perfected the use of that tool. Why it matters: Recognizing top performing herds rewards producers and spreads awareness about […] Read more
Sherk re-elected Dairy Farmers chair
Lactanet appointed as quality assurance validator
Dairy Farmers of Ontario has signed on Lactanet as the independent validator of the proAction quality assurance program in the province. DFO had been using its own customer service people to validate the program, but there was concern that would be seen as not independent enough for validation of a quality assurance program. Indeed, in […] Read more
Editorial: New dairy genetic direction will have multiple benefits
The speed of genetic improvement in livestock is one of the modern miracles of agriculture. The systems, which involve farmers, farmer-driven groups and researchers, have shown that great leaps in productivity improvement can be created, but the systems can pivot when needs change. I grew up fascinated by making genetic improvement recommendations on my family’s […] Read more
Dairy cattle traceability system switched on
Lactanet's DairyTrace program now operational
Lactanet Canada’s centralized national system for management of dairy cattle traceability data has formally been plugged in. Guelph-based dairy herd management service provider Lactanet on Monday launched DairyTrace, which it says will operate alongside the traceability module of Dairy Farmers of Canada’s proAction initiative in providing “state-of-the-art traceback capabilities in the event of an emergency […] Read more
Software program helps understand breeding return on investment
The Compass software brings together many sources of data to help farmers make decisions
Verifying metrics and making sure data is correct can help dairy farmers get the most out of Compass. The dairy genetics management software, provided by Holstein Canada and Lactanet is focused on breeding and genetic improvement for dairy producers. Why it matters: Breeding is a big component of dairy farm management. Recording accurate data is […] Read more
Turning off the milk tap
Dairy farmers are learning to manage larger changes in demand due to COVID-19
Signs that dairy markets may be stabilizing will come as welcome news for the industry. The past three months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a roller coaster ride for producers, who have worked to match frequent shifts in demand, and changes in how much they get paid for their milk, with […] Read more
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