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Dairies Honored for Excellence in Reproduction & Genetics
by GENEX
GENEX first recognized Excellence in Reproduction & Genetics award winners in 2012, and each year the caliber of reproduction success and genetic merit have reached new and seemingly impossible levels of achievement. During that first year, the winning dairies averaged a 30% pregnancy rate and 45% first service conception rate for cows. This year’s platinum award herds average a 36.8% pregnancy rate and a 58.2% first service conception rate.
The number of herds and diversity of the nominations have grown over the years as well. Once recognizing only U.S. herds, nominations now come from all corners of the globe. This has led to the addition of an international award category.
Each year, once nominations from a GENEX representative or global distributor are received, individual herd performance numbers are put into a matrix calculation. The calculation considers the dairy’s pregnancy rate, service rate, conception rate, percent pregnant by 150 days in milk (DIM), sexed semen use and the genetic level of service sires, and ultimately determines the winning herds.
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Category: < 500 Cows
Platinum: Truttman Dairy LLC, Blanchardville, Wisconsin
Gold: Borst Family Dairy, Rochester, Minnesota
Silver: Dorrich Dairy, Glenwood, Minnesota
Honorable Mention: Blue Prairie Holsteins, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Category: 500-2,000 Cows
Platinum: Strassburg Creek Dairy, Wittenberg, Wisconsin
Gold: Wagner Farms Inc, Oconto Falls, Wisconsin
Silver: Ruedinger Farms, Van Dyne, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention: Scheps Dairy, Almena, Wisconsin
Category: 2,000+ Cows
Platinum: High Noon Dairy LLC, Hereford, Texas
Gold: Carlyle Dairy
Silver: Spring Breeze Dairy LLC, Bryant, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention: Darlington Ridge Farms, Darlington, Wisconsin
Category: International
Platinum: Verhoef Dairy Farm Inc, Canada
Gold: Evika-Agro, LLC, Russia,
Silver: Hacienda el Carmen, Bolivia
Honorable Mention: Agrasisa S.A de C.V, Mexico and Bergesmilch GbR, Germany
Category: Heifers
Platinum: A-OK Farms LLC, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin and Vander Woude Dairy, Merced, California
Gold: Mar-Bec Dairy, Mondovi, Wisconsin
Silver: Scheps Dairy, Almena, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention: Darlington Ridge Farms Darlington, Wisconsin and High Noon Dairy LLC Hereford, Texas
