Mt Major Tony T13, one of the Mt Major senior sires.
Data recording is fine, but processing and understanding the outcomes in your herd is important.
Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content
Brett Davidson and Sarah Chaplin spend a lot of time recording data for their stud, Mt Major Murray Greys.
“We want to make sure every animal that goes out the front gate is going to work well and produce a quality product,” Brett Davidson said.
Every animal on the property is genomically recorded.
The stud is founded on bloodlines from Dajory, Lindsay, Willalooka, Mount View, The Glen and Monterey.
“Through the use of these elite genetics we aim to provide high indexing animals with low birth weights,” Brett said.
“We want to provide quiet, well-handled bulls that will produce soft, well muscled, thick, meaty calves for our clients.”
Herd EBVs show continual improvements carcase trait indexes, rib and rump fats, EMA, carcase weight and growth.
The stud has also found favour with dairy farmers who appreciate the breed traits including ease of calving.
Mt Major’s breeding goals include low birth weight calves, massive growth figures, indexes in the top one per cent for profitability and delivery on high EMA and IMF traits.
“We have been recording with BREEDPLAN since we started our stud and scan all our cattle for carcase traits, and have implemented BREEDPLAN accredited structural scoring for all animals.
Health testing is also a high priority with genetic testing regularly carried out: all animals are currently free from all known genetic disorders.
Mt Major Murray Greys will be offering 16 bulls and eight females at an open day and auction on Wednesday, October 7, with the auction starting at 12.30pm.
Mt Major Murray Greys is located 8km north of Dookie.
Mikayla and Brett from GV Vets conducting a bull breeding soundness examination at Mt Major Murray Greys.
16°C