by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dairy bull rankings move This week’s release of Australian Breeding Values has seen significant movements in dairy bull rankings, as a result of enhancements to DataGene’s genetic evaluation system. Peter Thurn, DataGene Stakeholder Relations Specialist, said the...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
DataGene celebrates a decade of genetic progress DataGene is today celebrating a decade of significant genetic progress and productivity gains since the release of the Balanced Performance Index (BPI) in 2015. Over the past 10 years the average genetic merit of...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Aug 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bull genomic testing boom underpins bigger genetic pool THE genomic testing of dairy bulls has increased six-fold (656%) in the past decade, giving farmers more genetics tailored for the Australian systems than ever before. And it’s not just a total rise in genomic...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Rising star takes the Winter Fair’s Highest BPI Award A heifer bred by 20-year-old Angus Fraser has taken out the BPI Heifer Award at this year’s Victorian Winter Fair. With a BPI of 417, Montrose Dropbox Tiffany descends from the Gordon Brothers’ Tiffany cow family....
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | Jun 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
DataGene CEO receives breeding Fellowship Outgoing DataGene Chief Executive Officer Dr Matthew Shaffer has been awarded a Fellowship of Australia and New Zealand’s peak body for animal breeding and genetics. Dr Shaffer was last week elected as a Fellow of the...
by lcalder@datagene.com.au | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dairy retains top talent Dr Matthew Shaffer – DataGene’s CEO since its formation in 2016 – will take on the role of Chief Executive Officer, Dairy Australia, from 16 July. DataGene Chair, Tim Jelbart, said that while the move created a vacancy at the organisation, he...
