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October 2012
Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles
Dairying
The importance of genetics by Denise Gunn
Genetics play an important part in Philip and Susan Ingram’s Jersey herd
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he Manawatu couple currently have 350 cows plus 70 herd replacements on their Tokomaru farm with the herd tracing back to one four-year-old cow, with a breeding index of 136, bought in 1986 for $1,000. As a daughter of the Jersey sire of the century in 2000, this cow has bred a line of high-producers for the couple’s Philsan Stud. Her offspring, all registered with
names beginning with K, include a bull, Kurathers, sold to Ambreed in 1997 and his semen used in Jersey herds nationwide. Two other notable bulls bred by Philip and Susan, Philsan Maunga Noble and Philsan Pioneer Newman, have had success marketed by Liberty Genetics. “We also had two bulls in the LIC
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Philip and Susan Ingram with their highest producing cow Philsan Manhatten Deka
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