COMMITMENT A2A2

from 2023 World Wide Sires New Zealand Grazing Catalogue

by World Wide Sires, LTD

GROUNDED IN SCIENCE BACKED BY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

121694 LARCREST COMMITMENT-ET

A2a2

122751 S-S-I CNWAY CONFIDENTIAL-ET

Delpro A2a2

119677 WELCOME DELPRO 3565-ET

Darryl and Ann Roberts, and their daughter Kay, milk 160 Friesian cows at their low input King Country farm. Darryl recalls they “changed to World Wide Sires across the entire herd five years ago. We wanted pure Friesian bulls – F16 – and hadn’t been getting that.

All our bull calves go to rearers at 100kg and they wanted pure Friesian. We also wanted genetics which would give us better udders. Prior to moving across to World Wide Sires it wasn’t uncommon for heifers to have uneven udders – up in front and down at the rear.”

The oldest World Wide Sires are now five years old, and have been milking for three years. Darryl and Ann are pleased with them. “They are more solid, have very quiet temperament and last longer in the herd. We’re really pleased with their fertility too – our empty rate was 6% last year.”

Darryl, Ann and Kay Roberts, South Waikato

Farm: 60 hectares effective

Herd: 160 Friesian cows

Farm system: 2, Once a day with all replacements at home plus beef stock to 100kg

Frazzled A2a2

117976 MELARRY JOSUPER FRAZZLED-ET

FREETICK-PP A2A2

123684 BOMAZ FREETICK-PP-ET

Goddard A2a2

119675 WELCOME GODDARD 3571-ET

Sire: S-S-I Limlght Bedrock-PP-ET

Scott and Kelly Jamieson took over the family farm fifteen years ago. Scott recalled the herd was “predominantly New Zealand genetics. It was a good herd but we were concerned about the narrow genetic pool and wanted outcross genetics, so we started using World Wide Sires.

Straight away – at the first calving – we noticed the vigour of the calves, they got up straight after being born, were well conditioned and strong. We were very happy and, year on year, we’ve continued to be impressed with World Wide Sires calves.

Our oldest World Wide Sires cows are now five years old and overall the cows coming through have great udders – that’s a stand-out. They are a better conformed type of cow with a really good cell count. We’ve noticed that they go from strength to strength in their second and third year in the herd – milk solid production has improved and across the board they have a stronger frame and are more robust. They’re not an overly big cow but we’re confident their strength will mean they last in the herd.”