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The following tables display data about trends in breed of calves and inseminations used on the dairy herd.

  1. Trends in Breed of calves from the dairy herd (2012 to 2016).
Table 1. Trends in Sire Usage on FR cows.
Breed 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
AA Sire 142,553 142,824 174,730 216,112 235,502
BB Sire 28,871 23,149 25,570 25,987 23,972
HE Sire 93,434 92,690 115,987 144,243 157,688
LM Sire 52,088 48,261 55,412 60,412 57,756
FR Sire 670,744 689,124 666,410 684,523 715,950
JE Sire 19,737 17,735 14,561 12,692 15,073
Table 1a. Breed Trends; JE as a % FR
Breed 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1 FR Sire * FR Dam 670,744 689,124 666,410 684,523 715,950
2 JE Sire * FR Dam 19,737 17,735 14,561 12,692 15,073
3 FR Sire * JE Dam 12,428 17,110 21,356 25,291 27,640
4 JE Sire * JE Dam 4,869 5,613 5,300 5,872 6,843
5 ALL JE (2 + 3 + 4) 37,034 40,458 41,217 43,855 49,556
ALL JE as a % FR*FR (5 / 1) 5.52% 5.87% 6.18% 6.41% 6.92%
  • Large increase in use of beef breeds on dairy herd.
  • Jersey still at a low level, but increasing relative to Holstein Friesian.

 

  1. Inseminations used on the dairy herd for 2016 (to give a picture of trends for 2017).
Table 2. Trends in Technician Recorded Inseminations (2014-2016)
Year of Insemination 2014 2015 2016
Angus 76,730 86,267 104,467
Belgian Blue 46,050 42,187 41,642
Hereford 44,956 52,353 76,671
Limousin 62,915 67,211 79,940
Holstein-Friesian 612,133 680,423 642,605
Jersey 30,688 36,716 53,262
Jersey vs Holstein-Friesian 5.0% 5.4% 8.3%
  • Significant increase in use of Jersey inseminations in 2016 relative to 2015.