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1 1 Dicklands Farms Presented by Ben Korporaal British Columbia

Dicklands Farms Dicklands Farms Ben Korporaal, herd manager

Dicklands’ Mission Statement Maximize profitability by improving production of milk, fat and protein without sacrificing linear traits.

Dicklands’ Current Goals Current Goal 2019/20 Production 40 kg 45 kg Butter Fat 1.65 kg/cow per day 2 kg/cow per day Protein 1.3 kg/cow per day 1.6 kg/cow per day

Genetic Plan • Criteria for bull selection: Production Type Health Milk: 1000+ Conf: 10 HL: 105 Fat: 90+ MS: 10 SCS: <2.9 Protein: 70+ F&L: 10 DF: 105 DS: 5 Rump: 5 • 100% genomic bulls

Strengthening the Herd • Genomic testing all heifer calves – Top 3 % • Flushed or IVF – Bottom 50% used as recipients – Remaining bred to mostly sexed semen

Genomic Results: Then & Now Genomic testing for 4 years – started in March 2013 First Summary 2013 Pro $ LPI Milk Fat Protein Minimum 1817 -412 -4 8 Average 2311 716 34 25 Maximum 2741 1531 69 50 Most Current Summary 2017 Pro $ LPI Milk Fat Protein Minimum 885 2335 213 4 17 Average 1794 2848 1310 65 50 Maximum 2866 3351 2818 128 90

Genomic Results: Then & Now Genomic testing for 4 years – started in March 2013 First Summary 2013 Conf MS F&L DS Minimum 0 0 -3 -4 Average 7 6 5 3 Maximum 14 12 12 10 Most Current Summary 2017 Conf MS F&L DS Minimum -1 0 -4 -1 Average 9 8 8 5 Maximum 19 19 16 13

LPI (of heifer calves given year)

Pro $ (of heifer calves given year)

Milk (of heifer calves given year)

Butter Fat (of heifer calves given year)

Protein (of heifer calves given year)

General Overview • been with the farm for 10 years • Milking 300 • 6 Lely robots • Genomic testing all heifer calves • Started flushing 3 years ago

Future Strength of Herd Average of Top 50 ranked on LPI: LPI: 3128 Pro$: 2271 Milk: 1724 SCS: 2.78 Fat: 85 Prot: 69 Conf: 10 MS: 9 F&L: 9 DS: 6

History of Improvements • Majority of improvements come from in herd • Purchased 3 high indexing heifers – Flushed multiple times – These 3 as 2 year olds averaged +1.86kg fat/day • Purchased embryos from Progenesis • 25 flushes completed on farm in 2016

Next Step of Improvements • Recently purchased this calf through Semex – TPI: 2779

Current Strengthening • 5 donors at Boviteq for IVF – Ranging from 2650 – 2800 TPI • Interest from Semex and Select Sires for bull contract – Next group of three month old calves at 2750 TPI will be sent when of age • Continuing with flushing 2-3 donors a month with Greenbelt Veterinary

Take Home Thoughts We at Dicklands feel that genomic testing has significantly helped us strengthen our herd by allowing us to strategically plan breeding and embryo transfers. This allows us to excel at a faster rate than Canadian average, achieve our goals, and profit from elite animals.