EARL PLANEIGE: Artisan of collective progress
14 October 2024
WITHOUT HORNS AND WITHOUT REPROACH!
30 October 2024At Colombiès in Aveyron, Alexandre Enjalbert raises 55 Holstein cows, where he manages his herd’s genetic to optimize the combination of renewal and crossbreeding.
His neighbor Frédéric Deltort, breeder of some of the bulls in the catalog, is also a fan of crossbreeding. YPERIOS. They both tell us about their experience.
EARL ALEXANDRE ENJALBERT
Town : Colombiès
- 55 dairy cows
- 450,000 L sold to SODIAAL
- UAA: 64ha including 9ha of corn silage and 15 to 20 ha of “forced” grassland
EARL FRÉDÉRIC DELTORT
Town : Colombiès
- 50 dairy cows
- 420,000 L sold to SODIAAL
- UAA: 70ha including 8ha of corn and 8ha of cereals
TOWARDS A MORE SYSTEMATIC PRACTICE OF CROSSBREEDING
As soon as he took over the family business, Alexandre continued and accentuated the YPERIOS 95 crossbreeding tradition. “We’ve always done INRA 95 (YPERIOS 95). Today we’re at around 40 to 45% crossbreeding. For the past 2 years, I’ve been genotyping all my heifers, which I distribute according to their qualities: either sexed female semen or crossbreeding.
A stone’s throw away, Frédéric Deltort doesn’t hesitate to use YPERIOS crossbreeding on his heifers either. “At the time I would never have done it, but now I put crossbreds on those that don’t hold purebred and I don’t have any calving problems.
With 50 Holsteins and transitioning to a mixed Simmental-Holstein herd, in a grass-based system, he is looking to rationalize his practices. With a YPERIOS 95 cross-breeding rate of around 30%, he sells his calves at 1 month and a little longer when he has the space. . “I’ve sold crossbreds for up to €400, compared with €80 for a black. Today I’m going to work with Joël on optimizing or maximizing bull profiles. The calvings are fully insured, so I know what to do. that I can go for a little more conformation.”
The same goes for Alexandre Enjalbert, who tells us he keeps his crossbreds for 1 to 1? months : “The longer you keep them, the more they burst. I’ve sold a male for up to €380 and a female for up to €280. YPERIOS crossbreds get much more out of the ration than a Holstein calf. At first I was skeptical about the renewal/crossbreeding strategy, but Joël managed to convince me, and today I wouldn’t go back.
THINK BEFORE AND AFTER CALVING: SAVE TIME AND LIVELINESS
Alexandre Enjalbert is the only farmer on the farm, with group calvings in the autumn. With particular attention paid to drying off, he also makes sure that the calves’ first days are as simple as possible, leaving them under the mother’s care for 2 days for colostrum at the right temperature and in the right quantity. He then switches seamlessly to the teat bucket.
At Frédéric Deltort’s, also for labor reasons, and thanks to the calves’ great vigor, they are left for a week under the mother’s care. “They get colostrum as much as they want and then I switch them to the MilkBar. It’s a smooth transition. For several
The liveliness of YPERIOS crossbred calves has really improved over the years. They stand up and suckle straight away, which is a significant gain in terms of working comfort and time.
TWO LOCAL PLAYERS IN THE PROGRAM
Frédéric and Alexandre are both AURIVA test partners. “I take part in the Blond and YPERIOS tests, which are advantageous and, above all, AIs are carried out from November to March, as they are at home. It’s not restrictive in terms of calving and it’s satisfying to be able to take part in the programs,” confides Alexandre.
Frédéric is also a breeder for the YPERIOS program. With 2 bulls in his catalog (OZIRIS and NOUNOURS), he remembers the birth of OZIRIS. “I arrived one morning and saw the cow in top form, as if nothing had happened, and OZIRIS next to her, born on her own. Today, I also have TOTEM YP and TINTO YP, who were selected following the individual test and will probably be entering the catalog shortly.
I enjoy taking part in the program, I have every confidence in it in Gilles Bousquet who comes to place the embryos. And I have a special relationship with YPERIOS because I worked at INRA in Carmaux. I was in charge of of the INRA 95 herd, I sorted calves at Soual with Jean-Christophe VERZENI. I know and love these animals and I’m all the more confident in the program and its quality.
We feel useful when we give birth to bulls or take part in testing. You give good care to enable our neighbors or even breeders at the other end of the world to earn additional income without taking any risks.
A WORD FROM JOËL ALARY
Coopelso inseminator
The YPERIOS range gives you peace of mind, even with heifers. The #SÉCURISEZ, #OPTIMISEZ and #MAXIMISEZ segments enable us to target matings for both primiparous and multiparous heifers.
Coupled with genotyping, crossbreeding enables the herd to progress and generate additional income. If you bear in mind that a beautiful crossbred calf will, among other things, enable you to pay for sexed doses, you’re sure to make progress on the milk front too. It’s a win-win situation!
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