7 December 2023
By optimizing a few of your daily practices, and with these few tips, get the most out of your YPERIOS crossbred calves.
6 December 2023
The local Abondance and Tarentaise breeds are historically present in the Savoie region and are linked to the PDO-IGP cheese chains. Today, it is essential to improve communication between breeds and the cheese industry, in order to reconcile the evolution of breeds with the needs of different users (breeders...),
cheese makers...). By 2022, OS RAR, CAP Tarentaise, AFTALP, ILS, CERAQ and AURIVA have decided to
implement the "Local breeds and the Savoie PDO-IGP cheese industry" project, which will take place in
5 actions, until 2024.
30 November 2023
Young sire selection
for AI genetics is
carried out by a commission
bringing together several
Aubrac breed experts at
Following in-station checks
evaluation.
27 November 2023
With some dairy cows reaching 70kg a day, the GAEC du Liuret in the
Béarn (64) has opted for productivity and efficiency.
sires in the VOLUM segment.
24 November 2023
Hervé COLLOMBAT took over his parents' farm in 1997 in VIRIVILLE (38) at an altitude of 420 meters, between the Chambaran plateau and the Bièvre plain.
23 November 2023
Mathias and Jean-Pierre CHARRETIER farm 90 hectares in DUERNE (69), a commune at an altitude of 850 meters in the heart of the Monts du Lyonnais. They produce 700,000 liters of milk and sell 35 crossbred heifers and steers a year. 30 Ha of arable land are planted with corn, barley and temporary grassland, with the remainder in rotational grazing for dairy heifers. The furthest plots are reserved for butchering animals.
20 April 2022
The first Single Step indexation for dairy breeds provides an opportunity to take stock of this new development. Developed by French and international geneticists, it enables indexes to be calculated in a single step, harmonized internationally, corrected for genetic progress, and better integration of all genotyping data.