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With mating underway for most South Island dairy farmers, getting heat detection right will be the linchpin of reproductive success and crucial for protecting bottom lines.

CRV’s new National Herd Testing Manager, Shelley Ryburn, says a dairy downturn is the most important time for herd testing so farmers can identify their top performing cows and the ones taking away from their bottom line.

As a girl from Christchurch, Giverny Penny’s family didn’t know a cow had to get pregnant to produce milk. Now, as mating season gets underway and with years of dairy farming under her belt, she has found her home with genetics company CRV.

As dairy farmers look ahead to mating in the wake of a downgraded forecast payout, CRV Managing Director James Smallwood says getting cows in calf will be fundamental.

From being suited and booted in the glamorous world of advertising to wearing red bands and overalls in cow sheds across the Waikato, Julia Baynes’ new role is the perfect meeting of two worlds.

Emma Carne wanted to be an airline pilot, but a foray into dairy farming to fund her flying lessons instead launched her career in the dairy industry. More than 20 years later, she has joined CRV as the company’s new AB Services Manager.