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Dairy farmers are one step closer to breeding cow with lower methane emissions, offering an innovative way to reduce the nation's agricultural carbon footprint without compromising farm productivity.

CRV has produced the first homozygous polled bull to make New Zealand’s prestigious Ranking of Active Sires (RAS) list, demonstrating the strides the company is making in breeding top-quality polled bulls.

As Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) resurfaces in Canterbury, CRV is reassuring dairy farmers it has rigorous production processes and health testing programmes in place within its supply chain.

A Canterbury Hereford stud specialising in providing beef genetics for the dairy industry is claiming a major breakthrough in breeding for more environmentally friendly animals, with reduced urinary nitrogen emissions.

Some dairy farmers could be missing out on up to 160 kgMS of production because they are not herd testing.

Genetics can help dairy farmers take steps this season to reduce their emissions while they wait for further new tools and technologies to be developed, says CRV managing director James Smallwood.

CRV's new regional sales manager for the Upper North Island, Michelle Bratty, has a mantra: to help farmers succeed.

CRV says it has sourced additional frozen sexed semen straws to cater for demand, as orders from farmers triple those from last season.

Herd improvement company, CRV Ambreed becomes CRV as the Dutch company brings together all its global business units under one brand name.

Ben and Yvonne Lee weren’t born into farming but have taken it up with vigour.