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CRV says its dairy beef sales have grown by 15% since last year as farmers take a more strategic approach to breeding and look to diversify their income streams.

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.

LIC says new research has confirmed that bull genetics play a role in how much methane they emit.

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 is now offering innovative sexed semen technology to New Zealand dairy farmers.

"Breeders working for breeders" is how Taranaki farmer Wayne Taylor describes a joint sire-proving venture between Holstein Friesian NZ and CRV.

CRV is introducing new sexed semen technology to New Zealand, claiming it will help farmers accelerate the genetic gains of their herd.

Getting cows in calf has become part of the family business for CRV artificial breeding technician Joanne Polglaze from Kaikohe in Northland.