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1 1 Divorne Farms Presented by Bruno Divorne Manitoba Who we are 2 2 Located South Central Manitoba 3 3 father - Pierre mother - Odile immigrated in Canada - 1969 farm labourers bought first farm - 1973 4 4

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Divorne Farms

Presented by

Bruno Divorne

Manitoba

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Who we are

Located South Central Manitoba

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  • father - Pierre
  • mother - Odile

immigrated in Canada - 1969

  • farm

labourers

  • bought first

farm - 1973

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  • current homestead purchased in 1977
  • 1979 - dairy barn built for 120 cows
  • 2000 - addition built for an extra 60 cows
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Heifer development facilities

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New Dairy Facilities

  • totally robotic dairy facility
  • focus on cow comfort
  • labour efficient
  • 5 Lely robots
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Feeding

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Bedding

  • Val Metal Daf
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Alleys

  • Legend Rubber Floor
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Newborn Calves

  • 90 stall suites
  • in 5 rooms
  • raised for 3 months
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Calving Area

  • dry cows
  • 6th Lely Robot
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Current Milk Production

  • 300 Cows
  • 40.5 kgs/day
  • 4% butterfat
  • 1st Robotic Farm

to obtain Gold Status in province

  • IBC = 6
  • SCC = 112
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The Crew

  • Managed by Bruno &

Pierre

  • 5 Full time employees
  • numerous part-time

employees

  • Karen - busy with 3

sons and daughter

  • Bernadette - book keeper
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Surplus Heifers

  • Manitoba
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • New York
  • Wisconsin
  • Minnesota

Manitoba Ontario

Quebe c

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Breeding

  • Gmate
  • Sexed Semen resulting

in more heifer calves

  • Shorter gestation
  • Easier calving
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  • large assortment of sires
  • keep an open mind to all AI Companies
  • Westgen - majority of sires used
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Industry problem

  • Rear teat placement
  • Shortness of teats
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Sire Requirements

  • a high GPLI
  • feet and legs
  • teat placement &

udders for robotic milking

  • milking

temperament

  • milking speed
  • overall milk fat and

protein production

  • Immunity Sires
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Industry Improvements

  • more details -plus and minus of young sires
  • data and testing on survival rates at birth for calves
  • fertility and conception rate
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LPI

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Herd Life

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Genetic Fat

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Pro $

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Production

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Highlight - 1377

  • calving at 26 months
  • producing over 20,000kgs
  • 4.53 butterfat (907 kgs)
  • 465 days
  • drying off with over 40 kgs
  • f milk
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Sires Currently Used

  • Seducer
  • Classic
  • Palace
  • Sonic
  • Gymnast
  • Oscar
  • Adorable
  • Upright
  • Mustang
  • Epic
  • Aptitude

Mustang Oscar

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Final Thoughts

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Thank you!