The picture tells the story, in our new brand image. The SLICK cows achieve top dairy & beef production under hot & tropical conditions, because they can maintain body temperature significantly lower than their non-SLICK herdmates. Hence they maintain feed intake at higher levels, with reduced...
New Zealand company Thermo Regulatory Genetics Limited has built a strategic alliance with the University of Florida, with the objective of developing a range of cattle and farming systems with a focus on heat tolerance. By concentrating on heat tolerance, and other associated traits, both parties...
A New Zealand company based in rural Waikato is breeding dairy cattle destined for the hottest countries around the world in a bid to help feed some of the globe’s most protein deficient nations. On a 44-hectare farm at Ohaupo, just outside of Hamilton, Thermo Regulatory...
A New Zealand company has bred the world’s first team of bulls that all carry a dominant gene certain to breed heat tolerant cows that cope better in tropical climates, ensuring milk production for countries with some of the world’s greatest deficits of protein. Thermo Regulatory...
As part of the “Change Maker” show of podcast Sarah’s Country, our CEO Derek Fairweather explains why TRG are developing heat-tolerant genetics in dairy cows, our work with the Slick gene and what it could mean for climate change. ...
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