TotoGen’s new cattle parentage product connects calves back to their breeding, so farmers, rearers, finishers and supply chains can understand which genetics are delivering the outcomes that matter.
Our low-cost sheep parentage experience is the foundation. We are introducing cattle testing with an initial focus on dairy-beef and commercial beef, and at just $15 per sample.
In dairy-beef supply chains and commercial beef herds, the starting point is the same: connect each calf to its breeding, then bring that link together with the records collected later.
Who is this calf by, and where did it come from? A parentage link can give rearers, finishers and supply chains greater confidence in calf identity.
Which bulls actually sired the calves? Parentage gives you a way to connect progeny back to sires and ask more useful breeding questions.
Parentage creates the connection. Performance data creates the value.
When records are shared across the chain, the calf’s breeding can be considered alongside what happens during rearing, growth and finishing.
Follow each calf’s growth, health, finishing and carcase results—and connect them back to its sire.
Confirm the parentage connection. Follow the calf through the records collected as it grows. Learn which breeding choices are associated with the outcomes you value.
The questions we can answer depend on the calves, candidate parents, samples and performance records available. We’ll agree the scope of each programme before testing.
Tell us whether your question concerns dairy-beef or commercial beef, the cattle and candidate sires involved, and what you want to learn from parentage.
Ask us about cattle parentage