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heifers and breeding bulls they're
keeping for sale bringing the total
herd to 90. A couple of sons of their
top cows are in artificial insemination
units and he has sold some breeding
bulls to breeders in western Canada.
As well, cattle and embryo's from
their Willvern Farm herd have been
exportedto Japan, Brazil, Holland,
the United Kingdom and the U.S.
The Willvern line is bred for
production, built around two
families that have been the
source of Superior Production and
Canadian Champion awards, trace to
Willvern Astro Jet Giget and
Willvern Warden Snowball. "Cows
have to produce here," says Paul.
"Milk pays the bills." The herd
average is 12,228 kg of milk. 503 kg.
of fat and 405 of protein and the herd
has BCAs of 257, 286 and 270.
"We like big framey cows that can
eat a lot of forage," Paul says. "We
give them good feed so they can
produce well."
They grow their own corn and
forages on their 200 -acre farm north
of Clinton using mostly no -till
practices, which Paul finds a time
saver. Another time saver is the TMR
system he added a year ago.
Currently, the Gibbings are still
milking twice a day (with the help of
one part-time helper since their
daughter Paige was born last year)
but after talking to other top breeders,
he's taking another look at three -
time -a -day milking.
"I said I'd never do it but I've said
that before," he smiles, remembering
that 10 years ago he wouldn't have
dreamed he'd be using no -till. "With
our high production it would
definitely help the cows." It might
even increase production more, he
says.
In looking for herd sires he looks
for a family history of strength with
good feet, legs and udders.
"If a cow doesn't have a good
udder she won't last long when she
starts producing a lot of milk," he
says.
When a new bull comes on the
market, Paul likes to listen to the
success others have had with him.
"Just because one bull works in one
herd doesn't mean he works on your
own herd," he says. "We try to keep
up with the best new bulls but if
there's a good bull that has worked