{"id":4327,"date":"2020-10-16T04:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/?post_type=abs_testimonial&#038;p=4327"},"modified":"2020-11-23T07:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:58:49","slug":"british-blue-in-block-calving-herds","status":"publish","type":"abs_testimonial","link":"https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/testimonials\/british-blue-in-block-calving-herds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexcel\u00ae &amp; Beef InFocus\u2122 &#8211; British Blue is the future for our block calving herd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keith Davis milks a Spring Block calving herd of 900 Crossbred Jersey X Friesian cows half of the cows are milked once a day the other half twice a day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith purchased British Blue in the past but was reluctant to again due to Calving Ease. However, in May 2019, he purchased 150 straws of Genus ABS Sire Newpole Kojak and achieved a very healthy 55% CR to 1<sup>st<\/sup> service. 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I have been so happy with the results of Kojak I have ordered 900 straws of British Blue for use in Spring 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using British Blue has significantly improved the income from the sale of his beef calves and that increased cash crop from the British Blue\u2019s will be the future of the beef sires in our herd.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=1024,576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg?resize=576,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg?resize=169,300 169w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg?resize=768,1365 768w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg?resize=576,1024 576w, https:\/\/store-dev.absglobal.com\/absglobal-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/Image-2.jpg?resize=864,1536 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Davis milks a Spring Block calving herd of 900 Crossbred Jersey X Friesian cows half of the cows are milked once a day the other half twice a day Keith purchased British Blue in the past but was reluctant to again due to Calving Ease. 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