Henry Hickson
@HenryHickson99
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Livestock Breeding Consultant for neXtgen Agri
Joined December 2021
Testing of the 2024 ram lambs is well underway @ 5mths of age. Individual WECs are one of our most important measurements and invaluable to our direction. Plenty of shape and great structure in this year's drop. @Fergenetics @neXtgenAgri @DarrenGordon22 @HenryHickson99 @xytovet
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@Fergenetics is back on NZ soil. He called in at Maherua, Banks Peninsula, and put the Toughbook through its paces at Stonyhurst. Stacky and Will have been collecting data, including matching lambs to dams at Nine Mile. At Earnscleugh, Will was scoring rams for footrot.
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Great to have our classing screen to empower good decision making at Stonyhurst today. When the computer says they are minus 1.27 for dag you expect them to be this clean! @charliedc2 @neXtgenAgri
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This week, @HenryHickson99 and @eckersontour have been classing for clients all over, from Ultrawhites at @justinbammann to merinos at @mumblebone_. Whilst @sheepishophie, @GPughAgri and @BuchholzGeorgia have been working on extension work with @AgriFuturesAU.
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Pretty cool ram to find out on the Eyre peninsula. A Hillcroft farms ram with a double copy of the GDF9 gene, good figures, solid structure and fully shedding. It’s exciting to already see his progeny coming through in the 24 drop. Awesome work @DawsonBradford2 @justinbammann
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#EyreUltrawhites classing rams and ewe's with @eckersontour and @HenryHickson99 running the figures. #GDF9 progeny coming through with impressive data and structure to match .
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Fitting way to finish the South Aussie trip with a few shedders at Eyre Ultrawhites. Thanks @justinbammann for having us, it’s exciting to see some of the progress being made in this space. A few small adjustments to the classing screen made for a smooth transition to shedders.
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Time for our weekly round-up! @Fergenetics is still in Ontario, Buckles spent time with @AgriFuturesAU promoting fibre goats at Aus National Field Days, Emma & Will DNA-sampled ram hoggets at Glenallen and Phoebe & Henry spent the week indexing ewes for various clients!
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Running through ram lambs today at Karawatha Park with the top 30 picks earmarked for joining in Dec. The ASBV averages are pretty awesome Top 20% traits below PWT 9 YWT 10 YCFW 26 EBWR -0.89 LDAG -0.38 LCHAR -0.65 Other traits YFD -1.2 YFAT 0.4 YEMD 1.2 Thanks @rudigermaxpower
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Quick stop in at Rices Creek to run through a few ewes before heading to the Eyre Peninsula. Always worth pulling up to have a look at the size of the Murray River on the way through. @neXtgenAgri @eckersontour
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Great to be back in the Western districts after some rain with @CharlieWootton1 and @BuchholzGeorgia . Trying to reduce labour requirements @Jigsawfarms by selecting hard for Dag, worms and feet. Awesome to give the classing screen another run @neXtgenAgri
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A busy, global week for the team! @fergenetics and Emma kicked off at Turanganui Romneys. Buckles and Henry classed at @Burnbrae_Poll. Sophie and Georgia worked on podcasts and case studies for @agrifuturesau. On Thursday, Ferg flew to Ontario, Canada, to chat with @Ontariosheep.
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A few highlights foot scoring rams at @lochsfarming last week. 1200mm rainfall and flipping each sheep over the board is putting a fair bit of pressure on. Pictures picking out some potential keepers. @neXtgenAgri
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We had Henry and Georgia from Nextgen down today to structural score and class our keeper and sale rams. We’re serious about providing a shedding option with quality feet… so dragging out of catching pens will keep going at Lochs 😉.
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I had a call from Hamish Thompson of @MoojepinMerinos a couple of weeks back asking about IMF and muscling. It gave me an opportunity to delve back into the science - I've tried to summarise it in this article https://t.co/ALZWfz283K
thehub.nextgenagri.com
The biology of intramuscular fat (IMF), muscle fibre types, and how selective breeding can enhance both muscling and marbling in red meat breeds. Learn from industry insights.
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nextgen Agri classing screen developed by @HenryHickson99 working perfectly today at @Burnbrae_Poll - 110 rams lotted for Auction @neXtgenAgri
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Mornings at Mooralla. An opportunity to come and see what we do here over two short informative mornings. Choose by your day that suits you. Pre register early to receive ticket to sheepvention on the day of attendance. Excited to see you.🐑 @nextgenagri @nzmerinoco @awn_rural
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We are just about to pass 1500 downloads for our most recent podcast with Nigel Kerin @KerinPollMerino and sitting at 398,895 total downloads since we started. Jump on and have a listen and get us over the 400,000 mark. 8 more episodes to round out the double century. Hats off to
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