Our Purpose: Empowering Farmers

Through genetics and information to create superior cattle for the beef and dairy industry. By providing information on the latest technology and options to improve the farmers’ ability to make key decisions about their herd development and management and last but not least, superior customer service.

Mark Handley

As an ex dairy farmer, Mark Handley's key skill lies in building relationships with farmers out in the field & delivering a great service. Mark has over 20 years of experience in the reselling of cattle genetics.

Van Diemen Genetics has extensive experience and a passion for contributing to the ever-evolving dairy industry in Australia.

We have exclusive relationships with multiple wholesalers to access a wide range of genetics suitable for any manner of dairy farming.

This includes a wide range of sires that offer A2 milk and Homozygous polled.

Read more about our team and experience within the dairy industry.

We are currently making a big push into the beef market and we have a genuine passion, and interest in this aspect of the industry.

Fixed Time Artificial Insemination (FTAI) in beef is a great herd management tool in terms of overall herd fertility and tightening up calving periods and a service Van Diemen Genetics can offer.

Programming your heifers and first calvers can set them up in the herd for life, with a much higher percentage of animals getting in calf during the early stages of the breeding season.

The progeny resulting from this, on average, are born earlier in the season, which means heifers can obtain earlier sexual maturity prior to their first joining. FTAI in beef herds has statistically shown an increase in genetic merit of the overall herd, as well as a clear improvement in net gain.