Views From Fire Sky
Ankole bulls: From a curse to a blessing
“Who am I, you ask? I am made from all the people I have encountered and all the things I have experienced” - Ming D. Liu This week was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. And it...
The Moletši Community Project
The Project The purpose of this project is to improve communal farmers’ cattle by providing high quality full blood Ankole bulls to local farmers. We have a surplus of Ankole bulls which we would...
The Fire Sky Ankole Story
By the time South Africa went into hard lock down in 2020 in response to COVID-19, very few economic activities were allowed in the country, with the notable exception of cattle farming. With our...
Our thinking about Ankole genetics
My late father had a saying: “Selfs ‘n blinde hoender pik soms raak.” Loosely translated that means that by messing about randomly, you may just get lucky with an outcome! Though it sometimes feels...
Embryo Transfer (ET) at Fire Sky Genetics – Results for Jun ’23 – Jul ’24
Our results for the 12 months of July 23 to June 24. Heifers prepared and presented for ET1625Actual heifers used for embryo transfers727 (45%)Total embryos transferred (including 96...