Three politicians learnt more about the role genetics play in farming when they recently paid a visit to a Ruthin company.

Clwyd West MS and Shadow Minister for North Wales, Darren Millar, accompanied by Shadow Minister for the Economy, Paul Davies MS, and Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and the Welsh Language, Samuel Kurtz MS, visited Genus which is based in Llanrhdd, Ruthin.

The company supply high-quality breeding animals with desirable characteristics to farmers, enabling them to produce better quality meat and milk more efficiently to feed the world more sustainably.

Their breeding animals’ desirable characteristics include feed efficiency, disease resistance, growth rate, protein and fat content, and fertility.

Darren said:

“Genus aims to provide customers with tailored and sustainable solutions to help produce higher quality milk and meat.

“It was great to hear more about the role genetics play in farming and to undertake a tour of the facilities.”

Sam Kurtz, whose family are cattle farmers, said:

“Genus will be a urtzfamiliar name to farmers as the suppliers of top quality bull semen, helping farmers breed specific quality traits into their herds to improve productivity, ease of calving and also their environmental footprint.

“From their beef on dairy strategy and their sexed semen, Genus really are at the forefront of genetics globally so it was great to visit the stud, see these prime bulls and the high tech laboratory which is able to ‘sex’ the semen.”

Paul Davies said:

“Genus is a world-leading animal genetics company and I was pleased to have the opportunity to visit them in Ruthin and learn more about their work.”