Delivering on Our Promise in Argentina
The father-and-son team of Nestor and Agustin Rainaudo manage a herd of 200 Holstein cows in Colonia 10 de Julio, in the Córdoba Province of Argentina.
Farming this land for generations, they follow a simple but powerful breeding philosophy:
Choose genetics with a proven track record of delivering herd efficiency.
“The word ‘proven‘ is key,” says Nestor Rainaudo. “Breeding is a long-term game, and the decisions we make today won’t be seen in the milking parlour for years. We were drawn to the ‘Solnua Systems’ approach because they categorize their sires based on the tangible results a farmer will actually see in herd performance.”
Nestor continues: “Carlos Gatica explained how the Solnua Systems approach is backed by real, daily on-farm data from Irish dairy farms. We felt confident that we were making breeding decisions with predictable results, which is why we made the switch to Irish genetics from Solnua.”
Proven on Farm, Trusted Globally
Carlos Gatica of Solnua emphasizes the strength behind the data:
” Ireland’s National Cattle Breeding Database has enabled the performance of their national herd to be tracked and monitored very accurately. Because they are proven on-farm in Ireland, family farms like the Rainaudo’s here in Argentina can have absolute confidence in the results they will achieve. No surprises is the key!
Figure 1: The Solnua Systems™ approach (Source – Solnua Website: https://solnua.com/program/dairy-breeding-programme/ )
Driving Progress with Solnua Systems
The Rainaudo’s have been utilizing Solnua System 2 & 3 bulls for the past few years.
By deploying bulls from a specific system in targeted Teams, they create a decisive shift in herd momentum—directly driving the precise performance outcomes outlined in the Solnua Systems table above.
The Rainaudo family alongside Carlos Gatica from Solnua on their farm in Argentina
Solnua bred dairy cows moving through pastures efficiently for the Rainaudo family in the Cordoba Province of Argentina.
