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Best of both worlds: Estrus detection aids and timed cattle breeding
Breeding cattle via artificial insemination (AI) by pairing visual estrus detection aids and timed AI protocols is a win-win. Using artificial insemination (AI) with a cattle herd doesn’t require as much time or labor as you might think. With the advent of timed breeding protocols and quality visual estrus detection aids, AI has become more…
Estrus intensity’s role in maximizing cattle breeding success
Monitoring estrus intensity in cattle helps optimize reproduction and can be done efficiently with visual estrus detection aids. Estrus is one of the most important indicators of whether a cow or heifer will be successfully bred. However, not all estrus cycles are the same for individual females within a herd. “Some cows will display estrus…
Best of both worlds: Estrus detection aids and timed cattle breeding
Breeding cattle via artificial insemination (AI) by pairing visual estrus detection aids and timed AI protocols is a win-win. Using artificial insemination (AI) with a cattle herd doesn’t require as much time or labor as you might think. With the advent of timed breeding protocols and quality visual estrus detection aids, AI has become more…
Sexed semen: An opportunity to capture more value for cattle
Breeding with sexed semen can help your bottom line by creating cattle the market demands.
Paving their way to genetic success
Aaron & Sarah Schmitz Red Line Ridge Holsteins and Jerseys | Ontario, WI | 40 cows
Three ways to maximize estrus detection for dairy herds
Breeding indicator patches help alleviate labor and uncertainty during breeding.
Mother-of-three with two dairy farms
That’s Farming editor, Catherina Cunnane, in conversation with Lorna Burdge, in a recent dairy farming segment.
Maximize estrus detection
Rapid genetic progress in the dairy industry ties to profitability, and profitability is often determined by longevity. A dairy heifer doesn’t pay for herself until the second lactation. So how does one ensure she stays in the herd through her second lactation and longer? Ensure she’ll become pregnant.
Podcast: Getting started in AI in commercial beef herds
The high cost of bulls, strong cattle prices and good seasonal conditions are driving an increase in the uptake of Artificial Insemination in commercial beef herds.
Take the Worry out of Your Timed AI Program
For folks who are used to heat detection or who have never used AI before, the idea of timed AI can be a little scary. I know of more than one producer who calls it “poke and hope.” Of course, the physiology of timed AI and estrus synchronization is quite a bit more sophisticated than that.
An Opportunity for Male Sexed Semen
Sexed or gender sorted semen has now been commercially available for beef and dairy cattle in the US for several years.