A.I. & BREEDING

There are so many factors that affect how efficiently you can get cows pregnant. Cow comfort. Cow cooling. Nutrition. Herd health. Genetics. Dry cow, transition and fresh cow management. And the list goes on.

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”
—General George S. Patton Jr., one of the top U.S. commanders in World War II

Since the introduction of Ovsynch more than two decades ago, dairy cattle estrous synchronization programs have been revamped, tweaked and refined in the quest to boost dairy cattle fertility and optimize reproductive management programs.

With a growing interest in beef-on-dairy breeding programs and more and more dairy producers implementing these strategies, the organizers of the 2019 Canadian Dairy XPO invited a panel of speakers to share their experiences in this field.

Five years ago, Progressive Dairy brought you the story of Valley Black Stormy Nite, a cow conceived during a hurricane in Nova Scotia.

As I’m writing this on a bright, sunny day in October, with the temperature outside a pleasant 18ºC, it pains me to realize the cold-weather season is once again right around the corner.