A.I. & BREEDING

Today we can drive Tesla vehicles guided by automatic driving modules, hockey players and professional athletes shatter statistics and establish new records, and thanks to science, we are testing hyper-loops to shape our future – and the human race will eventually control its biological destiny like never before.

Ultrasound equipment has advanced to the point it is portable and affordable for individual farms to acquire. For some dairies, adoption of this technology could yield a high return on investment. For others, the returns may not be ideal.

From the perspective of an A.I. company, the strategic breeding and genetic decisions you make today have a huge impact on the profitability and bottom line of your future milking herd.

Reproduction is a fascinating story.

The story begins with the supply of oocytes that are present from before birth on both ovaries.

Every dairy producer has faced metabolic disease in their herd. Metabolic diseases are heavily influenced by management, particularly by nutrition through the transition period.

Nearly 300 dairy cattle reproduction enthusiasts gathered Nov. 10-11, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio, for the 11th Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) annual meeting.