Articles Tagged with ''bulls''
Researchers, marketers, and commercial and seedstock producers from around the world gathered at the 2023 BIF Symposium to discuss how improving beef genetics are helping the industry face the modern world.
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Selecting for reproductive efficiency in beef herds
Keeping your cows on a 12-month calving interval is not an easy task, but understanding what their bodies are going through will help achieve that goal.
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Building toward the future
Stephens Beef Cattle in Kentucky is using embryo transfer to develop superior genetics and improve for the next generation of the family.
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Production sales can reap profits for the right type of operation
The high overhead and effort involved in a production sale can be a deterrent for some seedstock producers. Reputation, trust and personalized connections with buyers play key roles in success.
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A veterinarian’s unique vision provides encompassing reproduction services
What started as a reproduction service to local cattle producers has grown to international recognition in a few short years.
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Schedule breeding soundness exams prior to turnout
Breeding soundness exams can uncover potential problems with young bulls that were just purchased and older bulls that have already sired calf crops.
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Tips for success when starting an A.I. program
The success of an A.I. program depends on a number of variables. Developing a specific 'equation of reproduction' for your ranch will go a long way toward implementing a strong, profitable program.
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Is cottonseed going to make my bulls infertile?
In some corners of the industry, whole cottonseed as a feedstuff has a bad reputation for negatively affecting bull fertility due to its abundance of gossypol. But research has proven that, when utilized at recommended rates, this is not the case.
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