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How to increase breeding results with sexed semen

September 26, 2022
George A. Perry

Advancements in artificial insemination (A.I.) for beef cattle have come a long way in the past few decades. One reproductive technology with the potential to improve management and bottom lines even further for producers is sexed semen.


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Preparing bulls for the fall breeding season

September 26, 2022
John B. Hall

Fall calving continues to increase in the U.S. Approximately 30% of the herds in the U.S. are calving in the fall. Depending on where you are in the country, calving could start in late August, mid-October or anywhere in between.


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West: Is fall calving an option for you?

August 25, 2022
Carmen Willmore

With historic cow slaughter numbers we have seen over the past year, I think many of us are wondering what the cull cow market will look like this fall. 


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Building benefits through Wagyu cattle and crosses

The quality of Wagyu beef and its carcass value and consumer premiums is well known. But more producers are seeing the genetic pluses as well.
August 25, 2022
Heather Smith Thomas

A growing number of commercial cattlemen are discovering advantages of using Wagyu bulls (or semen) in their herds, especially to breed heifers.


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Assessing the progression of beef-on-dairy practices

April 25, 2022
Bruce Derksen
In recent years, dairy producers in the U.S. have increased their use of beef semen on their dairy cows to raise male offspring profitability and manage replacement heifers.
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Making wise breeding decisions

April 8, 2022
Billy Whitehurst
Sometimes we all inherit the consequences of decisions in which we had no input. We recently took over management of a ranch, and this calving season we are subject to the consequences of breeding decisions that were made before our arrival.
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Managing the postpartum interval for breeding season success

April 6, 2022
Sarah Thorson
Reproduction is arguably the most important economic driver of your farm or ranch. A common benchmark for tracking reproduction in a herd is calving interval – the length of time between the birth of one calf and subsequent birth of the next from the same cow.
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Stop ‘throwing darts’ at your herd’s reproduction

February 24, 2022
Lee Jones
Do you read reproductive or animal health questions posted on some Facebook pages? Someone is disappointed in calf health or herd reproduction and asks something along the lines of “Why did our cows not breed back very well this year?”
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Maintaining reproduction in a drought

February 24, 2022
John B. Hall
The drought of 2021 hit Western beef operations particularly hard. Reports from the field indicate pregnancy rates last fall were 3% to 10% lower than normal with scattered reports of greater reductions in pregnancy rates.
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Pregnancy loss: Non-infectious causes

February 24, 2022
Heather Smith Thomas
Sometimes accidents of gestation or other factors terminate pregnancy. Immediately after conception, when the tiny embryo is traveling down the oviduct into the uterus, it is fairly safe from harmful influences, but after it reaches the uterus a few days later, it becomes more vulnerable.


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