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When it comes to a cattle operation’s profitability and efficiency, reproductive life is one of the most important metrics for a brood cow. A continuous calving program with timely rebreeding contributes to a better cash flow and easier management.
As a producer, you strategize your mating decisions with expected progeny differences (EPDs), genomics, feed efficiency databases and years of production history to meticulously accelerate your herd as though you are calculating chess piece movements across a board.
If you are considering incorporating artificial insemination (A.I.) into your cattle breeding program, you may be wondering what supplies you will need and how to get started.
Have you ever sat down and figured out what it costs to breed a cow? It might seem like an easy number to calculate, since we can add up all of our natural service bull purchases and subtract out the salvage value of any bulls sold.
One of the most consequential decisions commercial operations make is sire selection. Whether purchasing a bull or choosing an A.I. sire, the decision has a multigenerational impact on an operation.
As calving season starts heating up in spring-calving herds across the U.S., livestock producers should start planning for the breeding season and managing the postpartum interval, which would be the time frame from calving to the resumption of estrus.
For many spring-calving herds, we are in the midst of the calving season. Some may be wrapping up, while others may just be beginning these potentially sleepless nights.
What rancher doesn’t want heavier calves or cows that stay in the herd longer? Commercial cattle producers should consider the benefits of heterosis when shopping for their herd sires this year.
Whenever someone gets a new truck, there are always two questions you have for them:
1. What engine does it have in it?
2. What transmission did you get?
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