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Kenny Wells

Kenny Wells

Beef Genetic Program Development Lead / ABS Global
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Composite conversation

Incorporating composite-breed cattle into your breeding program will almost certainly improve your herd’s ability to achieve its genetic potential and increase your ranch’s profit.
October 6, 2025
Kenny Wells

Composite breeds of cattle are built on the concept of breed complementarity – combining the desirable characteristics of two or more breeds of cattle in a way that simultaneously masks or lessens each breed’s weaknesses.


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Unlocking your herd’s potential with genetics

Artificial insemination as a regular practice may seem out of reach on your operation, but this floor- and ceiling-raising technology is more affordable and easier to access than ever before.
July 7, 2025
Kenny Wells

Artificial insemination as a regular practice may seem out of reach on your operation, but this floor- and ceiling-raising technology is more affordable and easier to access than ever before.



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Strategies for implementing sexed semen in your breeding program

Let’s take a look at how and why using sexed semen on your cow herd can make it more efficient and profitable.
May 9, 2025
Kenny Wells

Today, sexed semen is available on a wide selection of sires and performs at a fertility level encouraging the most skeptical operators to give it a try.


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Efficiency matters, both in your feedlot and for your cow herd

While cow-calf herds may depend on different traits to be efficient than feedlot cattle do, selection for both sectors doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive.
September 16, 2024
Kenny Wells

Efficiency is efficiency, right? Turns out, it’s probably not that simple. Efficiency in a feedlot and at the cow-calf level are two very different things.




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Know your marketplace: Hand-pick genetics to maximize profitability

For years, the cow-calf sector has made breeding decisions with maternal traits at the forefront. However, placing more focus on terminal traits could be the most profitable choice for many producers.
January 29, 2024
Kenny Wells

Maternal traits have been the core consideration for cow-calf producers when making breeding decisions and for good reason. The cow is the engine of productivity at the producer level.


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