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Strengthen reproductive strategy with a full-picture approach

Connecting reproductive data across genomics, embryos and breeding performance provides a clearer view of your strategy to drive smarter decisions and improve long-term profitability.

July 8, 2026

Craig Walter

Dairies making the most genetic progress are not just collecting data. They are using it intentionally and holistically to guide decisions that shape the future of their herd.

Linking early-lactation systems to peak milk performance

Common challenges to achieving higher peak milk and how to approach them from a systems-level perspective before and during early lactation.

October 6, 2025

Jay Giesy and Cesar Matamoros

How a dairy achieves their next increase in peak milk production is unique to their operation. We have many keys in our proverbial keychains that might unlock the door to greater peak milk, but it’s not always easy to know which key to use.

Who's taking up parlor space?

Evaluating cow value from a parlor perspective can improve your bottom line.

January 26, 2024

Derek Nolan

Economic culling decisions can be very complex and challenging to make. Ensuring every cow that passes through the milking system holds value will help lead to increased farm profitability.

Does your reproductive plan match your reality?

Plans and protocols can put you on the right track to reproductive success, but checking on performance indicators can boost productivity.

September 7, 2023

Jaimie Strickland

Regardless of your type of plan, why do we wait for pregnancy check day to evaluate reproductive data?

How does age at first calving affect the bottom line?

May 8, 2022

Robert Fourdraine

Data show that earlier calving may result in less milk produced during the first lactation. However, by the time the cow reaches her third lactation, production levels are almost the same.

How to benchmark milk production records

April 18, 2019

How do you use the mountain of information that is at your fingertips every month? How do you find the next opportunity or efficiency in the data you collect? Very few dairy farms have systems in place to measure more information than milk production. Looking at data once in a while will not lead you in a positive direction.

5 areas of focus to maximize peak production

April 18, 2018

The lactation curve of milk production on some farms can be complicated. The question of how we get more production from cows comes up in many conversations between nutritionists and their producer customers. A “normal” lactation curve can be broken down to some simple basic principles.

What does it cost to calve your springing heifers later than 24 months?

August 24, 2017

As we look at thousands of calving records every month for dairies ranging in size from 100 to 5,000 cows, one thing that is consistent among almost all of them is the wide range of ages that springing heifers calve.

'20 by 20’: Getting 20 additional pounds of milk by 2020

August 9, 2013

Mark Armfelt

“Doc, when you come to visit next week, I want to talk about what I can do to get my cows to produce 20 more pounds of milk per day by the year 2020,” said a dairyman. On the day the producer called, his cows averaged 104 pounds of milk in the tank.

The importance of good reproductive performance

August 24, 2011

Amin Ahmadzadeh and George Heersche

One of the major factors determining dairy herd efficiency is the amount milk sold per cow per day of life. Several factors contribute to pounds of milk sold per day of life, but reproductive performance is a major contributor. The two main reproduction influences on lifetime milk production are age at first calving and percentage of time a cow spends in the first months of lactation.

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Strengthen reproductive strategy with a full-picture approach

Linking early-lactation systems to peak milk performance

Who's taking up parlor space?

Does your reproductive plan match your reality?

How does age at first calving affect the bottom line?

How to benchmark milk production records

5 areas of focus to maximize peak production

What does it cost to calve your springing heifers later than 24 months?

'20 by 20’: Getting 20 additional pounds of milk by 2020

The importance of good reproductive performance

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