Agriland spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being selected for sires this ...

Dairy genetics have come so far that farmers breed for specific traits, including udder conformity, which governs udder depth ...

According to AHDB data, natural mating is now used to produce fewer than 5% of dairy heifer replacements in the UK. However, ...

“The April sire summary was accompanied by a base change, new genetic evaluation methods and several index formula updates,” said Jeff Ziegler, vice president of dairy cattle breeding, Select Sires ...

A session around cow genetics and technologies to drive resilience through breeding was held at the British Society of Animal ...

We will be using sexed semen on select cows again this year ... to maximise genetic gain is to use elite sires. On the rare occasion that an elite bull calf is born, the chances are the four ...

Board President Kenny Taylor, a cattle owner from Tennessee ... With a strong start to 2025, Premier Select Sires Inc. looks forward to continuing service to dairy and beef producers in the ...

In April 2012 the program was released to combat the rising cost of inbreeding in the dairy industry. StrataGEN uses highly reliable genomic inbreeding data to sort bulls in the Select Sires’ lineup, ...

There’s no question that inbreeding in Holsteins is increasing—some say to levels approaching alarm. But help may be on the way—from bulls born in the 19 th Century with little or no relationship to ...