Holstein Association USA's annual delegate election process is now underway. Each year, members can nominate fellow members from their state to serve as voting delegates at the Association’s Annual...
Supply and demand may dictate markets, but stepping back to discern before following the crowd might be your best move when considering a dairy-beef calf purchase
When genetic evaluations are released on August 12, 2025, Holstein breeders will have a new selection trait to use and predicted transmitting abilities (PTAs) for calving traits will look a little bit...
EmGenisys, a pioneering animal health company leveraging artificial intelligence to evaluate embryo health in real-time, today announced the successful close of an oversubscribed $1.5 million seed financing...
A newly published study from Zoetis and Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) provides compelling evidence that genetic selection using the Dairy Wellness Profit Index® (DWP$®) can deliver measurable productivity...
Select Sires Inc. welcomes eight summer interns across multiple departments. Garrett Hastings joins the veterinary team assisting with herd health management
Like many dairies, we work our cattle as they exit the milking parlor. However, it wasn’t until we recently reviewed all our timed artificial insemination (A.I.) protocols that I realized what an...
We're excited to announce that the 48th Discover Conference will be held in partnership with the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and will focus on "Beef x Dairy: Opportunity Intersection of Nutrition,...
The rapid genetic progress we have made as a dairy industry in the short time since the introduction of sexed semen and genomic evaluations has been covered in depth in recent articles
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of gene-edited technology that results in a pig resistant to the costly porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
After the August triannual genetic evaluations included multiple updates and brought new leaders to many of the Holstein and Jersey lists, the results of this month’s evaluations were stable
After years of back-and-forth between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and USDA about which group should regulate these animals and how, the FDA announced guidance that it will lead the charge and...