For decades, embryo technologies were viewed as tools reserved for seedstock breeders, show-focused programs or those chasing the absolute top end of pedigree-driven genetics. But today, the economics ...

AMES, Iowa – Beef and dairy producers want the animals in their herds to possess the best genetics possible. But a cow can have only one calf per year, which places a natural limitation on how widely ...

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University animal science and veterinary researchers made possible the first ever successful bovine embryo transfers in the Republic of Kosovo, paving the way toward improved ...

In cow-calf systems, many of the factors that determine productivity, fertility and longevity are set long before a replacement heifer ever enters the breeding pasture. The biological foundation of ...

Brazil Ambassador to Kenya Silvio Albuquerque (left) with Makongi Agri Limited (Indicus Genetics) CEO Tim Chesire while receiving the first 300 Girolando Embryo consignment from Brazil set to improve ...

The use of in-vitro fertilisation in cattle breeding is growing globally, driven by advances in genomics and an increasing desire among farmers to breed more intensively from their best animals. “Most ...