Most cattle producers want to have the best genetics in their herds, but which method is best depends on the goal of the ...

ADRIAN, Minn. — People lined up July 12 to peer into a microscope at Bullerman Angus Farm in rural Adrian. They were visiting as part of the Summer Beef Tour, put on by the Rock-Nobles Cattlemen's ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX3ZkCZKoE4?rel=0&showinfo=0] In the past, most cattle breeders relied on natural breeding to produce calves. But times have ...

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 ...

Dr. Jim Donahue and his team at ReproHealth Technologies are tweaking the design on a device that allows a surrogate cow to incubate embryos. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Dr. Jim Donahue did not ...

An on-site lab, the only one in eastern Idaho where Holstein eggs are gathered and embryos transferred full-time, is enabling genetically superior animals to be raised at Cannon Dairy Farms near ...

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 ...

DAHLEN, North Dakota — When Terry Ellingson was in veterinary college in the 1970s, he was struck by a revolutionary technique called embryo transfer. Embryo transfer refers to taking an egg from a ...

A scientist explained that the method produces high-quality embryos in a controlled laboratory environment. These “test-tube” ...