On a beef cow/calf operation, reproduction is a key focus for your business. Calves provide income and replacements for your breeding programme.
Problems with traditional ways of managing reproduction:
Fixed time AI can be costly, increased management and cause stress for animals.
Bulls can be expensive to purchase and maintain and you may not identify a fertility problem until pregnancy testing time. There may be a longer, more spread-out calving period.
👉 Using Active Tag has these advantages:
Can identify animals with a short heat or few visible signs of heat.
Will identify an animal if she comes into heat in the middle of the night.
Monitors animals 24/7.
Turns changes in behaviour into information you can act on.
Will improve your AI timing
Allows you to monitor more animals without the need to constantly monitor the herd by eye.
Will also help early identification of anaestrous animals or animals which have aborted.
Provides important information if using embryo transfer.
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