Control your herd's genetic future with more heifers. Guidelines for using sexed semen • Restrict sexed semen use to 1st or 2nd services when using on heifers and 1st service when using on lactating cows. • Fertility window for sexed semen is narrower because the sperm are believed to be closer in their timing [...]
Mastitis - How being Proactive Pays Dividends Despite what you may have thought - all Mastitis is not equal – apart from most cases being commonly caused by one of several bacteria. Since Mastitis costs around $1050.31 per cow in Canada1 it needs to be taken seriously to stem the frustrating loss of money, time [...]
SCR has introduced several new powerful applications for its Herd Intelligence solutions. The new capabilities provide you with additional timely and actionable insight into your cows’ reproductive and health status. With the ability to make better-informed decisions about more aspects of your herd and farm management, you can further improve productivity, reduce costs, and gain [...]
Have you ever wondered how your operation ranks against others on key metrics, yet have had a hard time finding a current relevant benchmark to compare it to? DairyTrack is your solution! A powerful herd performance monitoring tool that uses on farm animal data synchronized nightly from the farm management or milking parlor software to [...]
For over 7 years now WestGen has distributed the SCR Heatime system to western Canadian producers. Its the most popular standalone activity monitoring system due to its remarkable accuracy at detecting heats; however at times the original system, which relied on infrared technology, left something to be desired, as the ID stations and tag battery [...]