This is the best time for a farmer with ‘empty’ cows to start planning for their breeding, preferably using Artificial Insemination (AI). AI is one of the technologies adopted by many dairy and beef farmers for breeding the next generation of animals. Selection of best candidate bull is determined by factors related to the cow, semen availability and price of the semen. To have this information, farmers are advised to keep individual cow cards and avail them during bull selection. This should include identifying all bulls of the same breed with your cow, whose semen is available, bulls not related to your cow, bulls that can improve milk or beef production of their offspring and lastly, bulls that have prioritised type traits that need to be corrected on your cow.

Source: Daily Nation June 16, 2017 17:26 UTC