SemenSolver: A tool to support dairy herd semen strategy under varying replacement needs

dc.contributor.author	Adamchick, J.
dc.contributor.author	Briggs, K. R.
dc.contributor.author	Nydam, D. V.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-11T12:30:36Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-11T12:30:36Z
dc.date.issued	2024-09-10
dc.description.abstract	Improved reproductive technologies and management have enabled dairy herds to produce more female calves than they need. One emerging strategy is to select a subset of superior animals to produce the next generation of herd replacements while breeding the others for off-farm value (often to beef semen). It is complex to anticipate how today’s breeding choices will impact herd inventory three years from now and it is costly to wind up with too few replacements to keep the dairy herd full with the most productive cows. We created the <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/1813/115529>SemenSolver spreadsheet</a> as a tool to guide week-by-week semen choices, customized for a specific farm, to capitalize on crossbred beef markets while maintaining the replacement supply to support herd size and performance.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/115530
dc.relation.references	Adamchick , J., K.R. Briggs, and D.V. Nydam. “SemenSolver spreadsheet” eCommons, September 10, 2024.
dc.relation.referencesuri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/115529
dc.subject	semen
dc.subject	dairy cow
dc.subject	dairy farm
dc.subject	dairy cow reproduction
dc.title	SemenSolver: A tool to support dairy herd semen strategy under varying replacement needs
dc.type	fact sheet

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