Selecting Recipients for Embryo Transfer
For commercial dairies looking to increase herd progress and improve their overall bottom line or purebred operations striving to produce the next great cow or bull, embryo transfer (ET) and in-vitro...
View ArticleLessons From Our Rural Moms Part 1
I'm not sure what it is about a mom that makes her so extraordinary. Maybe it is her ability to seemingly effortlessly pull off amazing feats of organization or that look she can give you from clear...
View ArticleLessons From Our Rural Moms Part 2
I'm not sure what it is about a mom that makes her so extraordinary. Maybe it is her ability to seemingly effortlessly pull off amazing feats of organization or that look she can give you from clear...
View ArticleLessons From Our Rural Moms Part 3
I'm not sure what it is about a mom that makes her so extraordinary. Maybe it is her ability to seemingly effortlessly pull off amazing feats of organization or that look she can give you from clear...
View ArticleLessons From Our Rural Moms Part 4
I'm not sure what it is about a mom that makes her so extraordinary. Maybe it is her ability to seemingly effortlessly pull off amazing feats of organization or that look she can give you from clear...
View ArticleFive Rules of Working in a Breeding Barn
By: Sarah Thorson, Beef Marketing and Education Manager I spent most of last week on a breeding project in western Nebraska, where over the course of four days we bred just over 1,000 heifers and cows....
View ArticleGiving Birth Takes a Lot Out of a Cow – Including Calcium
Giving birth is no simple task. This is true for nearly all species, including cattle. Bringing new life into this world can truly be a miracle, but behind all the awe and beauty is a mother who...
View Article#RepsThatRock
GENEX has a great team of Independent Contractors across the country who serve our members and customers. Last fall we featured a group of our #RepsthatRock and decided to feature some others during...
View ArticleSurviving the Spring Bull Sale Season
By: Brad Johnson, Director Beef Genetics and Cody Sankey, Beef Sire Procurement ManagerWith spring bull sale season in the rearview mirror, we wanted to share our lessons learned. Don’t be proud....
View ArticleTop Five Truths About the Life of a GENEX Dairy Consultant
By: Abby Tauchen, U.S. Dairy Marketing Programs SpecialistFrom the CEO to the barn crew, each person is an important part of the GENEX team. With that in mind, have you ever wondered what your...
View ArticleIntern Insight with Sydney Brooks
Welcome to GENEX. This will not be your average internship.Just like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's exciting and extraordinary experience in their time as interns with Google in the 2013 movie "The...
View ArticleBeef Brings North and South America Together
Each year international guests visit the U.S. to get an up-close look at GENEX bulls and their progeny. GENEX, part of Cooperative Resources International (CRI), hosted over 70 visitors from Argentina...
View ArticleGENEX Dairy Marketing Internship Provides Path to Future for Samuel Minor
For GENEX Dairy Marketing Intern, Samuel Minor of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, this summer's internship needed to be in the dairy industry and had to enhance vital skills that would be required of him as...
View ArticleIntroducing Prospective℠ : A Semen Comparison Tool from GENEX
Today dairy producers have more options than ever when it comes to making decisions on semen products. With the addition of GenChoice™ 4M sexed semen to the marketplace and other sexed semen products...
View ArticleHistoric Postcard Prompts a #FlashbackFriday
A few months ago, an individual saw the sign outside the GENEX Distribution Center in Shawano, Wisconsin, and stopped in to drop off a vintage postcard. The postcard highlighted one of the many GENEX...
View ArticleGENEX Dairy Marketing Intern, Beef Girl in a Dairy World
Meet Kaylan Risacher, a beef girl in a dairy world - at least for the summer!So how does someone who grew up on a beef farm in Wright, Minnesota, end up working as a Dairy Marketing Intern in South...
View ArticleNow I Can Retire
By: Doug Wilson, CRI CEOAfter 49 years in the A.I. industry, it is time to move on to my second career and become a full-time farmer. One-half of my career was spent in direct cattle genetics work and...
View ArticleJersey Sire Summary Excitement
Wow, what a day 1JE00892 VANDRELL {2} had on Tuesday, as he added production daughters and topped the JPI™ and CM$ charts with +243 JPI™ and +814 CM$.VANDRELL is also +136 CFP, +0.9 DPR and +16.8...
View ArticleGENEX Releases 16 New Holstein Sires
With a combination of familiar favorites and hot new releases, the GENEX lineup is packed with all the production, health and fertility that commercial producers are looking for!Leading the way in the...
View ArticleGENEX Committed to the Future of Agriculture
As six college students head back to school, GENEX will help to fund their education. GENEX, part of Cooperative Resources International (CRI), offers a college scholarship program to youth who are...
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