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My Top Tip for a Successful A.I. Breeding Project
While every farm and ranch is very different in what works for them, one thing I have found to be the same is that every farmer or rancher is always looking for ways to improve, whether that be in...
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Are You Ready for Winter?
As I sit here sweating, winter may be the last thing on my mind, but I know it is coming, even if Mother Nature has thrown us a little late summer/early fall heat wave. So, I figured I would take...
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New Logo, New Look, New Location! See What All the NEW is About at World...
So what is all the NEW about? Earlier this year, GENEX unveiled a NEW logo as part of a branding process to more clearly identify the parts that make up Cooperative Resources International (CRI). This...
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Co-ops Commit to Community
One of the seven cooperative principles is concern for the community. While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by...
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Education Isn't a Four Letter Word
When I was in school, I couldn't wait until I was done. The way I saw it, the word education was almost as bad as a four letter word! Looking back, I realize education got a bad rap. It wasn't the...
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Knowledge is Power
As a kid, I remember watching a show called School House Rock. The opening jingle had a character who would yell out, "Knowledge is power." (Sorry if that jingle is now stuck in your head, child of the...
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Members Make the Difference
Members are the grease to our gears, the milk to our cereal and the yee for our haw. Without our members we fail to exist. Members own GENEX, which is one of the things that make a cooperative...
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Five Influential #FlashbackFriday Sires
Throughout the month of September, we featured a sire a week as a #Flashback Friday on the GENEX Dairy Facebook page. These sires were all influential to the GENEX story. Here are the five posts, all...
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Generations of GENEX Testing
The goal of the GENEX progeny test program is to determine the true breeding value of a young bull as quickly as possible.GENEX works with some of the industry's best ranchers to prove young sires....
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Relationship Key to Test Herd Performance
The goal of the GENEX progeny test program is to determine the true breeding value of a young bull as quickly as possible.GENEX works with some of the industry's best ranchers to prove young sires....
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Consistency Main Reward to GENEX Test Herd
The goal of the GENEX progeny test program is to determine the true breeding value of a young bull as quickly as possible.GENEX works with some of the industry's best ranchers to prove young sires....
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The Six Types of People at My Thanksgiving Dinner
Everyone on my Dad's side of the family gets together for one pretty amazing Thanksgiving celebration, but since my Dad is one of five children, and each one of his siblings had at least two children,...
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December Holstein Proof Highlights
25 New Sires Added to an Industry-Leading LineupLeading the way for the Ideal Commercial Cow (ICC$) index is 1HO12943 HEXER at+1221. This Damien out of a Caspian brings exciting pedigree diversity...
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December GENEX Jersey Highlights
New SiresNew release 1JE01057 CESPEDES {3} ranks second in the lineup for the Ideal Commercial Cow (ICC$) index at +954. This Marlo son also leads the industry with a +233 JPI™ and +839 Cheese Merit...
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Top 5 Posts of 2017
I love this time of year, spending time looking back and recalling all of the wonderful (and not so wonderful) things that happened in the past 365 or-so days. I never had a personal blog, but now that...
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Five Tips for Dealing With Trying Times
I am sure I don't have to tell you things are a little trying right now. Prices are less than favorable, temperatures are downright cruel, and a lack of daylight doesn't help either. It is at times...
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Quality Matters to Us, Because Performance Matters to You
By: Kari Beth Krieger, Processing Lab Manager, GENEXBreeding cows with cryopreserved semen is really an act of faith. You can’t see the sperm cells or know they are fertile unless you thaw the straw...
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Helping Make the Ideal Commercial Jersey Cow a Reality
Scott Carson, GENEX Director of Dairy Procurement, is a longtime Jersey enthusiast and former Jersey producer and breeder. He led the team that formulated the Ideal Commercial Cow (ICC$) index for...
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Is Being a GENEX Delegate for You?
If you have been following along on our social media channels this week, you know it was GENEX Annual Meeting time. Perhaps you read some of the posts and wondered who our delegates were. If you are a...
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Give Calves a Push!
By: Suzanne Lois, Resale Product AdvisorA newborn calf’s first few hours on earth and how quickly it suckles down Mother Nature’s energy and protein drink, the dam’s colostrum, will likely determine...
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