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If you're a cattle producer, it's time you gave AI a second look
If your opinion of artificial insemination (AI) for the beef cattle herd is "been there, done that," you may want to give it another look. New protocols and synchronization methods have eased the pressure. "There's no question that fixed-time AI has got easier," says Cliff Lamb, University of Florida animal scientist. That's important for those who tried other AI programs in the past but did not find success, and also noteworthy for those who have never tried AI. Fixed-time protocols allow the average producer who doesn't know how to AI to synchronize them and schedule a technician to come out and breed the cows.