Small decisions can have big impacts on farm productivity and profitability this season and into the future. Extending AB mating - even by just a day - is a simple strategy that can have significant benefits by giving you options.
Improve Options
By extending the AB mating period, your cows have more opportunities to get in calf, to replacement semen, increasing the chances of generating more AB heifer calves, and all the opportunities that brings.
Future Proof your herd
The matings you do this season will generate the first calvers that join the herd in 3 years’ time. Just one more day of replacement AB could increase your replacement rate by 1%. More heifers means more choice and greater opportunity to milk animals that fit your herd’s future system as the farming industry adjusts to constant change.
Reduce Pressure on the Bulls
For an average 400-cow herd, four more days of AB in the second round could result in more than 20 cows in calf to AB. That’s roughly one less bull needed on farm. If you’re short on bull power, a few more days of AB could make a significant difference in overall in-calf rates.
Does longer mating mean longer calving?
No. With our Short Gestation Length (SGL) semen, LIC has the value-added tools that can assist your herds profitability and/or reduce calving length next year. With approximately 12 extra days in milk per SGL Dairy calf born, bank extra production and reduce overall empty rates with SGL.
