Dairy cow fertility is at the heart of herd profitability, driving milk yields, cutting interventions and improving cow lifespans. Evidence supporting the role of genetics in improving fertility has accumulated every year, and new data from AHDB are now strengthening this link (see graph below). Since the introduction of the female fertility index (FI) in […]
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