Total Fertility Package
SHAWANO, Wis. - Genex Cooperative, Inc. is focused on creating the cattle pregnancies today's producers need. Through effective semen processing and evaluation procedures, dedication to research and development, and the high fertility standards held to the sires in the active lineup, Genex has and continues to put emphasis on producing the best quality semen in the industry. Now, Genex takes that goal a step further. After conducting extensive research with positive results, Genex will begin marketing all dairy semen in ¼ cc straws.
Improved fertility is the basis of the transition to ¼ cc straws. Genex has conducted extensive field trials with the results published in the scientific journal, Theriogenology. The field trials show conception rates to be significantly higher for services performed with ¼ cc straws compared to semen packaged in the traditional ½ cc straws.
"The transition to ¼ cc straws clearly fits the cooperative's mission of maximizing the profitability of our members and customers because higher fertility semen is simply more profitable," Dr. Mike Kaproth, Genex Associate Vice President of Laboratories & Research explains. "For a more detailed look at the economic advantage of the increase in conception rate for your individual operation, ask your Genex representative for an AchieveTM report."
The ¼ cc straw is simple to incorporate into current breeding programs as several Genex semen products - GenChoiceTM and European semen - are already available in the ¼ cc straw package. Semen handling and thawing techniques remain the same, though a ¼ cc or universal artificial insemination gun is required.
The transition to ¼ cc straws is one more way Genex is creating the cattle pregnancies today's producers need. Genex is your profit partner.
Genex is a subsidiary of Cooperative Resources International (CRI). CRI, a member-owned holding cooperative, is comprised of three subsidiaries: Central Livestock Association, AgSource Cooperative Services and Genex. The CRI Mission Statement summarizes the goal of CRI: "To provide products and services as effectively as possible to maximize the profitability of members and customers worldwide while maintaining a strong cooperative."
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