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Madison Co. Virginia | Got a call tonight that a friend's cow was in standing heat. After milking, I threw a straw in a 95 degree thermos, and drove 45 minutes to breed the cow. Have done this several times in the past with good results. The cow is a holstein/angus cross, and I'm usually breeding her to angus, so the genetics do favor high conception rates.
I'm sure that I am not the only one who has done this. What do you do when breeding a cow that's nowhere near the semen tank? How long do you trust the semen to stay good in the thaw water?
Is there any cheap and simple method of transporting a frozen straw? | |
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Breeding a cow an hour away
