Our work on sire influences on embryo development is finally out! great work From Kelsey Lockhart, and great collaboration with Ahmed Balboula, and Bo Harstine , Sire modulates developmental kinetics and transcriptome of the bovine embryo doi.org/10.1530/REP-23…

I do it all for the meta.

Want to network at a major cattle genetics company, learn about semen processing , & gain behind-the-scenes access to #SelectSires R&D programs? Our 2024 Semen Processing & Research summer internship is open for applications. selectsires.com/our-company/ca… #agriculture #ReproRocks

Will consumers accept soybean gene edited to produce porcine myoglobin protein? It's an innovative product, and I wonder how large the international market is. wired.com/story/moolecs-…

How do we feel about powdered bovine colostrum for human consumption that costs >$25/oz? #DairyFoods tryarmra.com/products/armra…

In today's #Bovidae family news, I've learned that police on the Brazilian island of Marajo in Pará patrol on water #buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Perhaps more for community engagement than law enforcement? From my experience, these bovids aren't very 'fast.'

An uncomplicated way to use Artificial Intelligence to detect and predict pinkeye in cattle. Cool stuff, myaniml. I like that something as simple as a GoPro can be used to capture data for these models. #FarmTech #AI #AgTech dairyherd.com/news/dairy-pro…

Here are some of our favorite collective names for animals: a murder of crows a tuxedo of penguins a bask of crocodiles a destruction of cats a tower of giraffes a parliament of owls a cackle of hyenas a smack of jellyfish an ambush of tigers a wisdom of wombats

Within the last five years, the number of purebred dairy animals that have passed through feedlots has shrunk drastically. What used to be a purebred Holstein steer has now become a beef-on-dairy cross, and it’s estimated almost 23% of the total number of fed steers and heifers

What is the Biggest Challenge in Animal Agriculture? I recently asked this question to young people during interviews, and many of them struggled. dairyherd.com/news/labor/wha…

All footballs for the NFL are made by Wilson, located in Ada, #Ohio!

I've been deep in the literature today, but my favorite finding was this retracted article about #spermatogonial stem cells due to egregious, nonsensical AI-generated Figures. Of note, this paper was peer-reviewed by a Northwestern Medicine faculty. Yikes!? frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

I occasionally submit lists of potential bull names to the folks who assign them to the calves. I'm glad to see that my submission from a few year ago, #Sertoli, is still making productive and pretty daughters. #SelectSires #AcceleratedGenetics #WorldWideSires #ReproRocks

A map showing each country's size proportional to the number of pigs they have. From weeklymap.org. #pork

Best of both worlds: Estrus detection aids and timed cattle breeding farmersreviewafrica.com/best-of-both-w… via Farmers Review Afric Zimbabwe Agricultural Society NW Agriculture and Rural Development Nedap Livestock Management FAO Livestock Livestock CGIAR Christophe Hitayezu Bo Harstine NATIONAL ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES CENTRE &DATABANK Ryan Goodman Himanta Biswa Sarma @DroversCTN

The World Wide Sires Global Conference in Osaka, Japan has been an amazing opportunity to connect with coworkers from around the globe. We share ideas and learn from one another to better serve our customer-farmers who feed the world. #SelectSires #WorldWideSires

As someone who works in #agriculture, it does not surprise me that folks sometimes don't know where their food comes from or how it gets from the farm (or garden, wherever) to the store to their home.

Congratulations on this development. I'm excited to visit and learn at the completed facilities, CFAES! cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/…