The end of December. It’s the time of year people reflect
back on the past 365 days filled with laughter, success, hard times and hope. At GENEX we also like
to take the time to look at our journey in 2016. Not only do we adapt to difficult
times (like those darn low milk and beef prices) and use them to learn and create
something positive, but we also appreciate the successes and breakthroughs
we’ve accomplished. Yes, even with the unavoidable bumps along the way, 2016
was another year GENEX could be proud of. Take a look at the synopsis below of
our 2016 blog posts (and be sure to read them in their entirety if you haven’t
already)!
GENEX kicked off the year by giving members and customers a
taste of a standout GENESIS family: The Prudence Family. From the formidable
1HO11881 Co-op PRINCETON-ET son to Prudence’s first milking daughters, this
family is sure to add profitability to any herd.
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| Co-op SPS Prudence 7079-ET, Co-op GRFT Prudence 7162-ET, and Co-op Val Prudence 7207 |
On January 17, while some people were celebrating Ditch Your
New Year’s Resolution Day, our GENEX Ideal Commercial Cow was celebrating her resolutions, from maintaining a desirable
Body Condition Score (BCS) to being more efficient through the Ideal
Commercial Cow (ICC$) index. Be sure to check out the full blog post to read the other two
resolutions our cow stuck with.
As January progressed, GENEX Beef gave readers a taste of
the self-proclaimed Super Bowl of Livestock Shows - the National Western Stock
Show. Read more to see who scored big.
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| McCurry Brothers of Sedgwick, Kansas, won the Grand Champion Pen with a pen of S A V BISMARCK 5682 daughters and Reserve Champion Pen was a group of PVF INSIGHT 0129 heifers from Bear Mountain Angus, Palisade, Nebraska. |
We closed out January by highlighting one of GENEX’s driving forces behind its success -
its delegates. GENEX delegate Scott Erthum took the time to explain the roles
of delegates and why he chose to become one.
Check out our throwback post in February to see what was
hidden in one particular semen tank. You’d be surprised at what was found (or
maybe you’ve found some of those same items hidden in your semen tanks at some
point).
Once you’re done reading that post (or perhaps done digging
through your own semen tank to see what hidden treasures it holds), be sure to
take a look at this article by Kim Egan, DVM, GENEX Dairy
Consultant Manager, to understand the importance of BCS and what you can do to
help your cattle maintain proper BCS.
While you’re at it, take a look at what it’s like to be a GENEX delegate through
the eyes of someone who’s quite demographically different from the first GENEX
delegate we covered. Alexa Kayhart is a prime example of how all members and
customers can benefit as a delegate.
Members and customers not only benefit by serving as a
delegate, but they also benefit by using artificial insemination (A.I.) service
to breed their cattle. This blog post shows how cost effective A.I. can
be!
Once you’re done reading how beneficial A.I. can be, read
about PregCheck™
fertility rankings, so you can make better mating decisions.
Our March 15th blog post was uploaded in celebration and
advocacy of a day near and dear to our hearts - National Agriculture Day. Revisit this post to
learn how YOU can agvocate. And check out this blog post as well for a little
#WisdomWednesday.
Read our post from April 19th to learn when to
pregnancy check and why. Your increased pregnancy rates can thank us later ;)
To celebrate National Beef Month, it only made sense that
our May 17th blog post feature one of GENEX’s elite (and no,
we’re not referring to our bulls, although those are pretty stellar too, if we
do say so ourselves). This post featured one of our many standout Independent Contractors, Duane Frehse.
In June, GENEX Communications Specialist Brenda Brady spent
an important (and fun!) day at a local daycare to educate young and eager minds about agriculture.
Since the past six months have been a little more recent, I
won’t continue to ramble on with each and every blog post we’ve written since
then. However, I will list them here for you to check out for yourself (and I
highly encourage you to do so! From educational to light-hearted to personable
to GENEX-specific information, we’ve got it all)! We hope to see you back at
the GENEX blog next year!
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