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Breeding Data Entry
GW REGISTRY TIPS ‘N TRICKS GW Breeding Data Entry
Taylor Buckley
Forward thinking is a theme here at the American
Gelbvieh Association (AGA). As people who play an active role in the beef industry, we continue to think about how we are going to feed the world tomorrow and during the next 50 years. It is important that we take the steps to set up our commercial producers with the best genetics and information about the breed so that they can provide consumers with the highest quality beef products possible. Taking the steps to be more prepared in the future is what has allowed the industry to be successful and operations who take that same approach tend to be the ones that survive and thrive year after year. Coming down from the craziness of sale season and headed into an even crazier breeding season, it is important you take the steps to enter your breeding information in the AGA Online Registry Service now so that the calf birth recording process is easier later. In order to make this process successful you will want to make sure you have the following: • Updated Semen Inventory • Registration numbers of the bulls used • Email the office the registration of any bulls from external breeds (if not already in the system) • AI dates or dates of pasture exposure start and end
From the Individual Animal Screen:
When viewing the individual animal’s profile, there is a tab near the center of the screen titled “Breeding”. Within this screen, there is an option to enter either an “AI Breeding” or a “Pasture Exposure”. To enter either, enter the registration number of the bull that was used and the date of AI or start and end date of the pasture exposure. Remember that the date must be entered in mm/dd/yyyy format. For cows that were AIed and then turned out with a clean-up bull, both exposures can be recorded. This screen will also show historical breedings from previous seasons or if there were multiple breedings recorded over the course of one season.
From the Pasture Group Screen:
To enter the pasture group screen, go to “Herd Management” in the left hand column and then “Pasture Groups”. Once in pasture groups, to record an AI breeding, find the tab labeled “AI” in the top right box. This will display available Semen Inventory and the quantity of straws available for each bull as selected from the drop down menu. If there is nothing in your semen inventory, however, the “AI” tab will not be available. To record an AI breeding, enter the number of straws used for a bull in the box in the column titled “Used”, select the pasture where the cows are located from the drop down at the bottom, then select the cows AIed to that bull in the column of check boxes. Be sure to enter the date of breeding in the box toward the top left-hand side of the screen. To complete the record, select “Apply AI Breedings”. Repeat this process for each AI bull used.
For pasture exposure information, move the cows and bull to the same pasture group. To do this, select all of the cows and bulls that were together in a pasture by checking the box to the right of their name. Then, edit the date in the top left-hand corner of the screen to the correct start date. That information automatically defaults to today’s date and is not easily changed once applied, so be sure to enter the correct date. Once the animals are selected and the date entered, pick a pasture or create a pasture to group them into from the box in the top left of the screen. To finalize the pasture exposure, select “Move” from the box in the top right hand side of the screen. Please remember for this tool, you will want to make sure pastures are based on physical locations, not on a set of animals in the pasture. (See Image 1)
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For any other questions, please contact the AGA office at 303-465-2333. D
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