In the past 40 years per-cow milk production has more than doubled. That has been due largely to superior genetics in nearly all of America’s dairy cattle that, directly or indirectly, were a result of embryo transfer. That breeding technology was developed in the 1970s by Dr. Robert Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinary-science researcher.
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Emily Matzke is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in animal-sciences and life-sciences communication. She is also public relations coordinator for the Association of Women in Agriculture; vice-president of careers for the National Agri-Marketing Association; secretary for the Collegiate Farm Bureau; and program assistant for AgrAbility of Wisconsin.
