DEFOREST, Wis. – Blue Star Dairy Farms has a strong emphasis on genetic progress and it shows, says Susie Martin, a genetic consultant for CentralStar Cooperative. The DeForest-area dairy farm’s current pregnancy rate is 38 percent and its conception rate for all services is 51 percent. With those numbers and the farm’s overall genetics program, Blue Star Dairy Farms recently earned a CentralStar Cooperative ReproStar Award. The award recognizes dairy herds with 12-month pregnancy rates of 34 percent or more.
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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
