DairyTalk 655: From Fertility Bottleneck to High-Fertility Cycle: Finding the Right Management Lever - by Helmut Demmelhuber

DairyTalk by Helmut Demmelhuber · Sep 13, 2026 · 17m

This podcast episode is based on a technical article from The Bullvine examining the management levers behind the 21-day pregnancy rate. The central issue is whether too few eligible cows are being bred or whether enough cows are inseminated but too few actually conceive. That distinction matters because weaknesses in heat detection, transition health, and conception performance require very different interventions. The article therefore challenges the routine use of programs such as Double-Ovsynch before herd software has identified the true reproductive bottleneck. The key message is that…