Reproductive decision-making widgets

A new set of tools from David Galligan, economist at the University of Pennsylvania may help to make better decisions when it comes to reproductive management on your dairy.
              
These online visual analytics are available in a new format to present analytical problems commonly occurring on dairy herds. These tools can help answer questions, including these of a reproductive nature: pregnancy rate and calving interval, early pregnancy test, value of a pregnancy, value of days open, internal herd growth model, conception rate variability, bulls vs. AI, culling description model and more.
              
Access these dairy dashboard decision-making widgets here. Once there, use Logon: guest Password: guest.

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