CRV Ambreed on April 22 opened its new artificial insemination training facility, promptly putting ten students through the facility’s first training school.
CRV Ambreed runs a series of AI training courses throughout the country every year, teaching farmers how to successfully inseminate their own cows, and enabling them to take more control of their breeding and save money on technician fees.
Each training school runs for one week, 9am to 3pm, covering all aspects of AI including:
Reproductive biology and heat detection
Practical instruction in the insemination of cattle with at least 100 live cow inseminations
Checking of each practice insemination for accuracy by an experienced instructor
Successfully handling frozen semen and the equipment
Safe handling of equipment and liquid nitrogen.
At least 1000 New Zealand farmers have taken this training over the years. Graduates are known for the results they achieve, says CRV Ambreed
“A core philosophy of the company is to offer clients choice, from choosing bulls to the ability to inseminate their own cows.”
The new facility better meets the needs of its Northland clients, the company says.
The facility has been built with the cooperation of Silver Fern Farms, in Tuna Street, operating without compromising stock movement flow and staff onsite.
