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Luke Fober grew up on a small dairy in northeast Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University in 2015 with a degree in dairy science. In 2017, he joined the Trans Ova team as a GAC herdsman. Now, he serves as our dairy donor manager. What dairy housing and services are available to clients in Iowa? Right now, our calf program can take in newborn calves and feed them out either for custom raising or even work into our program. Down the road, we also can bring the calves into our older donor housing where we can start working OPUs,…

Preserving DNA on existing and future animals DNA Genetic Preservation on Triple M Ranch Doc Outstanding My name is Matthew Schoenbauer, owner of Triple M Ranch. I started in 2015 with 3 Commercial Boer Goats in 4-H/FFA, then 2016 I went to an ABGA breeding stock sale and purchased 3 Registered does. The first few shows, I meet some awesome ABGA members, I decided this is my future business and Triple M Boer Goat Ranch was created. I did a few internships, then I heard of Trans Ova at Nationals in 2017 and purchased RMA2 Bring It from Rick &…

Interested in learning more about the current Beef x Dairy trend? Join the Trans Ova team as they discuss Trans Ova's beef embryo program. Emma Vickland serves as the IVF Lab Coordinator at our Kansas location. Dakota Moyers is our Southern Regional Business Manager. Jacob DeKruyf serves as the Northwest Regional Business Manager. How is Trans Ova involved in Beef on Dairy? Jacob: We've been building this program for quite a while now. We're starting to see it really take off in the industry. The main goal is to try to get a better, more efficient product into the dairy…

For Immediate ReleaseNovember 6, 2020 Sioux Center, IA - Trans Ova Genetics has been the industry leader in advanced reproductive technologies since 1980. As a company that is committed to client satisfaction, we continually review our strategies and continue to evolve in ways that ultimately benefit our clients. As of November 4, 2020, Trans Ova Genetics will no longer operate a regional facility out of the Fletcher, Oklahoma location. This shift will provide Trans Ova team members the ability to serve more clients through on-farm procedures, and through our strong network of satellite locations. The growing capabilities of our fresh…

Part III – Can you still preserve tissue and cloned animals after the death event?By Diane Broek Yes, you can still preserve living tissue for several days after the death event.  It is imperative to get the tissue collected ASAP after the death event, to refrigerate it, and to send it into our lab within 24 – 48 hours after the death event.  So let’s talk about a possible scenario, and what you can do.  Let’s say you walk out in the morning to do chores and find your prize cow, bull, steer, boar, sow, barrow, buck, doe, wether, ram or ewe…