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New Faces and Opportunities in the South with Dakota Moyers and Webb Fields

June 28, 2023

Are you a producer in Texas or the southwest region? Join Webb Fields and Dakota Moyers as we discuss the team in Bryan, Texas and the opportunities for our cattle producers in Texas and surrounding states. Webb Fields serves as the Client Service Manager for the Bryan, Texas location. Dakota Moyers serves as the Regional Business Manager for the South. He searches for new business opportunities in his region and builds relationships with cattlemen.  What states fall into the Southern region of Trans Ova? Dakota: We just went through a modification here recently with the lab in Georgia coming online.…

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A “Herd Full” of your Favorite Sow

June 21, 2023

Discovering Trans Ova Genetics has been one of the greatest blessings. I remember a phone conversation with a friend before this all, and saying something along the lines of, “Man, she’s so good, I wish I could have a whole herd of her!” Little did I know at the time, that dream had the opportunity to become reality. A boar can produce hundreds of litters a year, for sows, only two. We all know that great sow is where the secret sauce is at. Best sow…. 2 litters. Less than best sow…. 2 litters. NOW, imagine a world where we…

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Increasing the Genetic Influence of Historic Genetics

June 21, 2023

I have the privilege to have a historic Kunkune sow standing at my farm. Her name is Manuhiri and she was born in New Zealand and imported to the U.S. in 2010. While, Manuhiri is the Granddam to the entire Haunene bloodline in the United States, she only produced 2 litters herself so, the potential of her genetic influence is yet unfulfilled. I’m so excited that Trans Ova’s genetic cloning can dramatically multiply her impact. At 13 years of age, she is spectacular in her conformation and soundness and she moves like a young sow. She is large and as…

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Capturing genetics from a castrated male

June 14, 2023

Preserving DNA on a rockstar animal that would have otherwise been lost. "I have been keeping and breeding pigs for approximately 25 years now. During that time, I have produced many champion and supreme champions. As I've learned more, it became increasingly evident to me what I'd like to see in future animals through selection of particular characteristics. To that end, I began to breed and select for heritable traits. Recently, I let some animals go to other farms. It became clear that a particular boar was what I was hoping for and I sought to return him to my…

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How Long has Trans Ova Genetics Been Cloning Livestock?

March 30, 2023

By Diane Broek In the late 1990’s, Trans Ova Genetics entered into a relationship with Genzyme Transgenics for the production of cloned, transgenic cattle that carried the human gene for Human Serum Albumin.  In the course of that project, our first little cloned heifer calf was born at our Sioux Center, Iowa facility.  Her name was Gudren.  She was named after one of the researchers on the project.  Gudren was a happy, healthy little Holstein heifer, born in 1998, just two years after Dolly the Sheep was born in Scotland in 1996.  Happy 25th Anniversary to Gudren and the Trans Ova…

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