Uruguay: On the way to a record calf harvest; pregnancy at historical maximum

The data presented last week by the XXII Vaccine Pregnancy Diagnostic Evaluation Workshop 2024 at INIA Treinta y Tres showed a substantial jump (+14 points) in the pregnancy rate of the breeding herd compared to the previous year. Ultrasounds performed on 315,274 bellies in the country determined a pregnancy rate of 84.1%, a record since this diagnosis began to be made more than two decades ago. In the presentation, veterinarian Emilio Machado highlighted that high pregnancy rates were generalized both for breeders who carry out management tasks to improve their procreation levels and for farms that do not carry them out. Furthermore, the percentage of failed cows was very low (5%). The breeding stock that Dicose will count when the next Affidavit of Stock is processed should be higher than the 4.12 million head reported last year. In 2023, a significant number of failed wintering cows entered the breeding herd because there was no grass to fatten them (+140 thousand heads). ...