Time has arrived to apply timed Al

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THE hours spent watching his 350-cow beef herd to check for cows in heat are over for Mike Kasten. "Timed artificial insemination is a real time-saver," says the Millersville, Mo., beef producer. In the past, Kasten heat checked the herd two or threetimes a day for 45 days, through two estrus cycles, on horseback. That has all changed. "I could set a date right now for November and know what morning I'm going to breed," he says.