Roger Evans has been to see Llew and Sarah Thomas' Tremenyn herd where embryo transfer is making a big contribution to genetic progress. We hear a lot these days, about the 'gap' - the genetic divide that exists between the PIN95 genetic base of cowsin this country and the cows of the other leading milk producers of the world. Putting a value of Szero on UK cows, that gap ranges from +£20 in Canada, to plus +39 and +£40 in the US and Holland respectively.
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