Record holder Don Beck breeds 200000 first service cows in North America
Madison resident Don Beck, a leading artificial inseminator for Tri-State Breeders Cooperative, reached the 200000 first service cow milestone sometime in December, a record no one else in North America approaches. He has worked in Wisconsin and surrounding states since 1948, including stints supervising technicians and analyzing cows, before returning to direct breeding work.
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Record holder Don Beck marks 200000 first service cows bred
Don Beck of Tri-State Breeders Co op is recognized as a record holder for breeding 200000 first service cows over 33 years. He started in 1948 at the University of Wisconsin Madison, helped form Tri-State Breeders, and now aims to breed about 220000 cows before retirement. He covers about 8200 cows in Belleville, Mount Vernon, Verona and Brooklyn, and bred 6600 in the past year. He estimates 1.4 to 1.5 services per cow and keeps busy with bookwork, sales, and collecting payments, while enjoying annual Canada trips and Minnesota State Fair visits.
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Tri-State Breeders Co-op
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dane County
Southern Wisconsin Breeders Cooperative
Tri-State Breeders
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