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Training artificial inseminators

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Training artificial inseminators

From the 1950s, more science was applied to farming. These men are being trained as artificial-insemination technicians. Selective breeding using artificial-insemination techniques greatly improved farm productivity.

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Carl Walrond, Rural workers – Changes in the rural sector, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17224/training-artificial-inseminators (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.