In vitro fertilization technology is changing the way farmers improve their herd’s genetics, allowing them to raise the healthiest, best-producing animals much more quickly than traditional breeding.

And now Whatcom County is home to a facility where farmers can bring cows to use this technology.

McKenzie Corpron, an embryologist with Trans Ova Genetics, joins Dillon with details on the company’s new satellite center housed at Mark Van Mersbergen’s former Lynden-area dairy, Markwell Holsteins.