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British scientists use frozen sperm to inseminate a cow and birth a calf.

1950

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The birth of this calf, named Frosty, is hailed as a major success. By the early 1950's, farmers and animal breeders will begin regularly using genetic technologies to shape the production of agricultural animals and by-products, like milk.