What's New in PULSE?

read below to learn more about the improvements and new features that are available in pulse! note items with \<font color="#004c75">dc unlimited only\</font> or \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> labels are product specific see know your vas pulse version docid 5i7xv63wgmrxmsotyjaaa to learn more about the two versions of pulse pulse update june 2026 \<font color="#ffc10e">new feature\</font> 305aa metrics for modern herd projections vas now supports the new 305 average age (305aa) yield metric from the cdcb and usda this update replaces the 30 year old "mature equivalent" (me) model with adjustments based on modern genetics, management, and climate data by using 305aa, you get a more accurate comparison of your cows' performance because the system standardizes all animals to a modern 36 month baseline if your dairy receives drpc testday reports, you can now add these items to your cowcards and testday tables 305aa & aa305 projected 305 day yields based on testday and daily milk data 305aa fat & protein age adjusted component production (pulse only) 305aa & aa305 are also available in dairycomp for pulse connected herds while 305aa provides the most current projection data, dairycomp continues to use 305me for cowval and relv calculations for now see what is 305aa and how does it differ from 305me? docid\ ya4sse7qjixfslstykxky to learn more improvements localization added japanese is now supported in pulse web bug fixes date fixes resolved an issue where birthdates and fresh dates shifted by one day in certain forms and integrations event dates now use the dairy's local time instead of the user's local time for better record consistency corrected the report date filter to ensure reports accurately reflect your selected timeframes integration status indicator fix corrected the integration status indicator to ensure it displays correctly stability improvements addressed a crash on the healthval page and fixed an error that occurred when selecting required info in the animal side panel pen handling the system now preserves pulse only pens more consistently during data reloads to maintain your pen assignments pulse update may 2026 \<font color="#ffc10e">new feature\</font> weighcomp adjusted tonnage report use the new adjusted tonnage report to quickly view or print the actual weight of feed corrected for dry matter content and environmental factors, such as moisture gain or loss during harvesting, storage, and handling for instance, you may need to make an adjustment to account for extra moisture from rain, or drier conditions on windy days the adjustment ensures that the tonnage reflects the true nutritional value rather than the “as fed” weight this report also automates and simplifies calculations when paying growers for feed or charging customers for crops from your harvest see adjusted tonnage report docid\ yd3bo4gbf4mlwu3dpugva to learn more \<font color="#9aba4d">enhancement\</font> weighcomp load mileage managing your harvests just got a little easier! if your trucking partners charge for mileage, you can now add those details to harvest loads see add a new load docid\ fsegxlzs2tb4y uhss4ws to learn more bug fixes user invitations fixed an issue where new users were getting stuck on the agreement page after accepting an invitation dairy settings the unit selector (imperial/metric) in dairy settings now correctly reflects and saves your selection sire data fixed a critical issue where sexed bulls (naab codes 501/601) were being incorrectly synced as "unsexed " embryo transfers embryo data (sire, dam, age) now correctly auto populates during transfer events on web and mobile without validation errors task lists prevented the sold event from being selectable for animals that are already marked as sold or died time zones formatted event dates now correctly consider daylight saving time based on the dairy's time zone pagination fixed the my dairies page pagination to correctly display more than 99 results pulse update february 2026 \<font color="#9aba4d">enhancement\</font> new culling rate herdsights kpis added the new culling rate kpis provide a snapshot of how quickly animals are leaving your herd over time these insights help you monitor herd turnover and track current rates with historical trends, making it easier for you to evaluate management practices and plan for future herd productivity go to your herdsights docid\ bbb2u8b zvbhmnkvm4osu and build views docid\ kpja0clvdhdoqytetk7jd to capture your culling rate details bug fixes weighcomp dm% and cost corrections multiple fixes to dm% and dm cost/ton fixes were made in the user interface and in pulse calculations, including data coming from feedwatch or feedcomp also, transactions can now be entered with a "0" (zero) cost zoetis cowcard fix trait data now displays as expected on the cowcard genomics tab parlorboss empty stalls per day report fix the summary row at the top of the report now shows accurate data \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> shared files upload files on all tabs are now stored as expected and do not unexpectedly get deleted when uploading a new file \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> cowcard pedigree updates you no longer need to refresh the page to see updates you made to an animal's cowcard pedigree tab \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> add animal date fix when adding animals, the entered dates are being saved as expected and are no longer resetting to yesterday \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> integration status messaging and alerts mydc agent integrations now show accurate connection status messages pulse update december 2025 \<font color="#004c76">new feature\</font> herdsights bring you custom insights! vas is thrilled to introduce herdsights, our latest insights tool that allows you to build custom views of your herd's data we know that managing a dairy means tracking countless details—herd health, reproduction, feed efficiency, costs instead of creating your own spreadsheets or other tools to track these numbers, you can now use herdsights views and dashboards as your new hub for all dairy data and specific spend less time building reports and manually tracking data so you can spend more time managing your herd see herdsights docid\ bbb2u8b zvbhmnkvm4osu to learn more! \<font color="#9aba4d">enhancement\</font> \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> add milk weights for unidentified animals to the correct date dairies with parlor integrations now show milk weights for the correct date when an animal is not identified in the parlor this improvement helps capture accurate milk weight data for animals that are later identified other improvements & bug fixes embryo import improvement pulse now allows for the import of embryos with the same straw number if the embryos have different fertilization dates embryo transfers for heifers pulse now supports adding an embryo transfer to heifers after a recorded abort event and keeps the lactation number at 0 sire validation fix if a sire name exceeds the 16 character limit when adding a transfer event, pulse now displays an error embryo import date fixes resolved an issue where fertilization or transferred dates were being removed or imported incorrectly embryo print/export fix your data is no longer truncated when printing and exporting embryo inventory, transferred, and results tabs edit option you can now adjust your parlor details in parlorboss using the edit parlor option lasttreatmentdate fix resolved an issue that caused the last treatment date to show the wrong date following daylight savings time adjustments \<font color="#67864e">mydc only\</font> bug fixes abort batch entry fix batch entry for abort events now works as expected when selecting to continue the current lactation breeding sire fix pulse no longer prompts for a breeding sire when adding animals that are not bred or dairy protocols translation fix the dairy protocols page now displays as expected in languages other than english nedap now milk weights fix milk weights from nedap now are now being received and shown in pulse as expected tip do you have an idea for a new feature or enhancement? help us improve! docid\ nypjdhrmzpslszqhxkbem earlier releases pulse update november 2025 docid 6xh5sj4utmmzcwtt6ifov pulse update october 2025 docid yaa9vvy5azqiyn8zszqv pulse update july 2025 docid\ akxez sstem0jbcchfy m pulse update june 2025 docid\ ijjyxzlvmglu6hnrgvauy pulse update may 2025 docid\ asmfddwbrzzwzrzzjaclj pulse update april 2025 docid\ ypzumd xu7tiafbzjch 6 pulse update march 2025 docid\ jdz2ma5r9g2sv19wloclr pulse update february 2025 docid\ xg tcmbi5qnyula7fp9pq pulse update january 2025 docid\ axsplt7md1tqmrveuoyw8 pulse update december 2024 docid\ pbjfkndy5ygbd8ws1ehmc pulse update november 2024 docid\ hwws5ttoiaqhugc8ef43h pulse update october 2024 docid\ hlr464tz77mq vxgxeum4 pulse update september 2024 docid\ hjvtqgiibfzmbebpbagn4 pulse update august 2024 docid\ mtsb9qqfrdhgppfvwfj0b pulse update july 2024 docid 9qi4rp7elyveddmrevckx pulse update june 2024 docid 9j7oq 9lxieqy kn1uxp