Sugar Creek
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Reading these posts over the last year has me interested in A. I. Had cattle since 1972 but no experience with A. I.
My daughters have some registered Red Poll heifers and reg. Angus heifers nursing their first calves, already bred back to a reg. Red Poll.
Thinking of selling him this fall and using A. I. next year.
I have decent facilities to catch them, they are gentle, I should have time to watch and I neighbor who has a tank and A. I. s his own herd. He is willing to help me.
1. How do the expenses of A. I. and natural service compare?
2. What should I pay my neighbor for use of his tank and breeding the cows?
3. Should I keep a clean-up bull? (about 20 cows)
My daughters have some registered Red Poll heifers and reg. Angus heifers nursing their first calves, already bred back to a reg. Red Poll.
Thinking of selling him this fall and using A. I. next year.
I have decent facilities to catch them, they are gentle, I should have time to watch and I neighbor who has a tank and A. I. s his own herd. He is willing to help me.
1. How do the expenses of A. I. and natural service compare?
2. What should I pay my neighbor for use of his tank and breeding the cows?
3. Should I keep a clean-up bull? (about 20 cows)