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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 121259" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>With good heat detection and an experienced technician you should be able to run around a minimum of 75-80% first service conceptions and 100% with a second service. A lot depends on the disposition of the cow, weather conditions, quality of the semen, quality of the semen handling/storage, nutritional plane and the technician skills. The weather and nutrition will affect conception even with a bull. No need for a clean up bull if the above criteria are met. If they don;t settle in 2 services and you've done everything right you might as well ship them rather then breed fertility problems into your herd if you're retaining heifers. If you're selling steers you want fertile cows also to take adavantage of the extra dollars for a larger lot being sold at one time. If you'e going to use a clean-up bull, why bother with AI, you'll have the bull costs anyway. </p><p>Semen runs from around 10 bucks to into the thousands. We used to charge 50 cents a cane per month for storage, for large volumes we charged a buck a month for an entire canister dedicated to one persons semen storage.</p><p>I don;t know what techs charge, it can run as little as 5 bucks to probably around 15 if he doesn;t haven;t to travel. Work out all of the details in advance.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 121259, member: 34"] With good heat detection and an experienced technician you should be able to run around a minimum of 75-80% first service conceptions and 100% with a second service. A lot depends on the disposition of the cow, weather conditions, quality of the semen, quality of the semen handling/storage, nutritional plane and the technician skills. The weather and nutrition will affect conception even with a bull. No need for a clean up bull if the above criteria are met. If they don;t settle in 2 services and you've done everything right you might as well ship them rather then breed fertility problems into your herd if you're retaining heifers. If you're selling steers you want fertile cows also to take adavantage of the extra dollars for a larger lot being sold at one time. If you'e going to use a clean-up bull, why bother with AI, you'll have the bull costs anyway. Semen runs from around 10 bucks to into the thousands. We used to charge 50 cents a cane per month for storage, for large volumes we charged a buck a month for an entire canister dedicated to one persons semen storage. I don;t know what techs charge, it can run as little as 5 bucks to probably around 15 if he doesn;t haven;t to travel. Work out all of the details in advance. dun [/QUOTE]
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