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AI by myself or buy a bull???
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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 338130" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Not sure about technician charges. With AI you need a tank or someone that will store the semen for year. Tank will cost you around 50-60 a year to keep it charged with ln2. A bull brings his own set of baggage. Different managment then when running just cows, possibly more fence repair plus another mouth to feed. Semen runs from a low of 12 to as much as you're willing to spend. With the bull he will do the heat detecting, with AI you have to be willing to comit to doing the heat detection and adjust your schedule to the cows for breeding. With AI you know when the cow is due to calve, with a bull you may not observe the breeding so the calving date isn;t near as easy to predict.</p><p>This is the first year we've had a bull on the place. If I still had the manual dexterity that I used to have we would still be 100% AI.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 338130, member: 34"] Not sure about technician charges. With AI you need a tank or someone that will store the semen for year. Tank will cost you around 50-60 a year to keep it charged with ln2. A bull brings his own set of baggage. Different managment then when running just cows, possibly more fence repair plus another mouth to feed. Semen runs from a low of 12 to as much as you're willing to spend. With the bull he will do the heat detecting, with AI you have to be willing to comit to doing the heat detection and adjust your schedule to the cows for breeding. With AI you know when the cow is due to calve, with a bull you may not observe the breeding so the calving date isn;t near as easy to predict. This is the first year we've had a bull on the place. If I still had the manual dexterity that I used to have we would still be 100% AI. dun [/QUOTE]
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