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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 293553" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>I am a hereford breeder in SA that also run a commercial herd of straightbred herefords. In my purebred herd I go 100% AI and out of these AI sired calves I select bull for my own use in my commercial herd. This way I feel I can produce better bulls for my commercial herd than I can afford to buy.</p><p></p><p>Here the cost of AI (offcourse depending on the bull you use) over two seasons is very close to the price of a good breeding bull. Just a good breeding bull and by no means one of the top bulls available in the breed. In my purebred herd which is of good quality, but still a young herd and therefore not of the uniformity that I am hoping to achieve in the future, I don't think any one bull can meet my needs. I use 3 AI bulls on about 35 cows to match to different needs I feel I have to improve on. Now AI may be time consuming and expensive, but it would be unaffordable to to buy 3 or 4 different top bulls to match my cows to a more ideal mating, even if I could still use those bulls on the commercial cows.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion you will reach the ceiling of herd improvement soon if you don't use AI. Any breeder will at some time reach the point where the type of bull that could improve his herd would be just too expensive to make economical sense. This is where the selective use of AI can benefit every herd in the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 293553, member: 4353"] I am a hereford breeder in SA that also run a commercial herd of straightbred herefords. In my purebred herd I go 100% AI and out of these AI sired calves I select bull for my own use in my commercial herd. This way I feel I can produce better bulls for my commercial herd than I can afford to buy. Here the cost of AI (offcourse depending on the bull you use) over two seasons is very close to the price of a good breeding bull. Just a good breeding bull and by no means one of the top bulls available in the breed. In my purebred herd which is of good quality, but still a young herd and therefore not of the uniformity that I am hoping to achieve in the future, I don't think any one bull can meet my needs. I use 3 AI bulls on about 35 cows to match to different needs I feel I have to improve on. Now AI may be time consuming and expensive, but it would be unaffordable to to buy 3 or 4 different top bulls to match my cows to a more ideal mating, even if I could still use those bulls on the commercial cows. In my opinion you will reach the ceiling of herd improvement soon if you don't use AI. Any breeder will at some time reach the point where the type of bull that could improve his herd would be just too expensive to make economical sense. This is where the selective use of AI can benefit every herd in the world. [/QUOTE]
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