Beef producers are using sexed semen

[NiceFarmer31]

It may not be commonplace to see a beef farmer leafing through a semen cataloged to select the best genetics for their herd, but more and more are beginning to realize the potential of artificial insemination.

And with difficult calvings becoming a common problem on many beef enterprises, the use of sex sorted semen could offer a solution.

One such farmer already seeing the benefits of AI and sexed semen is 2011 Farmers Weekly Awards Sheep Farmer of the Year finalist Dougie Graham of Mains of Burnbank, Stirling.
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[regolith]

And with difficult calvings becoming a common problem on many beef enterprises, the use of sex sorted semen could offer a solution.

"males cause all the problems so let's not have 'em" - ties in lovely with the inoffensive thread just above.
Isn't that similar to breeding red calves knowing that they'll bring $xx less at sale time?

edit: the article is on using sexed semen on heifers for their first calf, so makes perfect sense and yes, with dial-up it really can take this long to access an article it's what, an hour since I posted this comment?