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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1675997" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>I read those statement also and also wonder what is going on there. My guess is bought cows with an emphasis on auction barn cows. </p><p></p><p>We rarely have a wide open cow. If one is it's usually some thing that would effect either breeding method. Even with the unconrollables we are talking 1 or 2%... maybe. The people teaching the class said 40% starting out with AI... 50-60% if you get really good... and the people selling semen said 80%. Its worse with sexed semen. All of those are horrible.</p><p></p><p>No matter how I run the numbers AI is at least double or triple the cost of natural breeding and that's with competitive conception rates and $100 or less straws. It's horrible with realistic rates. </p><p></p><p>So is it cheaper than buying the $70K bull... yes.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😄" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes :smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f604.png" data-shortname=":smile:" /> Is it cheaper than putting a good bull out... no.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1675997, member: 6291"] I read those statement also and also wonder what is going on there. My guess is bought cows with an emphasis on auction barn cows. We rarely have a wide open cow. If one is it's usually some thing that would effect either breeding method. Even with the unconrollables we are talking 1 or 2%... maybe. The people teaching the class said 40% starting out with AI... 50-60% if you get really good... and the people selling semen said 80%. Its worse with sexed semen. All of those are horrible. No matter how I run the numbers AI is at least double or triple the cost of natural breeding and that's with competitive conception rates and $100 or less straws. It's horrible with realistic rates. So is it cheaper than buying the $70K bull... yes.😄 Is it cheaper than putting a good bull out... no. [/QUOTE]
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