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From Drovers: Does AI cost or pay
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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 886407" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>In South America many of the large ranches AI commercial cattle. A fair percentage of the attendees at the Bovine Elite AI class are from South America. I have talked with several of them and they tell me the the value received for the calves more than justifies the AI over natural. This is for terminal calves not only replacements. So if we are not keeping up with a third world country what does it say about our mentality?</p><p>The value received on replacement heifers improvement more than out weighs missing 40% the first go round.</p><p>It is getting harder to make money in the cattle business. Anybody wishing to stay in the business need to take advantage of every tool in the box. AI should be one of the tools at the top of the box along with EPD's.</p><p>What amazes me is that both AI and the use of EPD's have been proven for their economic value for such a long time now that I consider it old school. DNA markers are what are relatively new and even they are receiving a lot of resistance, even though they have already been proven to add value.</p><p>In my book anyone serious about being in the cattle business should have already taken an AI course wither they will use it themselves or not.</p><p>In my book the use of AI should be as common place as feeding hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 886407, member: 5494"] In South America many of the large ranches AI commercial cattle. A fair percentage of the attendees at the Bovine Elite AI class are from South America. I have talked with several of them and they tell me the the value received for the calves more than justifies the AI over natural. This is for terminal calves not only replacements. So if we are not keeping up with a third world country what does it say about our mentality? The value received on replacement heifers improvement more than out weighs missing 40% the first go round. It is getting harder to make money in the cattle business. Anybody wishing to stay in the business need to take advantage of every tool in the box. AI should be one of the tools at the top of the box along with EPD's. What amazes me is that both AI and the use of EPD's have been proven for their economic value for such a long time now that I consider it old school. DNA markers are what are relatively new and even they are receiving a lot of resistance, even though they have already been proven to add value. In my book anyone serious about being in the cattle business should have already taken an AI course wither they will use it themselves or not. In my book the use of AI should be as common place as feeding hay. [/QUOTE]
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