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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1563907" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>If the average herd size in Kentucky is 15-30 cows, why would AI be so complicated? Sync them all, call the AI tech and just do it. Then turn them out with a bull a few weeks later. </p><p></p><p>NEFarmWife, if I'm not mistaken said her operation goes through 500 straws of semen a year, so a small herd in Kentucky should be a breeze compared to that.</p><p></p><p>I haven't sold bulls in my county because the majority of people here are looking for bulls that are in the $1k-1500 range. I won't sell my bulls for that price. When people ask about a "cheap" bull I tell them maybe they can find one at the stockyards that will work. Our bulls have work and money invested in them, we don't give them away.</p><p></p><p>As for my comment about dairy farms extensively using AI, I'm correct on that. I guarantee that there are former dairy farmers that did a ton of AI in their day, and I'm pretty certain they saw milk production rise as a result of better genetics. Yet they don't see any benefit in AI'ng beef cattle?</p><p></p><p>I'm not telling anyone that they MUST do this or that, I am however saying, if what you are doing right now is not producing anything but average to below average results, then maybe AI could change the situation. After all, for $20-40 you can get a top operation's best bull, he's just in a straw, not your field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1563907, member: 37967"] If the average herd size in Kentucky is 15-30 cows, why would AI be so complicated? Sync them all, call the AI tech and just do it. Then turn them out with a bull a few weeks later. NEFarmWife, if I'm not mistaken said her operation goes through 500 straws of semen a year, so a small herd in Kentucky should be a breeze compared to that. I haven't sold bulls in my county because the majority of people here are looking for bulls that are in the $1k-1500 range. I won't sell my bulls for that price. When people ask about a "cheap" bull I tell them maybe they can find one at the stockyards that will work. Our bulls have work and money invested in them, we don't give them away. As for my comment about dairy farms extensively using AI, I'm correct on that. I guarantee that there are former dairy farmers that did a ton of AI in their day, and I'm pretty certain they saw milk production rise as a result of better genetics. Yet they don't see any benefit in AI'ng beef cattle? I'm not telling anyone that they MUST do this or that, I am however saying, if what you are doing right now is not producing anything but average to below average results, then maybe AI could change the situation. After all, for $20-40 you can get a top operation's best bull, he's just in a straw, not your field. [/QUOTE]
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