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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1291550" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The idea of cost has to looked at realisticly. The school along with the peripheral costs of it and the cost of the tank are high. But those costs are actaully spread out over years. The school costs is a lifetime investment, or until you're too old to do it. The tank is close to a lifetime investment, 20 years or more with proper care is a realistic time frame.</p><p>So that takes it down to the individual cost per cow. If you don;t sync, you're looking at about a buck and a quarter per head plus semen cost. For the popular breeds, there are a lot of really good bulls in the 15-25 dollar range. Syncing is out of my wheel house. The times we did timed AI with sync I had the BAS rep do the syncing and a lot of the breeding. Results, even with GnRH at AI time ran from 55% to a low of 20% the last year we did it. On natural heats with good heat detection, anyone that doesn;t hit in the 70% or higher range has a problem. Could be the tech could be the nutrition for the cow or the time of year.</p><p>This year we're doing the old fashioned sync on cows that came up open becuase of the low libido bull. GnRH and 7 days later Lute. Then breed on observed heats.</p><p>For the familiarity issue of doing it so seldom and spread out, you could volunteer to AI for neighbors just to keep your hand in (no pun intended).</p><p>When I got certified (that used to be how it was done) I started a custom AI business. Only bred on average a half dozen cows a week (area had a population of under 30k people and most of them city folk. Goy a lot of fiverse experience both in cattle breeding and using makeshift facilitys. From a squeeze chute to a cow tied to a tree with a rope around her neck.</p><p>A benficial side affect is that it will make you (or at least allow you if you wish) to become a better/more knowledgable herdsman.</p><p></p><p>End of rant, sorry about the length</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1291550, member: 34"] The idea of cost has to looked at realisticly. The school along with the peripheral costs of it and the cost of the tank are high. But those costs are actaully spread out over years. The school costs is a lifetime investment, or until you're too old to do it. The tank is close to a lifetime investment, 20 years or more with proper care is a realistic time frame. So that takes it down to the individual cost per cow. If you don;t sync, you're looking at about a buck and a quarter per head plus semen cost. For the popular breeds, there are a lot of really good bulls in the 15-25 dollar range. Syncing is out of my wheel house. The times we did timed AI with sync I had the BAS rep do the syncing and a lot of the breeding. Results, even with GnRH at AI time ran from 55% to a low of 20% the last year we did it. On natural heats with good heat detection, anyone that doesn;t hit in the 70% or higher range has a problem. Could be the tech could be the nutrition for the cow or the time of year. This year we're doing the old fashioned sync on cows that came up open becuase of the low libido bull. GnRH and 7 days later Lute. Then breed on observed heats. For the familiarity issue of doing it so seldom and spread out, you could volunteer to AI for neighbors just to keep your hand in (no pun intended). When I got certified (that used to be how it was done) I started a custom AI business. Only bred on average a half dozen cows a week (area had a population of under 30k people and most of them city folk. Goy a lot of fiverse experience both in cattle breeding and using makeshift facilitys. From a squeeze chute to a cow tied to a tree with a rope around her neck. A benficial side affect is that it will make you (or at least allow you if you wish) to become a better/more knowledgable herdsman. End of rant, sorry about the length [/QUOTE]
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