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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1767510" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Alot of dairy farmers here use it on the top 25-35% of the milking herd so that they are getting replacements out of the best milkers....</p><p>Cost is about double of the straight semen... 90% of the sex being what you want is about right... unless you are like me... I am walking "Murphy's Law" .... we used sexed semen on one of my cows and 3 years in a row got a bull when I wanted a heifer... and then she got out with some other cows and in with the cleanup bull in with the heifers, and of course she then had a heifer calf.... Most farmers say that conception is about 20% LESS than with normal semen... say 40-50% first service as opposed to 60-70% with straight semen... timing is more critical... Some farmers and technicians are just better at AI than others... you want someone that has a good conception rate to be doing the breeding. Yes, timing and all is important, but the person doing the actual breeding is a big part of it too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1767510, member: 25884"] Alot of dairy farmers here use it on the top 25-35% of the milking herd so that they are getting replacements out of the best milkers.... Cost is about double of the straight semen... 90% of the sex being what you want is about right... unless you are like me... I am walking "Murphy's Law" .... we used sexed semen on one of my cows and 3 years in a row got a bull when I wanted a heifer... and then she got out with some other cows and in with the cleanup bull in with the heifers, and of course she then had a heifer calf.... Most farmers say that conception is about 20% LESS than with normal semen... say 40-50% first service as opposed to 60-70% with straight semen... timing is more critical... Some farmers and technicians are just better at AI than others... you want someone that has a good conception rate to be doing the breeding. Yes, timing and all is important, but the person doing the actual breeding is a big part of it too. [/QUOTE]
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