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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 810263" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>The price of dairy heifers is already down, partly due to sexed semen. However, sexed semen will never catch on big enough to create the scenario you describe on the bull side. I believe the use of sexed semen peaked in 2008 when milk was running over $20 and everybody was pushing to fill the barns. Since that time the use of sexed semen has dropped way off. I don't think we will ever see sexed semen becoming any more popular than it is right now. Also keep in mind that with genomic testing the studs can identify the superior animals at a very young age. They no longer need to run hundreds of young bulls to find the couple that stand out.</p><p></p><p>For fun let's say every dairy cow gets bred with sexed semen. There is just over 9 million cows in the nation. Now take 10% of that and you've got 900,000 bull calves each year, or there abouts. Not going to run into problems even under ideal conditions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 810263, member: 2744"] The price of dairy heifers is already down, partly due to sexed semen. However, sexed semen will never catch on big enough to create the scenario you describe on the bull side. I believe the use of sexed semen peaked in 2008 when milk was running over $20 and everybody was pushing to fill the barns. Since that time the use of sexed semen has dropped way off. I don't think we will ever see sexed semen becoming any more popular than it is right now. Also keep in mind that with genomic testing the studs can identify the superior animals at a very young age. They no longer need to run hundreds of young bulls to find the couple that stand out. For fun let's say every dairy cow gets bred with sexed semen. There is just over 9 million cows in the nation. Now take 10% of that and you've got 900,000 bull calves each year, or there abouts. Not going to run into problems even under ideal conditions. [/QUOTE]
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