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Technology around timed AI has helped that jump, but according to Don Trimmer, Alta Genetics, there's something else driving the 400% increase in beef semen sales: beef on dairy. Surprise: More beef semen gets sold in the U.S. to breed dairy cows than to breed beef cows. Semen sales are up exponentially across both dairy and beef sectors over the past 20 years, with annual dairy semen sales going from 20 million to 50 million units, and beef semen sales going from 5 million to 20 million units. [Extracted from the article] |