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Sexed Semen Technology Expected To Boost Milk Production, Reduce Prices; More Supply Volatility Will Bring Greater Risk
Egg Harbor, WI—Milk production will increase under sexed semen technology, and milk prices will be lower, not only US prices but global prices, because this technology is going to be adopted around the world, according to Al Zolin of Zolin International LLC.
Zolin, who retired from Kraft Foods earlier this year, was one of several speakers at the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association’s Dairy Symposium here Monday who discussed how sexed semen is revolutionizing the dairy industry.
The main impact of sexed semen, which has only been commercially available for a few years, is that, when used, about 90 percent of the calves are heifers, as opposed to bull calves.
Sexed semen technology has to be looked at across the globe, not just in the US, Zolin said. This technology will help countries grow their dairy industries “much faster” than they ever would have been able to grow them in the past.
Sexed semen “will be an important innovation” in the dairy business, according to Bill Jacoby of T.C. Jacoby & Co. The technology will have an effect on what decisions and how decisions are made in the future by plant operators, producers and marketers.
Phil Plourd of Blimling and Associates said his company’s contacts in the artificial insemination industry estimate that about 20 percent of the heifers in the US are being bred ...more
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