A I service charge

[Bald n Grumpy]

They might now! Similar area and I've not seen a Cogent van around but havn't checked with them to find out.

Can see a big increase in number of independent ai techs soon

Lots of possibilities, hope something comes through for everyone. We are the opposite to you and Never see a genus van but I think an independent covers our area for them

 

[Werzle]

Better off learning to ai yourselves, cows can be served then when it best suits them rather than at a set time.

 

[crashbox]

From the 1st November
Cost per visit £75
Being a small suckler man it makes it unrealistic
Get a bull I suppose

Use an independent.

Or nearby dairy farmer who likes notes.

 

[Blue.]

You would of thought they would give you more notice than a few days

Done on purpose to force you into signing up to a monthly deal
Putting my straws in a neighbours flask.

 

[Henarar]

From the 1st November
Cost per visit £75
Being a small suckler man it makes it unrealistic
Get a bull I suppose

Yep that is getting silly either get passed to do DIY ai or get a bull
how many cows do you have ?

Not being one to miss an opportunity we have a young British Blue bull for sale, tested ready to go £1800

 

[Victor]

Used to have around 40 cows but now less than 20
Thanks for the offer but have done a lot of Angus lately as got a few blue sucklers so would be a bit nervous of putting blue on blue

 

[Henarar]

Used to have around 40 cows but now less than 20
Thanks for the offer but have done a lot of Angus lately as got a few blue sucklers so would be a bit nervous of putting blue on blue

AI used to be cheap enough but now time you pay for straws on top of the 75 quid it won't be far off the price of a bull and a bull will last a few years, but it all depends how you are set up as to whats best.

 

[serf]

AI used to be cheap enough but now time you pay for straws on top of the 75 quid it won't be far off the price of a bull and a bull will last a few years, but it all depends how you are set up as to whats best.

Would think you could buy the bull if it's an extra bull that's needed to main bull and use him for the job and sell back onto market until next year and still be in pocket selling at a loss ...

Buy from clean breeder

 

[Still Farming]

Bull semen: Artificial insemination tanks stolen in County Tyrone

The size of the tanks stolen is not known but police say their contents were of "significant value".

www.bbc.com

 

[Rogstores]

What are u all paying now and can u get someone easy enough

 

[Still Farming]

What are course fees and then cost for flask straws and liquid nitrogen hse etc etc with it all if anyone done or doing it?

 

[Xiaomi]

https://www.jamesscottaitraining.com/2014/11/blog-post.html?m=1
£300 for a 3 day course.

https://mastergen.com/services/ai-starter-kit/
~£700 for the hardware.

Not sure about nitrogen cost.
Plus straws.
Plus any injections/FTAI used.

I had looked into it, but for a small number of stock I think getting the tech in is a better option.
Only issue I have is that stabilisers are only available through Cogent who don't operate in my area.

Another poor AI outcome and a bull will be purchased. Not ideal as we only have about 10 cows. The cost including FTAI was in and around £800.

£800pa would fund a decent bull and you'd still hopefully have him to chill at the end of his breeding career so would probably cost less in long run.

 

[TheRanger]

https://www.jamesscottaitraining.com/2014/11/blog-post.html?m=1
£300 for a 3 day course.

https://mastergen.com/services/ai-starter-kit/
~£700 for the hardware.

Not sure about nitrogen cost.
Plus straws.
Plus any injections/FTAI used.

I had looked into it, but for a small number of stock I think getting the tech in is a better option.
Only issue I have is that stabilisers are only available through Cogent who don't operate in my area.

Another poor AI outcome and a bull will be purchased. Not ideal as we only have about 10 cows. The cost including FTAI was in and around £800.

£800pa would fund a decent bull and you'd still hopefully have him to chill at the end of his breeding career so would probably cost less in long run.

£250 a year for nitrogen top up, but Genus were charging me £10 a month for straw storage as well for not very many straws.

 

[Dry Rot]

What's the difference between AI-ing a horse and a cow? Dairy farmers seem to have a very easy ride of it compared with horse owners. For the latter, we are talking well into four figures. Sorry about that!

 

[Whitepeak]

I'm on £280/yr flask top up from semex. It's only a quarterly top up which is fine for me as I only AI for a few weeks in the spring. Some will be every 2mths, which is better if you are regularly going in the flask.
Also some companies aren't interested in topping up your flask unless you order a lot of semen off them. Cogent didn't want to do mine unless I ordered £1000+ of semen off them! It was a no go, especially as they only stocked one blonde bull that was already related to most of my herd