What do you charge for mileage fee?
$30 flat mileage fee per AI protocol for clients more than 15 miles from our location. Each protocol includes four farm calls to your location—all included under the $30 flat fee.
How much do semen straws cost?
Most semen straws for standard breeds are $20 to $50 each. Micros, minis, and popular breeds like Highlands can range from $50 to $300 each. Shipping is usually around $75 to $150. We offer semen storage if you're looking to buy in bulk and have them stored for you. We have some semen in stock, drastically decreasing our clients' costs as shipping costs are now shared and split among many.
We recommend providers and farms depending on the breed and offspring desires you're looking for: some local, some nationwide.
Why AI over a live bull?
Bulls Are a Nightmare
There is no other way to say it. Bulls are a pain in the bum. They escape. They destroy. They growl. They are naughty. Sure, they're cute sometimes, but at what cost?!
Replacing Bulls is a Pain
If you're maintaining stock, bulls have a fairly short lifecycle in your herd. It's a lot of work to shop and purchase the perfect bull or create the perfect pairings to hope to raise the perfect bull. It never seems to work in our favor.
Good Bulls Are Expensive
You can buy semen from bulls that have a market value in the tens of thousands or even more. To purchase an equivalent bull, you'd need to have the operation required for that investment to make sense. Most of us don't have that.
Calf Gender Reveals are Stressful
What if you could put the odds in your favor when it comes to the sex of your calf? We're always hoping for one gender over the other, with sexed semen there are no more suspenseful in-pasture gender reveals that bum you out. You already know.
In Summary, AI Usually Wins
Between the extra feed and hassle of maintaining the bull and the overall investment to purchase and replace, AI seems like the clear winner.