You want to expand your herd but you don’t want the high expense of buying replacements.

You don’t have enough heifers to meet your needs.

You are already, or would like to, sell heifers as an additional source of revenue.

You want to consider a herd breeding strategy that helps you get more heifers from your best genetics.

You operate a well-managed dairy with good conception rates.

You want to use high-ranking sires (like Fortune & Outlast) not available in conventional straws.

YOUR ANSWER IS YES!

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Guidelines for Using  Sexed Semen

  • Fertility window for sexed semen is narrower because the sperm are believed to be closer in their timing for optimal fertility. This may result in a delay in the time of breeding by 4-8 hours compared to best practices when using conventional semen.

  • Use on heifers with the appropriate weight, height and body condition.

  • Use on heifers that are at the age (or younger) that translates to your targeted age at first calving.

  • Try to breed heifers off natural heats (sync programs may be less reliable for heifers).

  • When using sexed semen on lactating cows, select higher fertility cows that are healthy with good body condition.

  • Sexed semen works well in combination with Semexai24™ / Heatime® or other activity monitoring systems.

  • Many Jersey breeders opt to use sexed semen on their cows as a regular practice since Jerseys have high fertility and bull calves have a low value.

Extra Heifers Opportunity

  • HERD EXPANSION

  • SELL EXTRA HEIFERS

  • SELECTIVE BREEDING STRATEGIES

  • Cull lower merit heifers based on genomic testing or parent averages

  • Use lower merit heifers as recipients in ET program

  • Breed lower merit heifers to beef sires

  • Breed lower merit or problem breeder cows to beef sires – extra heifers to milking herd