Artificial insemination cuts costs for superior cattle breeding
Animal health technicians and agricultural experts say artificial insemination offers communal, emerging and commercial farmers a cost-effective way to improve cattle herd genetics without the high cost of purchasing and maintaining elite breeding bulls.
He said the primary motivation for using artificial insemination was to access the best available genetics to improve the quality of calves produced on the farm.
Commercial farmer Obakeng Mfikwe said artificial insemination levelled the playing field by giving smaller operators the same access to elite genetics previously available only to well-established commercial operations.
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