lol, I can understand that he must have felt he was looking for the right cow, but you need to use the stuff, or it just doesn't work!
The inseminator that we had "retired" and sold his Select Sire route to another guy, who was subsequently let go by Select Sire. The guy who had retired picked his route back up and the guy he had sold it to went with Semex, so now Stan has been calling both of them, about every other time. He's getting a little fed up with open heifers and second and third breedings on cows, so I guess he'll have to sit down and figure out which way to go. We buy the semen from the inseminator as we use it. One time, I think we bought some and had it stored for us, but that was a special case when we were working on breeding red holsteins before the semen became readily available.
When I was a kid, I was my grandfather's right hand girl in figuring out which bull to use when we were breeding cows. He was an early proponent of artificial insemination and one of the people instrumental in bringing it to this area, so our cows have a nearly 70 year history of breeding behind our herd.
Our granddaughter went to the county fair yesterday for the Dairy Judging Competition. She came in 2nd in the FFA individual judging and 4th in the overall judging for individuals and her team came in 3rd. The Extension Agent who's in charge of the 4H Dairy Team recruited her nstantly and told her that she has a natural ability. This is her second competition, so she is doing pretty well, but then, she does have a bit of family history.
