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MULTI-BREED BRITISH BEEF SEMEN EXPORTS TO USA
25/01/2010
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A significant consignment of semen predominantly from pedigree
Limousin bulls but also including a batch of British Blue and Charolais
semen has been successfully exported to Texas, USA, for two separate
customers, following orders made through the e-commerce site Semenstore.co.uk.
In all, semen from seven Limousin bulls has been forwarded, along with
semen from two British Blue bulls and one Charolais bull. The respective
orders comprised of some leading pedigree names including the Limousin
bulls; Wilodge
Tonka, Ronick
Member, Grahams
Unbeatable, Grahams
Samson,
Jockey, Milbrook
Alistair (sexed semen) and Millbrook
Vic. The British
Blue semen came from the bulls Cowden Artic and Cowden Vesuvius, whilst
the Charolais semen was from the bull Jolympe.
Since its launch in January 2009, Semenstore.co.uk, has completed export
orders to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Australia, and South
Africa. This most recent shipment to the USA is the first multi-breed
order completed through the on-line company.
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Henry Lewis, Chairman of the British Livestock Genetics Consortium, welcomed
the export news and said, “Semenstore is a great initiative and
is proving to be an excellent service to the British breeding sector.
This multi-breed order to Texas marks another exciting development and
offers tremendous potential for the forward marketing of British genetics."
Both of the semen orders were sent on one delivery from Semenstore’s
storage hub at Cogent Breeding Ltd, to the Texas-based company Champion
Genetics.
Purchasing semen from five Limousin bulls was Bob Cummins of Hilltop
Farms, who runs the oldest active Brahmousin herd in the United States
and has been cross-breeding Brahman and Limousin cattle since 1983. Selecting
bulls from Semenstore primarily on conformation and performance figures,
Mr Cummins plans to use the semen on ¼ Limousin – ¾ Brahman
females to produce a 5/8 Limousin - 3/8 Brahman calf. This percentage
is considered purebred Brahmousin. Mr. Cummins, who located the Semenstore
whilst surfing the web for British Limousin semen said, “My interest
in British Limousin sires lies primarily in their potential to provide
some additional thickness and muscling in our Brahmousin cattle and I
hope these bulls will complement our existing genetic traits of light
birth weights, calving ease, fertility, and fast growth to weaning for
the cow/calf producer.”
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The second order saw semen from two Limousin, two British Blue, and a Charolais bull, head to the Texas/Mexico border herd of Javier Moreno. The Charolais bull (Jolympe) and the two British Blue bulls (Cowden Arctic & Cowden Vesuvius) are part of Cogent’s beef selection.
Commenting on the on-line
export sales Iain Kerr, Director of Semenstore Ltd,
said, “The quality of British pedigree breeding and genetics is
recognised
across the world. The e-commerce Semenstore is proving to be a popular
modern marketing technology that is providing easy access, visibility
and choices of top British genetics for cattle breeders both domestically
and internationally.”
In a further Semenstore completed order this month, semen from the noted
Limousin bulls, Wilodge Cerberus and Ampertaine Abracadabra, has been
exported to the Danish company Viking Genetics.