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AI is way safer, cheaper than keeping a bull for breeding

Last week, I explored the topic on nutritional causes of infertility in cows. The article elicited a lot of feedback from readers. Today’s article is based on feedback from one of the readers, Mr Chemigin, a farmer from Nandi County.

Mr Chemigin said he has two cows that have not been able to conceive for the last seven months. He described to me his feeding regime, which includes adequate mineral supplementation, maybe ruling out the nutritional cause that I had discussed.

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