Sales of bovine semen in the Brazilian market will fall by 2.8% in 2023; trade in the milk sector grows 6.44%, points out USP

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The survey was carried out by the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea-Esalq/USP), in Piracicaba (SP), in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Artificial Insemination. Bull Demolidor has already generated R$300,000 in profit from the sale of semen and is on display at Expoferr 2023 Caíque Rodrigues/g1 RR Brazil recorded the sale of 22.5 million doses of semen for beef and dairy livestock in 2023. brand represents a drop of 2.8% when compared to 2022, when 31.1 million doses were sold. 📲 Receive news from the Piracicaba region on WhatsApp The data comes from the most recent survey by the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea) on the campus of the University of São Paulo (USP), in Piracicaba (SP), in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Artificial Insemination (Asbia). In the foreign market, Brazil recorded a 0.9% drop in semen sales. 👇Read more details below. The reason for the drop, according to Cepea/Asbia, was the 5.4% decrease in sales to beef cattle between 2022 and 2023. A retraction, however, smaller than the 9.33% recorded between 2021 and 2022. “In the last two years, national breeders have faced constant drops in the sales prices of weaned animals, which, in turn, resulted in a greater rate of discarding of matrices and, consequently, in the decapitalization of part of the sector”, points out the survey. Semen sales for the milk segment, according to the survey, increased by 6.44% between 2022 and 2023. Fábio Tito/g1 Dairy livestock In the case of semen sales for the milk segment, according to the survey , there was an increase of 6.44% between the years 2022 and 2023. “This is due to the potential pace of recomposition of the dairy cow herd, after exacerbated culling, in response to the consecutive months of decline in milk prices and the rise in costs, recorded during the final periods of the pandemic”, says the text. Genetic improvement technologies The percentage of inseminated bovine females in Brazil, when taking into account animals of reproductive age, is 23.1% for beef females and 12.3% for the dairy sector. According to Cepea/Asbia, in comparison, investments in the use of genetic improvement technologies are “high” for beef cattle farming, however, “shy” in the dairy sector. In the foreign market, Brazil recorded a 0.9% drop in semen sales. Reproduction Foreign market In the case of sales to the foreign market, Brazil recorded a 0.9% drop in semen sales. The main customers continue to be the Mercosur countries, however, new possibilities are emerging, such as India. In Cepea/Asbia’s assessment, the use of technologies for the genetic improvement of herds is expanding in Brazil. “When applied technically and accompanied by adequate strategic planning, the results are positive in both productive and financial indices”, points out the text. VIDEOS: everything about Piracicaba and the region See more news from the region on g1 Piracicaba

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