A Review on economic and commercial viability in practical field onditions in normal working of a dairy farm upon the use of sexed semen in Indian context

Dairy farming is such a profession these days that has become very competitive and more or less organized on the lines of an industry. Just like industry, it has seen the application of many a new technologies and the trend is growing. Sexing sperm is acclaimed such a new development that has attracted the attention of farmers, organizations and governments alike. This technology of course promises to increase the dairy productivity to many times the existing levels. So, farmers are trying to eagerly implement this on their dairy farms. But dairying is business and just like any other business, it has to be very cautious about input costs, financial outputs and economics of course. Overall, it is a very complicated concern and recently we have seen many dairy farms closing due to a variety of reasons related with financial, social, governmental and management concerns. Sexing semen being a new entrant, also demands a genuine review so that it is implemented with a view to be efficient, successful and beneficial for the profession because the dairy farmer and his financial wellbeing is the central point in this discussion. So, an endeavor in this regard has been attempted in this article to critically examine the concerned operations and their intricacies with relevance to the general running of a dairy farm and the possible nitty-gritty that may be encountered upon the introduction of such a new breakthrough and various fallouts are discussed in greater depth therein.