Sexed semen technology is the new — and advanced — know-how, the Khattar-led Haryana BJP government will use to achieve twin targets — contain stray bull population and increase milk production. Under this technology, which the government on Friday proposed to adopt, about 90% of cow calves born will be female. “The government has proposed to adopt sexed semen technology on massive scale in 2018-19 to tackle the problem of stray bulls as well as increasing milk production by increasing the number of female cattle,” Capt Abhimanyu said. In Haryana, the per capita per day milk availability is 878 grams as compared to the national average of 329 grams, according to the budget document. Though, it is the stray cattle menace that remains a challenge before the government.

Source: Hindustan Times March 09, 2018 16:18 UTC