So, artificial insemination is an ever-more popular way of ensuring each cow plays its part and pays its way. After decades in the artificial breeding game, Ashley gets through cows at a rate of about one per minute. He can get through a cow a minute, up to 350 cows a day across several farms, about 10,000 cows per season. Comparing prison work with artificial insemination, he says both have challenges but only one set of clients does not answer back or hurl abuse. He believes managing people is an overlooked, yet key skill for a good AB technician; a talent he has honed through his prison work.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 10, 2017 16:07 UTC