Custo e manejo da monta natural e IATF em cruzamento industrial Nelore X Angus

The industrial crossing between Nelore and Angus has been much sought after by small and medium cattle ranchers because it is an easy practice on the property, either with natural breeding or with Fixed Time Artificial Insemination. In this experiment, industrial crosses were made using Nellore and Angus semen shades, computing all costs compared to the cost of having a breeding bull on the farm. The protocol described in Poncio et al, 2015 was used. The costs raised in our experiment, taking into account 30 inseminated sows and one Angus bull