DOMESTIC DAIRY SEMEN SALES (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
HOLSTEIN 11,549,127 11,843,289 -2.48%
JERSEY 619,420 586,531 5.61%
BROWN SWISS 102,243 115,357 -11.37%
GUERNSEY 71,268 82,326 -13.43%
AYRSHIRE 34,887 35,963 -2.99%
MILKING SHORTHORN 12,296 13,673 -10.07%
OTHER DAIRY 0 0 0.00%
TOTAL 12,389,241 12,677,139 -2.27%
CUSTOM FROZEN DAIRY SEMEN (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
HOLSTEIN 534,852 549,149 -2.60%
BROWN SWISS 71,920 58,273 23.42%
JERSEY 15,624 14,658 6.59%
AYRSHIRE 10,442 7,483 39.54%
MILKING SHORTHORN 2,767 7,264 -61.91%
GUERNSEY 1,615 1,583 2.02%
OTHER DAIRY 0 0 0.00%
TOTAL 637,220 638,410 -0.19%
DAIRY SEMEN EXPORT SALES (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
HOLSTEIN 7,895,165 7,421,543 6.38%
JERSEY 522,825 391,182 33.65%
BROWN SWISS 281,026 297,569 -5.56%
GUERNSEY 22,048 18,243 20.86%
AYRSHIRE 33,195 14,579 127.69%
OTHER DAIRY 2500 920 171.74%
TOTAL 8,756,759 8,144,036 7.52%
DAIRY SEMEN EXPORT SALES (2)
UNITS OF SEMEN
REGION 1997 1996 %+/-
SOUTH AMERICA 3,320,741 2,747,806 20.85%
EUROPEAN UNION 1,890,241 2,132,783 -11.37%
NORTH AMERICA 1,197,020 1,021,564 17.18%
OCEANIA 691,294 571,603 20.94%
EASTERN EUROPE 419,256 369,072 13.60%
ASIA 412,389 496,644 -16.96%
AFRICA 302,747 218,698 38.43%
MIDDLE EAST 269,790 325,437 -17.10%
CENTRAL AMERICA 128,927 128,203 0.56%
OTHER WESTERN ERUOPE 80,086 140,796 -43.12%
CARRIBEAN 32,334 24,140 33.94%
TOTAL 8,744,825 8,176,746 6.95%
DAIRY SEMEN EXPORT SALES (2)
DOLLAR VALUE
REGION 1997 1996 %+/-
EUROPEAN UNION $24,440,696 $25,222,271 -3.10%
SOUTH AMERICA 12,526,079 10,071,143 24.38%
NORTH AMERICA 7,298,988 5,434,232 34.31%
OCEANIA 4,457,368 3,768,765 18.27%
ASIA 3,368,094 3,666,396 -8.14%
EASTERN EUROPE 2,982,128 3,109,541 -4.10%
AFRICA 2,338,257 1,922,114 21.65%
MIDDLE EAST 1,791,171 1,960,993 -8.66%
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE 798,869 1,223,930 -34.73%
CENTRAL AMERICA 608,369 570,667 6.61%
CARRIBEAN 152,500 112,825 35.17%
TOTAL $60,762,519 $57,062,877 6.48%
DOMESTIC BEEF SEMEN SALES (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
ANGUS 598,690 556,780 7.53%
SIMMENTAL 86,343 101,577 -15.00%
POLLED HEREFORD 56,489 67,556 -16.38%
RED ANGUS 65,720 52,418 25.38%
BRAHMAN 22,454 26,594 -15.57%
CHAROLAIS 19,549 18,490 5.73%
LIMOUSIN 16,969 19,581 -13.34%
GELBVIEH 13,850 15,004 -7.69%
HEREFORD 7,320 5,988 22.24%
MAINE ANJOU 5,917 7,427 -20.33%
CHIANINA 2,526 5,344 -52.73%
SCOTCH SHORTHORN 2,210 1,890 16.93%
NELLORE 0 3,540 100.00%
GYR 1,840 1,355 35.79%
SHORTHORN 1,723 2,533 -31.98%
PIEDMONTESE 1,408 2,242 -37.20%
OTHER BEEF (a) 15,447 14,905 3.64%
TOTAL 918,455 903,224 1.69%
(a) Other Beef includes: Blonde D'Aquit., Beefmaster, Belgian Blue, Braford, Brahman (Red), Brahmental/Simbrah, Brahmousin, Brangus, Brangus (Red), Braunvieh, ChiAngus, Chi-Maine, Devon, Devon (South), Dexter, Dutch Belted, Gallaway, Longhorn, Murray Grey, Nellore, Normande, Pinzgauer, Romagnola, Salers, Santa Gertrudis, Scotch Highland, Senapol, Tarentaise, Wagyu, White Park and Misc. Beef.
BEEF SEMEN EXPORT SALES (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
RED ANGUS 298,710 115,598 158.40%
ANGUS 210,527 103,886 102.65%
SIMMENTAL 107,780 64,180 67.93%
POLLED HEREFORD 73,146 45,446 60.95%
LIMOUSIN 48,192 11,760 309.80%
BRAHMAN 33,175 45,533 -27.14%
CHAROLAIS 32,005 19,948 60.44%
BELGIAN BLUE 14,620 4,210 247.27%
BRAHMAN (RED) 12,253 3,372 263.37%
HEREFORD 7,930 2,780 185.25%
GELBVIEH 6,398 5,288 20.99%
BRAHMENTAL-SIMBRAH 3,620 250 1348.00%
GYR 3,300 3,050 8.20%
OTHER BEEF (b) 17,650 13,129 34.44%
TOTAL 869,306 438,430 98.28%
(b) Other Beef includes: Blonde D'Aquit., Beefmaster, Braford, Brangus, Brangus (Red), Braunvieh, ChiAngus, Chianina, Chi-Maine, Dexter, Longhorn, Maine-Anjou, Marchigiana, Murray Grey, Nellore, Piedmontese, Pinzgauer, Salers, Santa Gertrudis, Senapol, Shorthorn, Shorthorn (Scotch), Misc. Beef.
CUSTOM FROZEN BEEF SEMEN (1)
UNITS OF SEMEN
BREED 1997 1996 %+/-
ANGUS 677,420 599,730 12.95%
LIMOUSIN 108,263 106,669 1.49%
RED ANGUS 96,531 78,165 23.50%
MAINE ANJOU 96,012 98,148 -2.18%
HEREFORD 86,217 75,761 13.80%
SIMMENTAL 83,939 78,575 6.83%
WAGYU 73,444 81,498 -9.88%
BRAHMAN 70,511 29,348 140.26%
GELBVIEH 64,644 51,046 26.64%
CHAROLAIS 64,545 44,936 43.64%
BRANGUS 63,529 51,617 23.08%
BEEFMASTER 60,351 64,504 -6.44%
POLLED HEREFORD 45,497 47,278 -3.77%
SHORTHORN (SCOTCH) 30,498 17,924 70.15%
BRAUNVIEH 28,823 46,640 -38.20%
SALERS 27,846 22,648 22.95%
CHI-ANGUS 20,680 17,076 21.11%
SENAPOL 20,054 527 3705.31%
CHI-MAINE 19,077 23,349 -18.30%
SHORTHORN 18,362 13,907 32.03%
RED BRANGUS 15,536 18,560 -16.29%
TEXAS LONGHORN 13,778 13,587 1.41%
SANTA GERTRUDIS 13,001 10,798 20.40%
BRAHMENTAL/SIMBRAH 12,545 9,308 34.78%
SOUTH DEVON 9,492 9,576 -0.88%
CHIANINA 8,865 7,252 22.24%
TARENTAISE 7,648 3,069 149.20%
ROMAGNOLA 7,082 3,218 120.07%
OTHER BEEF (c) 123,123 137,426 -10.41%
TOTAL 1,967,313 1,762,140 11.64%
(c) Other Beef includes: Amerifax, Blonde D'Aquit., Beef Friesian, Belgian Blue, Belted Galloway, Braford, British White, Buelingo, Corriente, Galloway, Gelbray, Marchigiana, Murray Grey, Normande, Piedmontese, Pinzgauer, Romagnola, Red Poll, Scotch Highland, White Park, Yak and Misc. Beef.
BEEF SEMEN EXPORT SALES (2)
UNITS OF SEMEN
REGION 1997 1996 %+/-
SOUTH AMERICA 709,227 307,725 130.47%
NORTH AMERICA 72,219 60,227 19.91%
OCEANIA 29,572 23,014 28.50%
CENTRAL AMERICA 22,359 25,080 -10.85%
EASTERN EUROPE 11,822 10,400 13.67%
MIDDLE EAST 7,250 8,991 -19.36%
AFRICA 6,616 5,478 20.77%
EUROPEAN UNION 5,135 3,268 57.13%
CARRIBEAN 3,210 3,350 -4.18%
ASIA 2,260 3,320 -31.93%
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE 600 1,310 -54.20%
TOTAL 870,270 452,163 92.47%
BEEF SEMEN EXPORT SALES (2)
DOLLAR VALUE
REGION 1997 1996 %+/-
SOUTH AMERICA $1,441,576 $779,758 84.87%
NORTH AMERICA 460,061 344,856 33.41%
OCEANIA 311,892 208,078 49.89%
CENTRAL AMERICA 81,979 96,675 -15.20%
AFRICA 73,367 63,873 14.86%
EASTERN EUROPE 55,825 47,382 17.82%
EUROPEAN UNION 29,175 17,120 70.41%
MIDDLE EAST 15,412 19,584 -21.30%
CARRIBEAN 15,125 11,991 26.14%
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE 10,000 16,600 -39.76%
ASIA 7,510 16,927 -55.63%
TOTAL $2,484,412 $1,589,317 56.32%
(1) BASED ON QUARTERLY REPORTS OF SEMEN SOLD AND CUSTOM FROZEN
(2) BASED ON QUARTERLY SURVEY OF SEMEN SOLD FOR EXPORT

Revised February 26, 1998


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