Cattle breeding takes to the Net
27 April 1999
Cattle breeding takes to the Net
AN EVER-increasing part of the £30 million annual trade in bull semen is moving to the internet, reports the Financial Times.
The newspaper looks at the trade among cattle breeders online and finds a thriving micro-market has developed on the internet.
The electronic presentation of Holstein UK & Ireland, which claims to represent about a third of dairy farmers, is reviewed in detail.
Its site has a database of 2000 bulls and gets up to 1500 hits a day.
- Holstein UK & Ireland is at www.holstein-uki.org
- Financial Times 27/04/99 page 13
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