Comments on: Not a Load of Bull: Acumen Fund Makes its First Livestock Investment http://blog.acumenfund.org/2009/05/07/not-a-load-of-bull-acumen-fund-makes-its-first-livestock-investment/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:03:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Hartmut Rast http://blog.acumenfund.org/2009/05/07/not-a-load-of-bull-acumen-fund-makes-its-first-livestock-investment/#comment-167798 Hartmut Rast Sat, 09 May 2009 10:14:29 +0000 http://blog.acumenfund.org/?p=1186#comment-167798 I'm not a great supporter of genetic engineering and in so far feeling a bit insecure about artificial insemination however, wouldn't it be possible to increase the milk production with reaching special food? I’m not a great supporter of genetic engineering and in so far feeling a bit insecure about artificial insemination however, wouldn’t it be possible to increase the milk production with reaching special food?

]]> By: betsy - Green House Detectives http://blog.acumenfund.org/2009/05/07/not-a-load-of-bull-acumen-fund-makes-its-first-livestock-investment/#comment-167716 betsy - Green House Detectives Fri, 08 May 2009 00:41:59 +0000 http://blog.acumenfund.org/?p=1186#comment-167716 Well, I guess a micro-dosages of semen can do the trick. I imagine there are a few million in a tube, no? gives new meaning to micro-entrepreneur! David Sonne wrote in from China on a discussion we, at www.Greenmicrofinance.org, facilitated with Microlinks. http://www.microlinks.org/ev.php?ID=29193_201&ID2=DO_DISCUSSIONPOST_LIST here's what he shared: We imported Australian bulls to mate with the local cows. Local cattle usually weigh 150-200 kg. But just the first generation of offspring will be double to triple the original size of the local cows. By the third generation, they can be up to 1,000 kg. We give one bull to each village, with the agreement that they castrate their local bulls and sell the offspring back to us. One bull can mate with over 100 cows each year, so a low investment can make a major impact in villagers lives in a sustainable way. We are currently looking to expand this project into other areas. David D. Sonne Founder/President Kunming Evenstar Consulting Company, Ltd. Found/President Kunming Heaven’s Bounty Agricultural Development Company, Ltd. ds1188@hotmail.com (215) 253-4491 (USA) +86-15011304531 (China) flammiferstill (Skype) Well, I guess a micro-dosages of semen can do the trick. I imagine there are a few million in a tube, no? gives new meaning to micro-entrepreneur!
David Sonne wrote in from China on a discussion we, at http://www.Greenmicrofinance.org, facilitated with Microlinks.
http://www.microlinks.org/ev.php?ID=29193_201&ID2=DO_DISCUSSIONPOST_LIST
here’s what he shared:
We imported Australian bulls to mate with the local cows. Local cattle usually weigh 150-200 kg. But just the first generation of offspring will be double to triple the original size of the local cows. By the third generation, they can be up to 1,000 kg. We give one bull to each village, with the agreement that they castrate their local bulls and sell the offspring back to us. One bull can mate with over 100 cows each year, so a low investment can make a major impact in villagers lives in a sustainable way. We are currently looking to expand this project into other areas.

David D. Sonne
Founder/President
Kunming Evenstar Consulting Company, Ltd.
Found/President
Kunming Heaven’s Bounty Agricultural Development Company, Ltd.
ds1188@hotmail.com
(215) 253-4491 (USA)
+86-15011304531 (China)
flammiferstill (Skype)

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