History
In the 1980s, a breakthrough in semen-sexing technology was made by USDA researchers in Livermore, Calif., and Beltsville, Md. The patents for this technology were licensed to XY Inc., Fort Collins, Col., which performed a considerable amount of research during the 1990s to optimize efficiency of these sorting procedures. Commercialization of sexed semen in the United States was initiated with a 2003 license granted to Sexing Technologies (ST), now providing highly skilled personnel to staff their different laboratories around the world.
Genetic Resources International is a semen collection stud and embryo transfer facility. The company grew to be one of the leading companies in cattle reproduction, marketing and distribution around the world. GRI partners were searching for a differentiated product that set us apart from the competition. They were following XY Inc. progress in the sorted semen technology and decided that this was the product they were looking for. Sexing Technologies Inc. was created with the goal of producing Sexed Sorted Semen around the globe. In 2003 they acquired the license and in 2004 the first lab started operations in Navasota, Texas. In March 2005 a second lab was opened in Sertaozinho, Brasil at Lagoa a Holland Genetics subsidiary. In March 2006 the third lab started operations in Plain City, Ohio at Select Sires. The next addition will be in Madison, Wisconsin at the ABS facilities planned to be open in August 2006. This growing past is proving that Sexed Sorted Semen is the product that the industry is demanding and Sexing Technologies is making it possible for its customers around the world.