$70,000 of bull semen stolen from Minn. farm
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Authorities in far southern Minnesota are investigating the theft of $70,000 worth of bull semen.
The theft happened on a dairy farm in Leroy, Minn., near the state's border with Iowa, sometime during the first week of April.
Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi said a farmer called the police, saying a storage canister with vials of bull semen had been taken from his unlocked barn.
"I can't recall ever having had a report like this," Amazi said. "It was one canister containing many, many vials."
Amazi said the farmer was only away from the farm for a few hours on Easter Sunday. Each vial of semen can range in cost from $300 to $1,600 apiece.
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