Select Sires

October 2000
Leading A.I. Organization Names Sattler Vice President

Charles 'Chuck' Sattler

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2000 - Select Sires, Inc. has announced the hiring of Charles "Chuck" Sattler as its vice president, dairy progeny testing and genetic research. In this role he will manage the organization's progeny-testing activities, which involve more than 4,000 PGA (Program for Genetic Advancement) herds. He will relocate to Select Sires' headquarters in Plain City, Ohio.

Sattler has a solid background in genetics, working 12 years for the National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB), Columbia, Mo., - most recently as its genetics programs and information services administrator. Formerly the chairman of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, he now serves on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Genetic Resources Advisory Committee and is a director of the National Dairy Shrine. Sattler holds a bachelor's degree in dairy science and a master's degree in dairy cattle breeding, both from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. He grew up on a registered Guernsey farm located in Malone, Wis.

Select Sires is a federation of 10 farmer-owned and controlled cooperatives, serving the largest number of cooperative members in the United States. It provides excellence in sires, service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying livestock breeders with America's best genetics at a reasonable price.

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Select Sires Inc., 11740 U.S. 42 North, Plain City, Ohio 43064 / Phone: (614) 873-4683 Fax: (614) 873-5751