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Two Young Sires Bred in
Wisconsin to Enter A.I.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Sept. 27, 2001 — Two Holstein sires — 7HO6958 Ever-Green-View EVAN-ET, bred by Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo, Wis; and 7HO6963 Sandy-Valley BING-ET, bred by the Bauer family, Scandinavia, Wis., have been chosen to enter Select Sires’ Program for Genetic Advancement (PGA™) sire-sampling system. Based on their outstanding pedigrees EVAN and BING are two of 315 Holstein bulls to enter the program in 2001. In addition to being sampled through PGA Cooperator herds, these young sires have been identified as Super Samplers™. With this designation, their semen is available to all Holstein breeders.

EVAN is a Dixie-Lee AARON-ET son. His dam, Ever-Green-View Elsie-ET, is the third generation in this family to score Excellent and produce more than 48,000 pounds of milk and 1,700 pounds of fat. In fact, as a 4-year-old, the Excellent (92-EX-MS) Elsie peaked at more than 200 pounds per day on a three times a day milking schedule. In 365 days, she produced 52,577 pounds of milk, 2,313 pounds of fat and 1,740 pounds of protein. Elsie is a daughter of 7HO2236 Emprise Bell ELTON*BL out of Ever-Green-View Le Grant-ET (EX-90-2E) who has lifetime production credentials of 102,770 pounds of milk, 3,856 pounds of fat and 3,296 pounds of protein. She is also a Gold Medal Dam (GMD) and a DOM.

BING is one of the highest Parent Average calves being sampled in A.I. today. This AARON son is from the heart of one of the most successful cow families for highly proven sires, the Kaye family at Ricecrest Farms, Chambersburg, Pa. BING’s dam, Ricecrest Bwood Brianne-ET is the fourth generation of Very Good or Excellent dams that have produced more than 32,000 pounds of milk with a 4.0 percent fat test. At 1 year, 10 months, the Very Good (88) Brianne produced 39,770 pounds of milk, 1,711 pounds of fat and 1,353 pounds of protein. This DOM is sired by Maizefield BELLWOOD-ET*TL and is out of Ricecrest Southwind Kaye-ET. Kaye is a Very Good (87) daughter of SOUTHWIND Bell of Bar-Lee*TL and is a GMD and DOM.

Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires, Inc., is a federation of 10 farmer-owned and controlled cooperatives. It provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in 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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