Select Sires

New Holstein and High-Component Sire Directories Available

February 2002 Sire Directory Cover

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2002 — Starting Tuesday, Feb. 19, new Holstein and high-component-breeds sire directories from Select Sires will be available for dairy producers who are updating their herds’ mating programs. The directories include information from the quarterly sire evaluations calculated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, InterBull and the breed associations, and released on Feb. 12.

The 40-page, full-color Holstein directory features the latest production and type data for Select Sires’ 89 active-A.I. sires, as well as 27 SUPER SAMPLER™ bulls whose semen is available through Select’s young-sire proving program - the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™). The details about each active-A.I. sire include his complete proof and an information block that graphically depicts his linear type data. In addition, the directory contains pictures of daughters sired by industry-leading sires, such as 7HO5851 Sikkema-Star Air MAGNA-ET*TV (+1806 Type-Production Index), 7HO6250 Ricecrest EMERSON-ET*BL,TV (+1670 TPI™), 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TV (+1665 TPI), 7HO5687 Sandy-Valley FORBIDDEN-ET*TV (+1663 TPI) and 7HO6247 Nunesdale Kismet ELATION-ET*TV (+1645 TPI).

The 20-page, full-color high-component-breeds directory highlights production and type information for 36 active-A.I. sires and 20 SUPER SAMPLERs representing the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn breeds. Complete proof details and an information block that graphically depicts linear type data are provided for each high-components sire in Select’s active-A.I. lineup. The directory also features pictures publicizing five new active-A.I. sires: 7AY64 Ski-Pal Good-Vue TRI MAGIC, 7BS740 R Hart Protein EXCITE ET, 7GU358 Lantz Farm Enhancer VILTER-ET, 7GU360 Trotacre Loral TILLER-ET and 7JE510 GOLDEN Boy of Ferreira.

Producers can contact their Select Sires representative or local cooperative to receive a complimentary Holstein sire directory and/or high-components-breeds sire directory, or send an e-mail request to info-line@selectsires.com.

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.

™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA and SUPER SAMPLER are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
™TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA.

Copyright 1996-2002 Select Sires Inc. Last updated 12-Feb-2002.

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