Five Sires Graduate into Select Sires Lineups PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 14, 2002 — Five bulls have graduated into Select Sires’ active-A.I. lineups after receiving official evaluations in May from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull, Holstein Association USA and the American Jersey Cattle Association. Each sire in this graduating class has strong type credentials and is transmitting high levels of milk components. Sired by five different bulls, they enter North America’s largest active-A.I. lineups of 89 Holsteins and 35 high-components breeds. "May’s graduating class includes our first active-A.I. sons of 528 Etazon LORD LILY-ET and 7HO4164 Second-Look JOLT at Select Sires, as well as a new polled Jersey sire," says Jeff Ziegler, dairy sire analyst, Select Sires. "As a group, these sires are particularly strong in improving components, while adding dairyness and high, wide rear udders to their daughters. They all were sampled through the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™), and represent the balance of production and type that producers have come to expect from Select Sires." Meeting the Demand for Components A high Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) for Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) of +548 summarizes well the ability of 7HO5992 Holstein-Forum LANDLORD-ET*TV to transmit improved milk components. He has additional production PTAs of +1,310M +.03% +56F +.07% +55P 79%Reliability, a PTA for type of +1.82, and a Type-Production Index (TPI™) of +1598. Sired by LORD LILY, LANDLORD is backed by multiple generations of high-producing, high-scoring Dams of Merit. This graduate, bred by Hibbard, Armbrust and Holstein Forum, De Pere, Wis., is siring medium-sized cows that are extremely dairy, and have wide rumps and udders that are well above the hocks. Also tailor-made for high-solids markets, 7HO6014 Kerndtway DEADEYE-ET*TV is a JOLT son with PTAs of +575M +.16% +59F +.04% +25P +$318CM 81%R, +1.84T 77%R. DEADEYE and his full sister, Kerndtway Jolt Daisy - an Excellent (93) All-American nominee that has produced 33,980 pounds of milk - are out of a 7HO1897 To-Mar BLACKSTAR-ET Gold Medal Dam with more than 2,000 pounds of fat. This SUPERIOR SETTLER™ was bred by Mark and Leslie Kerndt Jr., Waukon, Iowa. DEADEYE daughters are noted for their extreme stature, strength and dairyness, deep udder cleft and wide rear udders. New High-TPI Red-and-White Sire A red-and-white Glen-Toctin JOHNSON-ET son, 7HO6104 Peck-Valley ACHIEVER-RED-ET*TV has production PTAs that will interest all Holstein breeders: +1,502M +41F +51P +$501CM 76%R. ACHIEVER-RED was bred by Leonard A. Peck, Chippewa Falls, Wis., and is from an Excellent Exranco THOR Gold Medal Dam with two lactations higher than 1,700 pounds of fat. This graduate has a Productive Life (PL) PTA of +1.9 47%R, a PTAT of +1.42 62%R and a TPI of +1541, ranking him second among all red-and-white sires. Designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER, ACHIEVER-RED will transmit udders that are extremely and high and wide in the rear, strongly attached in the front, and have deep center ligaments. 7HO5996 Merry Cleo B-W CLEM-ET*TV will appeal to producers looking for all-around performance with PTAs of +1,441M +39F +39P 81%R, +1.95T 76%R, and +1445TPI. This Maizefield BELLWOOD-ET son is from two generations of Excellent Gold Medal Dams that have produced more than 31,000 pounds of milk. This SUPERIOR SETTLER was bred by Richard D. Marriott, Fillmore, N.Y. CLEM will sire tall, extremely dairy daughters with strength, wide rumps and high, wide rear udders. Polled Jersey with Components Rounding out Select Sires’ new graduates is a polled Jersey sire, 7JE505 Dutch Hollow BRENDON-P-ET, that was bred by Melanie F. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y. A son of 7JE290 WF/L&M Duncan BARBER-ET, BRENDON-P has PTAs of +899M +.11% +60F +.00% +32P +$347CM 83%R, +1.9T 71%R. He is transmitting outstanding rear udders, firmly attached fore udders and extraordinary frame. Producers also will appreciate BRENDON-P’s pedigree: a proven cow family without any 7JE254 Mason Boomer Sooner BERRETTA or 7JE159 SOONER influence - an ideal mating opportunity for today’s Jersey herds. Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available Producers can obtain additional details about these five new active-A.I. sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 124 individuals in the Select Sires dairy lineup from a single source - www.selectsires.com. This information is available free to producers and others interested in obtaining information about breed-leading genetics. In addition, people can contact the Select Sires representative nearest them for more details. 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. ™TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA Inc., Brattleboro, Vt. ™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA and SUPERIOR SETTLER are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. Copyright 1996-2002 Select Sires Inc. Last updated 15-May-2002.