Select Sires

Maine Student Named Intern at Leading U.S. A.I. Organization

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, July 22, 2002 — Kate Briggs, Turner, Maine, has been selected as the summer intern for the dairy-sire department at Select Sires, Plain City, Ohio. In this role she will work with the Select federation’s 10 member cooperatives by helping them locate, fit and photograph daughters of Select sires. In addition, she will assist with tours and other projects for the dairy-sire and -marketing departments while based at the organization’s headquarters office in Plain City.

Briggs is the daughter of Stephen and Mary Briggs, Brigeen Farms, Turner, Maine. This fall she will be a junior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif., where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and dairy science. A student herdsperson at the university dairy, Briggs is also a member of the dairy club and the dairy judging team. This year she was named a 2002 Holstein Association USA National Distinguished Junior Member Finalist.

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