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Select Sires Has Largest-Ever
Graduating Class of Jerseys


PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2002 — Semen is now available from three Jersey bulls that are new graduates into active-A.I. service at Select Sires, which has one of the largest and most diverse lineups of proven Jerseys in the industry. This follows the announcement of new official evaluations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and the American Jersey Cattle Association on Nov. 11. These graduates include the only proven active-A.I. son of 7JE329 Sooner CENTURION-ET and the breed's fourth-highest sire for Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) for Protein.

"With so many highly regarded Jerseys already in Select's lineup, this is the first time we've been in a position to graduate three such well-sampled sires at one time," says Jeff Ziegler, sire analyst, Select Sires. "All three individuals have high Jersey Performance Indexes™ (JPIs™), but each one offers a diverse combination of production and type traits that will fit a wide variety of breeding programs. The 19 proven Jersey sires now at Select give producers even more flexibility as they design matings to fit their overall herd-management goals."

New Sires Show Diversity

Debuting in the top 20 of the breed for JPI with a value of +241, 7JE682 Forest Glen Daniel JAKE-ET is an MVF BOLD Venture Daniel son out of one of the breed's most well-known cows - Havs Chief Berretta Jade, Excellent (95). JAKE also ranks fourth among all sires for protein, and has PTAs of +1,648M +34F +54P +$445CM$ 65%Rel., +1.5T 69%Rel. He was bred by and acquired from Dan Bansen, Dayton, Ore. Producers can expect JAKE to sire daughters that are extremely clean and flat-boned with udders that have outstanding rear attachments, firm fore attachments and strong center support.

7JE696 BW LEGION begins his active-A.I. career as the breed's third-highest sire for PTA Type (+2.8 PTAT, 61%Rel.) and with a JPI of +221. The only CENTURION son now in active-A.I. service, LEGION also will transmit improved components with PTA production values of +882M +.04%F +47F +.00%P +31P 68%Rel. Bred by Brentwood Farms, Orland, Calif., and acquired from Bob Bignami, Orland, Calif., and Pat Rankin, Faunsdale, Ala., this type specialist is backed by three generations of high-appraising dams with records featuring fat test of 5.0 percent or more. LEGION is siring tall, strong daughters with wide rumps, excellent feet and legs, and capacious rear udders that are tightly attached.

Rounding out the graduating class is 9JE184 Frerichs Khan JAY, who has a high-reliability, no-holes proof with PTAs of +1,438M +53F +47P +423CM$ 81%Rel., +1.2T 73%Rel., +223 JPI. Bred by Frerichs Dairy Inc., LaGrange, Texas, and proven with Liberty Jersey Sires Inc., JAY is a Greenwood Sooner KAHN son from a cow family that's known for its balance of solid production and type. This SUPERIOR SETTLER™ can be used to sire extreme scale, dairyness and strength while improving with foot angle as well as height and width of rear udder.

Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available

Producers can obtain additional details about these three new active-A.I. sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 19 Jerseys 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.

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™SUPERIOR SETTLER is a trademark of Select Sires Inc.





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