Select Sires

New Holstein and High-Components Sire Directories Available

May 2003 Sire Directory Cover

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 16, 2003 — New Holstein and high-components breeds sire directories from Select Sires now are available for dairy producers as they update mating programs for their herds. 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 May 12.

The 40-page, full-color Holstein directory features the latest production and type data for Select Sires' 90 active-A.I. sires, as well as 28 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 bulls, such as 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV (+1872 Type-Production Index), 7HO6349 Hidden-View BEST*TV (+1723 TPI™), 7HO5710 Pagen-Ernwood DANE-ET*TV (+1704 TPI), 7HO6025 De-Matt Rudolph TEAMSTER-ET*TV (+1700 TPI) and 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TV (+1682 TPI).

The 20-page, full-color high-components-breeds directory highlights production and type information for 37 active-A.I. sires and 17 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 three new active-A.I. sires: 7GU371 Jens Gold Sentry ONWARD-ET, 9JE195 SJ Barmore Haleys COMET-ET and 9JE202 O.F. Barber ROCKET.

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.

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