Select Sires

DURHAM Named Premier Sire
at World Dairy Expo

Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Oct. 14, 2003 — 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET*CV earned the Ted Krueger Premier Sire award¹ at the recent 2003 World Dairy Expo International Holstein Show, Madison, Wis. DURHAM, bred by Regancrest Farm, Waukon, Iowa, had 16 daughters place in the top 10 of their classes, and these daughters had 11 different maternal grandsires.

DURHAM is a graduate of the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™), Select Sires' young-sire sampling program. To date, he has more than 10,000 daughters registered with Holstein Association USA and has been a leading sire for progeny registrations in recent years. With Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) values of +771M +3.09T +2.99UDC and +2.57FLC, and reliabilities of 99 percent for both type and production, he is one of the most-popular sires at Select. DURHAM also is a Herdlife Builder™, a unique group of Select sires that excel in type traits contributing to longevity. Producers interested in purchasing semen may contact their Select Sires representatives.

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.

¹Tied with Lystel LEDUC-ET*TV
™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA and Herdlife Builder are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.

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