Select Sires

New Dairy Sire Evaluations Available Quickly via Leading A.I. Web Site

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, July 20, 2004 — Dairy producers who are looking for a quick, convenient way to obtain both production and type results from the quarterly dairy sire evaluations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and breed associations on Aug. 9 now can turn to a single source - www.selectsires.com. By 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, this Web site will carry the latest production and type data for all dairy breeds represented in the Select Sires lineup. At that time, the site also will contain new type composite information for Select's Holstein lineup as well as pictures showing daughters of August lineup sires.

"Dairy producers know that the future of their herds rests on making well-informed mating decisions today," says Blaine Crosser, vice president, dairy sire products and services, Select Sires. "So that producers can have access to new sire evaluations quickly and conveniently, we are leveraging Internet technology to provide complete August sire evaluations for our entire dairy lineup on the same day we receive information from USDA and other sources."

By Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, www.selectsires.com also will offer an online sire directory for each dairy breed in English. Virtual sire directories in Portuguese and Spanish languages will be available on Friday, Aug. 13. One virtual directory feature enables producers to easily sort the sires by milk, protein and type. Convenient links allow them to look at detailed information on each sire, including his proof, linear type data and photograph. In addition, many individual pages show pictures of daughters.

All of the information on www.selectsires.com is available free to producers and others who are interested in obtaining up-to-date data about leading dairy sires.

Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is North America's largest A.I. organization and is comprised of 10 farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, 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.

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