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PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Dec. 7, 2004 — Select now has 19 sires in active-A.I. service that exceed +500 Net Merit Dollars, including the industry's top sire 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV (+908NM$, 94% Rel.).

"Designated by our staff as the 'King' of Net Merit and TPI, O MAN is the epitome of balance for the profit-minded dairy producer," says Blaine Crosser, vice president, dairy sire product line and customer service, Select Sires. "There just aren't any holes in this breed-leading sire from his pedigree to his performance. O MAN sets the standard for almost every yield, type and health trait that a producer uses to choose a service sire. Three more highly-proven graduates of the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) over +600NM$ are right behind him and they also have surfaced as some of the most profitable genetics in the industry."

Four Select Sires Higher Than +600 NM$

O MAN has been the highest-ranking sire in the Holstein breed for NM$ and Type-Production Index (+1952 TPI™) every summary since graduating in May 2003. He dominates all genetic measures of profitability with +955 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$), +820 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$), a low 2.86 Somatic Cell Score (SCS), a high +4.0 Productive Life (PL), and Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) values of +1,769M +.16%F +105F +.10%P +78P. O MAN also has a sound +1.01 PTA for Type, with +.86 Udder Composite (UD) and +2.11 Feet-and-Legs Composite (FL). And this SUPERIOR SETTLER™ is the lowest sire in the breed for Calving Ease (CE).

At 99% Reliability, 7HO5484 Ricecrest BOONE-ET*TV is the industry's most-reliable source for profit potential in all milk markets at +676NM$ +695CM$ +639FM$. Now with 2,420 daughters in his production summary, he still sires a ton of milk (+2,091M) with high solids (+.04%F +85F +.04%P +73P) and a low 2.88SCS. With sound type (+1.00 PTAT, 97% Rel.) and a low 6% CE, BOONE is a breed-leading TPI sire that is eighth with +1715.

Newest NM$ Specialists also Sire High Type

Of the 16 sires in active A.I. that are over +600NM$, two of the best three for PTA Type are at Select Sires. Both also are among the most elite on Holstein's Top-100 TPI list.

A new release in November, 7HO6737 Doughty-Valley Kilo ALLAN*TV is one of only seven sires in the breed that surpass both the +2,000M and +2.00T benchmarks. This Herdlife Builder™ increases solids (-.01%F +75F +.03%P +71P 82% Rel), lowers SCS (2.98) and, generates high dollar values of +612NM$ +624CM$ +590FM$. The third-highest ranking sire on the Top-100 at +1785TPI, ALLAN also offers uniform type composites of +1.59UD +1.67FL +2.16 Body Composite (BD) +1.71 Dairy Composite (DC) at 75% Reliability.

An August graduate, 9HO2831 Kings-Ransom M DUCE-ET*TV transmits the same high solids and profitable management traits that made his sire, Carol Prelude MTOTO-ET, popular. Eleventh in the breed at +1705 TPI, this SUPERIOR SETTLER is a balanced component sire at +.07%F +66F +.02%P +45P (87% Rel.) with extreme profitability rankings of +612NM$ +621CM$ +595FM$. He is also Select's third lowest for SCS (2.75). In addition, this Herdlife Builder balances a +1,347M with longevity at +1.95T +2.15UD +1.98FL (85% Rel.).

November 2004 Sire Evaluations Readily Available

For easy access to complete information on all the profit generators in the Select Sires lineup producers can click on www.selectsires.com.

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.

™TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA
™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA, SUPERIOR SETTLER and Herdlife Builder are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.

Source: 11/04 U.S. Department of Agriculture and Holstein Association USA Inc.





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