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Major A.I. Firm Honors its Highest Achievers


PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2004 — Eighteen members of the Select Sires sales and service staff from throughout North America have been named Super Achievers. This prestigious Select Sires achievement award is given to employees who annually increase market penetration in their assigned areas and expand the services that they offer to their existing customers. The managers of the 10 Select Sires member cooperatives and Select Sires Canada choose both the sales representatives and technicians from their organizations to receive this award.

Some winners manage small areas with high cow concentrations, while others travel across extremely large areas to service their accounts. In all situations, the Super Achievers have shown untiring energy, product knowledge and, most importantly, a devotion to helping customers succeed.

The Select Sires Super Achievers, listed in member cooperative order, are: All West/Select Sires, Don Davis, Hilmar, Calif.; Cache Valley/Select Sires, Roger Olsen, Longmont, Colo., and Stuart Rasmussen, Rushville, Neb.; Select Sires Canada, Jeff Jackson, St. Marys, Ontario, and Remo Wicki, Hawkesbury, Ontario; COBA/Select Sires Inc., Ben Kriegshauser, Hereford, Texas; East Central/Select Sires, Kurt Barnes, Keil, Wis., Tom Turner, Saint Cloud. Wis.; KABA Select Sires, Holland Smithson, Everton, Mo.; Minnesota/Select Sires Cooperative Inc., Dale Husfeldt, Gaylord, Minn., and Kevin Johnson, La Crescent, Minn.; NorthStar Cooperative, James Morgan, Sears, Mich., and Bruce Nadza, Schofield, Wis.; Prairie State/Select Sires, Dan Den Herder, Sioux Center, Iowa, and Douglas Stensland, Larchwood, Iowa; Select Sire Power Inc., Doug Schomp, Canastota, N.Y., and Darv Yoder, Reedsville, Pa.; and Southeast Select Sires Inc., Mike Connatser, Maryville, Tenn.

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 dairy and beef producers with North 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