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Brown Swiss Sire From Iowa Enters A.I.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2005 — 7BS784 Hilltop Acres DIRECT ET, bred by Dennis Mashek, Calmar, Iowa, has been chosen to enter Select Sires' Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) sire-sampling system. In addition to being sampled through PGA cooperator herds, this young sire has been identified as a SUPER SAMPLER™. With this designation, his semen is available to all Brown Swiss breeders.

DIRECT's sire is Hilltop Acres PT DALLAS Twin. His dam, Hilltop Acres Z Duchess ET, produced 2-1 3x 365d 34,230M 4.3% 1,474F 3.5% 1,202P and is scored Very Good (88). 7BS750 Hilltop Acres En DYNASTY ET, a popular Select Sires bull, is a maternal brother to Duchess and is a breed leader for milk production. Hilltop Acres Credit Dream ET, Very Good (88) is DIRECT's grandam. She produced 5-1 365d 35,930M 4.6% 1,651F 3.8% 1,364P. The third dam in DIRECT's pedigree is Hilltop Acres Jetway Dixi, Excellent (92-2E). Dixi's best record is 5-10 365d 33,930M 4.5% 1,512F 3.9% 1,308P.

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.

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