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Golden Descendant to Enter A.I.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2005 — 7JE778 Sunset Canyon Golden HARVEST, bred by Eric Silva, Beaver, Ore., has been chosen to enter Select Sires' Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) sire-sampling system. Based on his outstanding pedigree, HARVEST is one of 35 Jersey bulls to enter the program in 2005. 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 Jersey breeders.

HARVEST is sired by 7JE329 Sooner CENTURION-ET. His dam, Sunset Canyon Lemvig Golden-ET, produced 1-11 305d 19,190M 5.3% 1,019F 3.7% 709P and is scored Very Good (85) as a 2-year-old. HARVEST's grandam is Ferreira Jason Gold-ET. She is scored Very Good (88) and produced 2-8 305d 23,730M 5.5% 1,295F 3.4% 802P. The matriarch of the family, Golden MBSB of Twin Haven-ET, is HARVEST's third dam. She is scored Excellent (94) and produced 4-1 365d 34,876M 6.9% 2,421F 4.1% 1,424P. Golden is the dam of one of Select's most popular Jersey bulls, 7JE510 GOLDEN Boy Of Ferreira, and is the reining United States champion for fat production.

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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