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Select Sires Adds
High-Components Breed Sires to Lineup



PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Nov. 22, 2005 — Select Sires added one Jersey and two Brown Swiss bulls to the active-A.I. lineup following proof reviews Nov. 14. The three sires are graduates of Select’s Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) and are backed by strong genetics on top and bottom of the pedigree, with one of the Brown Swiss ranking as the fourth-highest bull for PTI among all proven artificial insemination bulls.

"Select Sires is dedicated to developing the best sires for the high-protein herd’s economic success today and in the future. Our emphasis has been on high-component and high-type sires for the dairy producer, and our results in these categories rank among the top in the breed," said Jeff Ziegler, manager of protein/specialty sire programs for Select Sires.

Select boasts three of the top seven high-PTI bulls in the Brown Swiss breed and three of the top six Jersey Type sires, Ziegler said.

7BS766 Blessing Banker AGENDA ET debuts as the breed’s top-ranked Brown Swiss bull for type among all new graduates at +0.7T and No. 4 PTI sire at +187 PTI (62% Rel.). Backed by three dams scored Excellent (91-2E), (92-2E) and (90-3E), and each with multiple milk records over 30,000 pounds, it’s no surprise AGENDA carries an impressive +868M +.05%P +.09%F (72% Rel.-M) +0.22UD and +0.70FL. This sire also comes from a line of elite bulls on the maternal side, including 7BS693 Top Acres Dotson PROPHET ET, Forest Lawn Simon JETWAY ET, R Hart Simon ENSIGN ET and Ventures ESP BABARAY, all of whom have made positive contributions to the breed. AGENDA sires tall daughters with angular front ends and builds strength, frame, width of udder and improves udder support.

A maternal brother to the breed’s No. 2 PTI bull (+204), 7BS761 Triangle Acres Pol POLO ET holds his own at +124 PTI (57% Rel.) and is the breed’s highest United States-bred son of Emory Tammys ZOLDO*TW, an Italian sire known for very good udders and components. POLO’s 111 daughters in 98 herds in both the United States and Switzerland make him one of the most appealing of the breed’s higher reliability bulls. POLO balances milk production with positive components (+753M +0.0%P +26 P +.02%F +35F, 80% Rel.-M) and a +0.7 PTAT with a +0.43 udder composite and +0.27 foot and legs composite.

Newcomer 7JE645 O.F. Para LEGAL-ET is an outcross-pedigreed sire from H&B Alf PARAGON, a top-ranking Jersey bull with excellent linear scores and performing components, and O.F. Lester Ladyslipper (EX-94), the only two-time Premier Performance Cow of the All-American Jersey Show in Louisville, Ky. LEGAL offers a balance for milk and components (+520M +.05%P +.01%F, 75% Rel.) and pleasing type (+1.3PTAT +162JPI™, 62% Rel.). Daughters have plenty of frame, width and capacity with quality udders built for longevity, earning LEGAL Herdlife Builder™ recognition.

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.

™Jersey Performance Index and JPI are trademarks of the American Jersey Cattle Association.
™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA and Herdlife Builder are trademarks of Select Sires, Inc.

Source: 11/05 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and breed associations.





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