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Select Sires Honors Its Highest Achievers



PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Mar. 27, 2007 — Nineteen 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 they offer to their existing customers. Managers of the 10 Select Sires member cooperatives and Select Sires Canada choose both 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," said Joel Mergler, vice president – training and marketing. "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 are: All West/Select Sires, Allan Cossentine, Hanford, Calif.; Cache Valley/Select Sires, Dennis Fischer, Webster, S.D., Peter Matousek, Logan, Utah, and Tim Olson, Spearfish, S.D.; COBA/Select Sires Inc., Jose Guadalupe Campos Jr., Muleshoe, Texas, Pilar Campos, Muleshoe, Texas, and John Lee, Scotland, Texas; East Central/Select Sires, Phil Dieter, Middleton, Wis., and Tom Turner, St. Cloud, Wis.; KABA Select Sires, Holland Smithson, Springfield, Mo.; Minnesota/Select Sires Cooperative Inc., Steve Dockendorf, Cold Spring, Minn., and Dave Houghton, Plainview, Minn.; NorthStar Cooperative, James Armstrong, Stanton, Mich., and Jim Neuser, Maribel, Wis.; Prairie State/Select Sires, Jerry Brockmeier, Addieville, Ill., and Mark Knudtson, Waukon, Iowa; Select Sire Power Inc., Jeff Meador, Mt. Sidney, Va.; Select Sires Canada, Marcel Leu, Drummondville, Quebec; and Southeast Select Sires Inc., Tim Barnes, Thompson’s Station, 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