PLAIN CITY, Ohio, July 23, 2007 — Select Sires had a great classification day recently with 30 new sires classified Excellent. Topping the active lineup, 7HO7596 Den-K Marshall LL LAURIN, one of the breed’s elite Type sires at +3.14 (79% Rel.), was raised to Excellent (94). Customer satisfaction specialist, 7HO5687 Sandy-Valley FORBIDDEN-ET, was raised to Excellent (93) at 11-years-old.

Other active lineup sires now classified Excellent (93) include Superior Settler™ 7HO7712 Velvet-View-KJ SOCRATES-ET (+.06%F 86% Rel. +2.12 Type 80% Rel.); 7HO7367 Art-Acres Mar MARS 656-ET, positive for components (+.02P +.04F 89% Rel.) with impressive +2.49 Type (86% Rel.); 7HO7566 Mr Regancrest DEX-ET, a HealthMark™ and calving-ease sire with gender SELECTed™ available who boasts high components (+.03%P +.17%F 90% Rel.) and +2.37 PTAT (87% Rel.); 7HO7514 REgancrest DESIGN-ET, a type improver at +2.60 PTAT (72% Rel.) from the Della family who carries the HealthMark, Herdlife Builder™ and Superior Settler designations; and 7HO6695 Latuch Convincer-Farley-ET (+.22%F 90% Rel. +1674 TPI™), a calving-ease Superior Settler on the gender SELECTed lineup.

Sires now scored Excellent (92) are 7HO7650 Lang-England M JACKSON-ET, an udder and foot and leg improver at +2.04 UDC and +2.25 FLC (91% Rel.), Superior Settler and calving-ease sire; 7HO8223 Aggravation LAWN BOY P-RED, a Herdlife Builder with calving ease; and 9HO2673 Mr Majic TOUCH a HealthMark sire and Herdlife Builder with elite health traits (2.65 SCS 95% Rel. +4.4 PL 76% Rel. +2.1 DPR 87% Rel.). In addition, two lineup sires were raised to Excellent (91) and seven were classified Excellent (90), including top-25 TPI sire 7HO7615 Solid-Gold COLBY-ET (+1754 TPI), classified Excellent on his very first score.

To learn more about the diverse Select Sires lineup, visit www.selectsires.com.

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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