Select Sires

Five of Select’s gender SELECTed Sires Awarded Gold Medal Honors

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 27, 2008 — The Holstein Association USA Inc., Brattleboro, Vt., recently awarded the Gold Medal Sire designation to 7HO7173 Terrick Emerson ROLEX-ET, 7HO7650 Lang-England M JACKSON-ET, 7HO7683 Laclar Mtoto ANANDO, 7HO7858 Raucher Mars 999-GRAND-ET and 9HO2831 Kings-Ransom M DUCE-ET based on their outstanding merits. Each of these sires is currently available with gender SELECTed™ semen.

The Gold Medal Sire designation is given in recognition of superior type and production of their officially tested and classified offspring. To qualify, bulls must exceed a specified level for Total Performance Index™ (TPI™), have a minimum reliability of 90 percent for their Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) for Fat and for Type and they must be free of any recognized undesirable genetic defect.

As a Herdlife Builder™, look for ROLEX to transmit the type traits that correlate to improved longevity. Additionally, ROLEX works nicely in heifer A.I. programs at 6% Calving Ease. JACKSON is a Superior Settler™ that offers calving ease and outstanding type traits. At +2.58 Type and +2.24 Foot and Leg Composite, JACKSON ranks among Select’s top 20 for both traits.

Because of his elite health traits (2.57 Somatic Cell Score, +2.9 Productive Life and +0.6 Daughter Pregnancy Rate), ANANDO is a HealthMark™ sire. At 6% Calving Ease, ANANDO is an excellent choice for heifers. GRAND is a Herdlife Builder and Superior Settler that excels in Type transmission (+2.59). He improves feet and legs, ranking among the top 10 in the breed at +2.84, and udders at +1.70 UDC. DUCE offers positive components (+.09% Fat and +.02% Protein) and ranks among Select’s top 15 for Somatic Cell Score (+2.67). In addition, he improves the bottom line at +$397 Net Merit.

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.

Source: 1/08 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.

08/07 Rel: ROLEX CE 95%; JACKSON HA Type 93%; ANANDO SCS 89%, PL 76%, DPR 77%; GRAND HA Type 90%; DUCE USDA 98%, SCS 95%, NM 92%

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Select Sires Inc., 11740 U.S. 42 North, Plain City, Ohio 43064 / Phone: (614) 873-4683 Fax: (614) 873-5751