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East Central/Select Sires
Honors Employees


After the close of a very successful year, East Central/Select Sires honored several employees at their annual awards banquet last week in Madison. Receiving top honors were Tom Turner of St. Cloud and Howie Minnema of Fond du Lac with the Area Sales Manager (ASM) of the Year Award and Member Service Representative (MSR) of the Year award, respectively. Runners-up to these prestigious awards were Glen Stewart, Lomira, in the ASM category, and Dave Hahn, Campbellsport, in the MSR category. These top four winners ranked high in divisions such as sales volume, sales increase, and credit management to earn these awards.

East Central/Select Sires Employees Receiving Top Honors L-R: Al Deming, general manager, Glen Stewart, Tom Turner, Howie Minnema and Dave Hahn.


Another highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Outstanding Effort Award, awarded to Kevin Jorgensen of Waupun. One of the most highly regarded honors of the evening, this award is presented to the individual who most contributes his time and talents in a manner that is above and beyond expectations.

Several employees were recognized for reaching important career benchmarks for number of first-service cows inseminated. Hahn was recognized for servicing over 80,000 first-service cows; Don Markhardt, Beaver Dam, Howie Minnema, Fond du Lac, and Bob Boatman, Darlington, were recognized for servicing over 70,000 first-service cows; Steve Auchtung, Oakfield, Kurt Barnes, Kiel, and Dan Potterton, Mineral Point, were recognized for servicing 40,000 first-service cows; Dale Griebenow, Watertown, and Dennis Welsh, Muscoda, were both presented awards for servicing 20,000 first-service cows.

Kurt Barnes, Kiel, Jeff Flock, Middleton, Dan Reilly, La Valle, and Steve Otteson, Arlington, were all recognized with Lifetime Service awards from the National Association of Animal Breeders for reaching the benchmark of servicing 35,000 first-service cows.

Receiving awards for their years of service were Frank Blahnik, Cuba City, Kevin Farnsworth, Deerfield, Todd Kortbein, Oakdale, Don Markhardt, Beaver Dam, and Dick Paul, Randolph, for 20 years of service; Bryan Witt, Browntown, for 15 years of service; Kim Smith, Waupun, Dan Reilly, La Valle, Dan Potterton, Mineral Point, Darwin Clifton, Potosi, and Kurt Barnes, Kiel, for ten years of service; Kitty Richter, Waupun, and Lynn Harbaugh, Beaver Dam, for five years of service.

Winners in the individual sales performance categories were as follows:

Howie Minnema, Fond du Lac - Region A MSR of the Year Award, Personal Total Service Volume Award, Direct Herd Volume Award, MSR Area Total Service Volume Award, Total Unit Volume Award, Credit Management Award, and the East Central/Select Sires Area Contribution Award

Dave Hahn, Campbellsport - Region B MSR of the Year Award, Diversified Product Volume Award

Bob Boatman, Darlington - Region C MSR of the Year Award, Personal Total Service Increase Award, and MSR Area Total Service Increase Award

Doug Rake, North Freedom - Region D MSR of the Year Award

Bryan Witt, Browntown - Region E MSR of the Year Award and SMS Volume Award

Larry Krause, Viroqua - Region F MSR of the Year Award

Rod Alton, Monroe - Diversified Product Increase Award

Frank Blahnik, Cuba City - Credit Management Award

Chad Minnema, Waupun - Direct Herd Increase Award and Total Unit Increase Award

East Central/Select Sires is a professional, artificial breeding cooperative serving dairy and livestock producers in southern Wisconsin. As a member-owner of Select Sires located near Plain City, Ohio, East Central helps make up the largest Artificial Insemination (A.I.) cooperative in the world. They provide highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying livestock breeders with America’s best genetics at a reasonable price.





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