PLAIN CITY, Ohio, January 11, 2021 – Select Sires honors more than 50 team members from local cooperatives and Select Sires GenerVations for excellence in sales and service in 2020. “The Select Sires brand promise, Your Success Our Passion, defines our commitment to serving the cooperative’s dairy and beef farmer-owners,” said Lyle Kruse, vice president of U.S. market development. “It is our phenomenal sales, service and support staff throughout the United States and around the globe that deliver on our brand promise each day.”
The Super Achiever awards recognize staff members for outstanding performance in sales and customer service. Gold Club winners are recognized for their promotion and sales of Herd Management Solutions products and the award is provided in support with Select Sires’ partners, Agrarian Solutions®, Ecolab® and Milk Products LLC. Through sponsorship from Sexing Technologies, Select Sires recognizes success in sexed semen sales by honoring an ST Winner.
Super Achiever Sales Representatives
Brian Nelson, JR Fisher, Allan Hanselman and Benny Cotta, All West/Select Sires
Dave Lindberg, CentralStar Cooperative
Dan Pyles and Terry Anthony, COBA/Select Sires
Duane Broek, Jay Hill and Mark Knudtson, Select Sires MidAmerica
Gordon Keranen, Minnesota/Select Sires Co-op, Inc.
Kevin Lager, Premier Select Sires
Brian Pender, Dany Valois, Brian Masters and Albert Streutker, Select Sires GenerVations
Super Achiever Technicians
Eric Gudex, Brian Pionek, Scott Woepse and Becky Spatz, CentralStar Cooperative
Nathan Davenport and Fredy Florez, COBA/Select Sires
Craig Bosma, Select Sires MidAmerica
Eric Schueler, Minnesota/Select Sires Co-op, Inc.
Chris Lewis, Premier Select Sires
Jean Bilodeau and Eric Lessard, Select Sires GenerVations
Super Achiever Support Staff
Mackenzie Gomes, All West/Select Sires
Trevor Yager, Mary Ann Walker and Brian Kelroy, CentralStar Cooperative
Danni Quayle and Lars Sivesind, Select Sires MidAmerica
Murray Sinclair, Minnesota/Select Sires Co-op, Inc.
Amanda Cowan, Andre Perreault and Remo Wicki, Select Sires GenerVations
Gold Club
Marvin Correia, All West/Select Sires
Jim Iverson, CentralStar Cooperative
Chuck Orr, COBA/Select Sires
Gary Brummer, Select Sires MidAmerica
Anne Shoemaker, Minnesota/Select Sires Co-op, Inc.
Harvey Largen, Premier Select Sires
Pat Lefebvre and Marcel Leu, Select Sires GenerVations
ST Winners
Dennis Curtin, All West/Select Sires
Eric Westphal, CentralStar Cooperative
Justin Williams, COBA/Select Sires
Oly Olsen, Select Sires MidAmerica
Nancy Holmes, Premier Select Sires
Dany Valois, Select Sires GenerVations
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is the largest global A.I. cooperative and is comprised of six farmer-owned and -controlled local organizations in the United States. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen, as well as excellence in service and programs to supply dairy and beef producers with the world’s best genetics.