I was born and raised in the dairy industry. My grandparents on both my mother and my father’s sides of our family have dairy background. I grew up on my Grandpa Joe and Grandma Mary’s dairy, Duarte Acres...Read More
August 2020 Dairy Sire Summary Highlights
The August Sire Summary was a positive reminder of Select Sires’ consistency and commitment to our cooperative’s customer-owners. The Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations lineups continue to deliver elite, daughter-proven sires to enhance the genetic success of dairy producers worldwide...Read More
Select Sires Now Home to Seven of the Top 10 TPI Sires
14HO7770 HELIX continues his reign as the No. 1 TPI sire and his daughters are earning the stamp of customer satisfaction. Pictured here is a second lactation HELIX daughter, B-S-D Helix Calybe 7322-ET (GP-83) from Blue Star Dairy Farms in ...Read More
New Progeny-Proven Graduates Debut on Leading Lists
Fourteen sires have graduated to daughter-proven status and joined the Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations lineups. This tremendous graduating class reaffirms the cooperative’s commitment to customer-owners, offering balanced genetics, wellness leaders, high Cheese Merit Index (CM$) sires, corrective type sires and diverse pedigrees...Read More
Select Sires Adds Two Sires to NxGEN
7HO15151 FANTASTIC adds to NxGEN’s portfolio of balanced sires with elite GTPI and NM$ rank 7HO15151 Melarry Eisaku FANTASTIC-ET and 7HO15349 TTM SS Renegade EXTRA-P-ET have been added to Select Sires’ NxGEN® program...Read More
Farewell from our 2020 All West Summer Intern, Brian Martin
Today is our 2020 All West Summer Intern Brian Martin’s final day of his internship journey. We will miss his friendly smile, outgoing personality, strong work ethic, passion to learn, and his adaptability during a very unpredictable summer...Read More
New Angus Traits for Beef-On-Dairy
In mid-July, the American Angus Association released two indexes designed as specific crossbreeding tools for Angus bulls being mated to dairy cows. Angus-On-Dairy $Value indexes are an estimate of how future beef x dairy (BxD) progeny of each Angus sire are expected...Read More
Sire Spotlight – 7HO14160 LUSTER-P
The heat wave seems to be never ending in All West Territory this summer! Thankfully, our lineup provides plenty of high-ranking sires with exceptional Sire Conception Rates (SCR) to get your herd through the heat with minimal fertility issues. You can find our GForce+ and additional high SCR bulls on the back of our brand-new August 2020 All West Price List....Read More
Sept. 6 Labor Day – All West offices & warehouses closed
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving – All West offices & warehouses closed
Dec. 1 - Sire Summary Release Date
Dec. 25 Christmas Day – All West offices & warehouses closed
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In This Together There is no question that our industry and our world has experienced a challenging chapter. Amidst it all, we’ve seen your resilience, dedication and compassion. We want you to know that your farmer-owned cooperative continues to work for your success and stands beside you during these times. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your local Select Sires representative for guidance as we navigate this together
