“As always, this orientation provides new employees with an opportunity to receive the latest information and training as well as visit our Plain City, Ohio office,” said Lyle Kruse, vice president of U.S. market development for Select Sires. “At the end of these conferences, our skilled staff departs with the latest information to better serve Select Sires’ customer-owners.”
The participants were presented with in-depth information about Select Sires’ programs including the Program for Genetic Advancement (PGA), Select Reproductive Solutions (SRS), Select Mating Service (SMS), StrataGEN®, Aggressive Reproductive Technologies (ART) and Program for Fertility Advancement (PFA). Instruction about the topics of reproductive solutions, fertility research, beef and dairy sire programs, cattle evaluation, herd management products and Select Sires’ gender SELECTed process was given as well as a detailed tour of the Select Sires headquarter facilities.
Orientation and sales training participants included: All West/Select SiresChris Lindhout, Agassiz, British Columbia; COBA/Select Sires Inc.Justin Welter, Mansfield, Ohio; East Central/Select SiresDennis Gunst, Hartford, Wis. and Ken Nehls, Horicon, Wis.; Minnesota/Select Sires Co-Op Inc.Grant Dalquist, Brainerd, Minn. and Mike Johnson, Melrose, Minn.; NorthStar CooperativeMatt Cracraft, Francis Creek, Wis., Kate DeVries, Grand Rapids, Mich., Allen Grile, Alto, Mich., Brian Muraski, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Gary Spaulding, Seymour, Wis. and Brian Thornton, Columbia City, Ind.; Prairie State/Select SiresAlan Dykshorn, Sioux Center, Iowa; Select Sires MidAmerica, Inc.Kevin Smart, Myton, Utah and Aaron Shiflett, Fort Collins, Colo.; Select Sire PowerChris Hess, Ephrata, Pa. and Alphie Stoltzfus, Gap, Pa.; Select Sires CanadaJon Martin, New Hamburg, Ontario; Select Sires Inc.Megan Buechner, Orient, Ohio and World Wide SiresVasilis Souldouris, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is North America’s largest A.I. organization and is comprised of nine 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 America¹s best genetics at a reasonable price.