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Herald Catlin,
All West/Select Sires
General Manager
Set to Retire
December 31, 2008

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At the end of this year Herald Catlin will retire as General Manager of the West’s most successful artificial insemination cooperative. Herald’s career spans just over 40 years with All West, and he has been General Manager for the past sixteen. continue

 
Jim Wells Named
All West/Select Sires
New General Manager Beginning
January 1, 2009

On January 1, 2009 as All West/Select Sires enters its 68th year of business, Jim Wells will become the 5th General Manager for the farmer owned cooperative. The Executive Committee representing the All West/Select Sires Board of Directors made the announcement at the end of July. Jim is currently the Southern Area District Sales Manager for All West, where sales have steadily increased over the past 8 years.

Jim's A.I. career spans well over 25 years holding many positions within the industry for several A.I. organizations. Jim was the Southern U.S. Regional Manager for Sire Power in 2000 when Sire Power and Select Sires merged. All West was fortunate to acquire Jim's services at that time, and in June of 2000 he became All West's District Sales Manager in California. For the past 8 years Jim has worked closely with Regional Manager Bill Genasci in increasing All West’s market share in the competitive California A.I. industry.

An Ohio native, Jim is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Morehead State University and did a post graduate study at Ohio State University. He has spent a lifetime involved in the dairy and beef industry. As a former dairyman, Jim at one time had three bulls carrying his Wells prefix on Holsteins Top 100 TPI list. While at Sire Power, he selected and purchased the Angus bull Bon View New Design 208, who then became a featured sire at Select Sires. His involvement in the A.I. industry has made him friends and he has earned the respect of dairymen throughout the United States.

Jim's involvement with the large herds in California for the past 8 years makes him ideally suited to lead in an industry that is trending toward a 'less herds, but larger herds' direction. Producers throughout All West's area will soon be able to appreciate Jim's leadership and straight forward communication abilities. Under Jim Wells’ guidance, All West/Select Sires is in an enviable position to continue to grow and prosper well into the future.

   

August Sire Summary: Monumental for Select Sires

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2008 — With the release of Aug. 19 genetic evaluations, Select Sires graduates 11 outstanding new Holstein sires that are some of the most elite in the breed. The exciting group includes high-ranking Total Performance Index™ (TPI™) sires, Milk improvers, Type specialists and more.

“Every sire summary is special at Select Sires, but this one can be truly called monumental,” said Blaine Crosser, vice president of dairy sire product line and sales management for Select Sires. “This class of new graduates is one of the most exciting in recent memory and includes many sires that we’re confident will greatly impact the Holstein breed. In October, five more outstanding Holstein sires will be released, making this graduating class even more impressive.”

 

 

In the truest sense of a successful cooperative, All West/Select Sires announces the distribution of patronage for 2007 business profits.

On September 15, 2008, All West co-op members will receive their share of the $1,255,338 cash being returned in the form of patronage checks. This cash disbursement amounts to 60% of the 2007 profits; the remaining 40% is scheduled to be sent to qualifying members on a five year rotation. That will make total patronage returned to members based on their 2007 purchases $2,088,000! This is the largest declared patronage distributions in the 65+ year history of the cooperative. The second half of the 2002 patronage was paid on March 15, 2008. When combined with the September payment approximately $1,804,375 will be paid out in cash to members in 2008. This is also a record payout.

All West/Select Sires also carries a complete line of insemination supplies, liquid nitrogen and animal health care products to help maximize patrons profits. Serving Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Northern Idaho and Northern Montana, as well as British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. If not covered in these areas visit Select Sires.

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