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Profitable Health$mart® Sires Join Semex Lineup

With the August 2010 genetic release, Semex is pleased to introduce the following new sires to its Health$mart™ lineup.

Semex identifies Health$mart™ sires as those that sire the most valuable and profitable cows on the dairy. These sires excel for qualities that dairies can easily quantify in their ledgers. Dairymen can trust that a Semex Health$mart™ sire will have a positive financial impact, saving on vet bills, medications and staff time, as well as lost breedings and lost production.

Since its release one year ago in August 2009, the Health$mart™ lineup has been under tremendous demand, as dairymen around the world are looking to reduce expenditures and increase their profitability.

The selection criteria for a Semex Health$mart™ sire is based on:
• Health Traits: Herd Life, Somatic Cell Score, Daughter Calving Ability, Milking Speed, Daughter Fertility
• Production: Milk, Fat and Protein
• Durability Traits: Final Conformation, Mammary System and Feet & Legs

Semex’s new Health$mart™ sires are easily identified with the Health$mart™ brand in all Semex materials and are listed below. These sires are included in ProMate™, Semex’s global custom selection index:

0200HO02167 STANTONS ACHIEVER
0200HO02147 SANDY-VALLEY COLFA 99%-I
0200HO02087 SANDY-VALLEY DEPUTY 99%-I
0200HO07345 MAGOR EXCEPTION 98%-I
0200HO05592 CRACKHOLM FEVER
0200HO02122 PARADISE-D GILMORE
0200HO03516 GINARY JACK
0200HO05577 GILLETTE JERRICK
0200HO05575 GILLETTE JORDAN
0200HO05588 COMESTAR LAUTHORITY
0200HO05565 REGANCREST LONGTIME
0200HO03463 LADYS-MANOR MARCELO
0200HO03485 LADYS-MANOR MONKTON
0200HO05567 R-E-W SEAVER
0200HO02137 PINE-TREE SID

For more a complete listing or more information on Health$mart™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com.