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Semex is pleased to introduce several new Holstein sires to its Repromax™ lineup following the December 2011 proof round. Semex Repromax™ sires are those sires that are both highly reliable and high fertility with no genetic sacrifices. Semex scientists have gathered SCR, ATA and Non-Return data to develop the world's first international fertility evaluation. Known as Repromax™ sires, these sires are Semex's highest-ranked fertility sires. These bulls improve the fertility performance of cows and increase your profitability, representing the best of the best, with no genetic sacrifices. With dozens of numbers to analyze and problems to solve in a day, dairymen are looking to simplify processes and find easy solutions to their dairy's problems. Semex’s Repromax™ sires are the answer to their fertility issues. Semex’s new Repromax™ sires are easily identified with the Repromax™ brand in all Semex materials and are listed below. These sires are included in ProMate™, Semex’s global custom selection index: 0200HO03579 B-CREST SHADOW 0200HO03591 BEAVER RAY MURAL 0200HO00492 BEYERCREST LATTE 0200HO05795 DEMARC RANCH 0200HO03603 GILLETTE STANLEYCUP 0200HO03590 GILLETTE WINDOVER 0200HO03587 GINARY ROCKEFELLER 0200HO03563 GOULDHAVEN HOTBLOOD 0200HO05793 GREGORI SEQUOIA 0200HO02331 MR MARVELOUS 0200HO02352 SANDY-VALLEY BAILEY 0200HO00475 TI-SUE MAXIMUM 0200HO02366 WEST PORT ARRON DOON MITEY P For more a complete listing or more information on Repromax™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com
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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 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: 0200HO03579 B-CREST SHADOW 0200HO03591 BEAVER RAY MURAL 0200HO00510 DEHOOG KISMET 0200HO05795 DEMARC RANCH 0200HO02343 DEWGOOD BENEFIT 0200HO05792 FAVREAUTIERE GLADIATOR 0200HO03603 GILLETTE STANLEYCUP 0200HO03563 GOULDHAVEN HOTBLOOD 0200HO05793 GREGORI SEQUOIA 0200HO03583 HUNSBERGER CLAY 0200HO05730 MORNINGVIEW ERAGON 0200HO02331 MR MARVELOUS 0200HO00491 ROCKYMOUNTAIN LOCKMASTER 0200HO02352 SANDY-VALLEY BAILEY 0200HO02247 SANDY-VALLEY SODUKO 0200HO02279 SMITHDEN BUCKSTAR 0200HO03608 VELTHUIS SOLSTICE 0200HO02366 WEST PORT ARRON DOON MITEY P 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.
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Semex's main goal in using genomic selection and offering our Genomax™ product has been to increase both the number and diversity of elite bulls available to our clients. This allows Semex customers worldwide to make the most genetic progress and ultimately profit within their own herds. Through a careful selection process Semex offers the best genomic tested young sires available today. These sires are those that top the rankings, whether you’re looking for LPI or TPI and feature young sires that are the best for: Net Merit; TPI; LPI; Type; Calving Ease. Semex additionally offers sexed genomic bulls known as Genomaxx™ sires. These newly released Genomax™ sires are truly standouts with unlimited potential, ready to give you tomorrow’s genetics today: 0200HO07450 AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO 0200HO03772 BRU-DALE SNOWDEN 0200HO06320 CANGEN PINKMAN 0200HO03766 COOKIECUTTER HEFTY 0200HO06316 DEXPRO SAPUTO RED 0200HO07461 DKR JAKARTA 0200HO06336 DYMENTHOLM ARISTOTLE 0200HO06169 GEN-I-BEQ LAVATER 0200HO02713 HUNSBERGER ALCHEMY 0200HO06332 LESPEREE GLOBAL 0200HO02698 MISTY SPRINGS SUPERSONIC 0200HO02500 SANDY-VALLEY TANIC 0200HO06352 STE ODILE RIMOUSKI 0200HO07513 WILLSBRO ASH For more information on Genomax™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com or contact your local Semex representative today for additional information!
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The Semex Designer Series™ sires are hand-selected for their ability to sire individuals with Semex’s famous high-type look. These sires are those that transmit head-turning looks as well as longevity and its related increased production and profitability. New releases to the program following the December proof round include include these progeny proven sires: 0200HO03579 B-CREST SHADOW 0200HO03603 GILLETTE STANLEYCUP 0200AY00339 BONNIE BRAE AMBUSH For more information on these Designer Series™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com
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During their Innovation Awards ceremony last night at World Dairy Expo, Dairy Herd Management announced that ai24™’s SCR-HR™ Tag was named a Top 10 innovative product of the year! “Innovation drives the productivity in agriculture and every other business. It is innovation in technology, innovation in practice and the way we think about our work that have repeatedly increased the productivity in agriculture that feeds our world.  It is for this reason that we started our Innovation Awards this year,” says Tim Tobeck, vice president and publisher for Dairy Herd Management. Entries were evaluated by an independent panel of dairy farmers, agribusiness representatives and university experts.   “Our team of experts evaluated and weighed each entry on its originality within the marketplace, usefulness and value to dairy farmers,” says Tom Quaife, associate publisher and editor for Dairy Herd Management. “We are very excited and honored to be able to recognize the top 10 innovative products of the year. We feel they represent the best of the best.” ai24™’s SCR HR-Tag™ is a revolutionary technology that combines rumination, heat detection and cow identification functionality in one unit, giving dairymen a tool to monitor their cows 24 hours a day. This technology will change the way dairymen manage and interact with their herd, providing value through reduced days open, early detection of health problems, increased pregnancy rates and much more. ai24™’s SCR HR-Tag™ rumination monitoring technology was recognized for providing the following advantages to dairymen: One-of-a-kind technology - no other commercially available solution like it in the market. Multifunctional tags - combines identification, activity monitoring and rumination monitoring in one single tag. Unparalleled accuracy - customers report up to 95% heat detection accuracy. The rumination monitoring accuracy has been scientifically confirmed in an independent study. Highly reliable - ... Read More...

The Semex Designer Series™ sires are hand-selected for their ability to sire individuals with Semex’s famous high-type look. These sires are those that transmit head-turning looks as well as longevity and its related increased production and profitability.New releases to the program following the August proof round include include these progeny proven sires: 0200HO05630 COMESTAR LAVANGUARD0200HO02235 SMITHDEN ADMIRAL 0200JE00446 LENCREST I POD For more information on these Designer Series™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com.au
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Semex's main goal in using genomic selection and offering our Genomax™ product has been to increase both the number and diversity of elite bulls available to our clients. This allows Semex customers worldwide to make the most genetic progress and ultimately profit within their own herds. Through a careful selection process Semex offers the best genomic tested young sires available today. These sires are those that top the rankings, whether you’re looking for LPI or TPI and feature young sires that are the best for: Net Merit; TPI; LPI; Type; Calving Ease. Semex additionally offers sexed genomic bulls known as Genomaxx™ sires. These newly released Genomax™ sires are truly standouts with unlimited potential, ready to give you tomorrow’s genetics today: 0200HO00608 BENNER BANANA 0200HO00611 MORSAN MYSTIC 0200HO02667 DUCKETT-BH SENNET 0200HO02676 SIEMERS TALENTED 0200HO02688 CLAYNOOK BASELINE RED 0200HO02692 GIBBS-I CLAYNOOK DUDE 0200HO02694 DYMENTHOLM SWORDFISH 0200HO02699 MISTY SPRINGS SPEECH 0200HO02704 REGANCREST LERO 0200HO02705 BUTZ-BUTLER BENJI 0200HO02729 ZIMMER BUD LIGHT 0200HO03742 AMMON-PEACHEY STANTON 0200HO06265 LA PRESENTATION DEFI 0200HO06269 ESTMER MELVIN RED P 0200HO06286 MR CHARTROISE LOTOCAR 0200HO06303 PELLERAT DVD 0200HO06333 DE-SU BIG BANG For more information on Genomax™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com or contact your local Semex representative today for additional information!
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The Semex Designer Series™ sires are hand-selected for their ability to sire individuals with Semex’s famous high-type look. These sires are those that transmit head-turning looks as well as longevity and its related increased production and profitability. New releases to the program following the August proof round include include these progeny proven sires: 0200HO05651 CHARPENTIER LFG SPECTRUM *RC 0200HO05630 COMESTAR LAVANGUARD 0200HO03560 GILLETTE JUNGLE 0200HO03566 GILLETTE ZENON 0200HO02235 SMITHDEN ADMIRAL 0200JE00446 LENCREST I POD For more information on these Designer Series™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com
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As summer's heat strikes much of North America, dairymen are looking for ways to ensure they're not missing heats and increasing costly days open. The Dueppengiessers of western New York installed Semex's ai24™ heat detection system in May 2010 with the goal of increasing pregnancy rates. Since installing, they've realized many other benefits. “We are able to check on cows before they go off feed and come down with mastitis. When I come in the morning, the system gives an accurate time and list of the cows that are in heat,” says Herdsman Ron Ikeler who has been with the Dueppengiesser Dairy Company for over 14 years, managing employees and dairy cattle care. “There is a place for it on every farm, especially if you would want to either enhance your shot program or take your reproductive program to the next level… ai24™ can do it.” Click here to read the whole story or visit www.semex.com to learn more about putting ai24™ to work on your dairy.
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Semex has been at the forefront of genomic research, leading the industry and working closely with both Canadian and USA officials to develop the very best options for dairymen everywhere. The main goal in using genomic selection and offering our Genomax™ product has been to increase both the number and diversity of elite bulls available to our clients. This will allow Semex customers worldwide to make the most genetic progress and ultimately profit within their own herds. Through a careful selection process Semex offers the best genomic tested young sires available today. These sires are those that top the rankings, whether you’re looking for LPI or TPI and feature young sires that are the best for: Net Merit; TPI; LPI; Type; Calving Ease. Semex additionally offers sexed genomic bulls known as Genomaxx™ sires. These newly released Genomax™ sires are truly standouts with unlimited potential, ready to give you tomorrow’s genetics today: 0200HO06242 BERGITTE HARDY 0200HO02579 CLAYNOOK DAWSON 0200HO06251 CLERINDA BALTI RED 0200HO02663 DA-SO-BURN DANE 0200HO00587 DE-SU KICKOFF 0200HO06180 DES-Y-GEN SANTOS 0200HO06267 GEN-I-BEQ LAVAMAN 0200HO06156 LARCREST CONTRAST 0200HO00599 MARKWELL MEBANE 0200HO02681 MS EMILYANN EMISSION 0200HO02655 OCONNORS MW BOLO 0200HO07432 REGANCREST INTIMATE 0200HO06243 WINTERLANCE SPEAR 0200JE00485 ALL LYNNS VAUGHN 0200JE00362 GABYS ARROW 0200AY00652 NEXUS DREAMER For more information on Genomax™ sires or any of Semex’s growing suite of programs designed to increase real dairy profitability, please visit www.semex.com or contact your local Semex representative today for additional information!
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