With a record-breaking year
already recorded in Select Sires’
1985 history book, optimism was at
an all-time high at Select’s April 2
and 3 Annual Meeting.
General Manager Richard
Chichester reflected that optimism
in his remarks to the delegation. “I
indicated in the Annual Report that
1985 was the best year in Select’s
history. The accomplishments in
1985 over 1984 can certainly allow
one to call 1985 the ‘year of the
comeback’. But the fact that 1965
was our best year does not mean
serious challenges are not ahead.
When I wrote this report, how little
did I know how true this statement
is!”
Chichester was referring to the
possible repercussion that the A.I.
industry faces with the for
thcoming slaughter of nearly one
million dairy cows. The USDA
announcement came earlier in the
week, spurring numerous
questions from directors, staff and
guests meeting at Select’s Plain
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City, Ohio headquarters. All were
“crystal-balling” what the Dairy
Termination Program means to
the future of A.I.
Chichester admits that Select
Sires is probably one of the major
contributors to the milk surplus
and that many of the dairymen
who will terminate production are
good Select Sires member patrons.
However, Chichester, an A.I.
employee for 25 years, notes that
A.I. has “lived with” declining cow
numbers for years and years.
He concluded his remarks, “The
Select Sires challenge is to work
towards a larger piece of a smaller
pie. The future is for the strong, the
fair, and the aggressive. And all
our decisions must be tempered
with good judgement. ”
Select Sires increased its “share
of the pie” in 1985, registering over
450,000 units more in sales over the
previous year. Total domestic and
foreign sales were up 13.9%
This record-breaking
progression in sales exceeded the
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A.I. industry’s overall increase in
sales by 16%. Each of the 11
member co-ops that were in place
in 1985 also reported substantial
increases over previous year-end
tallies. International sales climbed
8% in 1985 with semen moving into
51 countries, establishing another
new record.
The key that opened up sales
increases in 1985 was the genetic
merit of Select Sires semen. A
leading contributor to the in
dustry’s sire pool, the demand for
Select Sires is at an all-time high.
In 1985 each proven unit of dairy
semen marketed averaged +866
PDM and+o.76 PDT.
The demand for Select Sires
semen accelerated semen
production in 1985 with the
Production Department recording
11,865 semen collections. Ad
ditional production was also
available at the newly-constructed
Wells Road dual-purpose bam.
In reporting the progress of
Select’s PGA young sire proving
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system, Select Sires Dairy Sire
Analyst, Rodger Hoyt, awarded All
West/Select Sires and
MABC/Select Sires program
coordinators for their outstanding
administration of various phases
of the sampling procedure.
In action brought before the
Board of Directors, it was moved
to increase the numbers of Select
Sires Holsteins for sampling,
commencing in 1987.
The Board also re-elected COBA
Director, Fred Friday of
Hamilton, Ohio as President of
Select Sires for the coming year.
All West’s Martin Holdener,
Enumclaw, Washington, will again
serve the federation as First Vice
President. Second Vice President,
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Wisconsin, represents East
Central/Select Sires on the
Executive Committee. Nine ad
ditional executive board members
represent each of the remaining
member co-ops. A total of 27
Directors comprise the full Select
Sires Board.
In his remarks before the annual
meeting, President Friday com
mented, “The test of every
decision made here at Select Sires
is how it will benefit farmers.
Reflecting back at the decisions of
the past 20 years of Select Sires, I
don’t believe our first directors
ever dreamed all this success
could ever had happened. I look
forward to serving as your
president as we begin another
decade of success.”
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