ABS Global Buys Remaining
Interest In Brazilian Partner
DEFOREST, Wis. - Cattle
genetics company ABS Global
Inc., has announced that it
reached an agreement with
Boasafra Genetics Ltda of Sao
Paulo, Brazil to acquire
Boasafra’s 60 percent interest in
its joint venture with ABS
Global, Pecplan ABS, and thus
obtain full ownership of the com
pany.
Pecplan ABS is the market
leader in Brazil with substantial
market shares in both beef and
dairy markets.
Pecplan ABS combines a
strong local product line focus
ing on tropical breeds with
imported North America and
European genetics coming from
ABS Global's affiliates around
the world," according to Donario
Lopes de Almeida, who has been
named general manager of
Pecplan ABS.
Brazil has the largest cattle
population in the world, with an
estimated 20 million dairy and
140 million beef cattle.
"The increasing use of artifi
cial insemination combined with
a growing interest for North
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American genetics makes Brazil
one of the growth markets in
cattle breeding" according to
Jesus Martinez, general manag
er for Latin America of ABS
Global.
"The transaction with
Boasafra Genetics gives ABS
Globa 100 percent control over
the operations of Pecplan ABS
and allows us to accelerate the
transfer of know-how to our
Brazilian subsidiary," according
to Marc Van’t Noordende, presi
dent and CEO of ABS Global.
"ABS Global will continue to
evaluate acquisitions of this
kind to grow our business.
ABS Global Inc. is a world
provider of bovine reproduction
services and technologies.
Marketing in more than 70
countries around the globe, ABS
has been involved with animal
genetics and technology since its
founding in 1941. The company
is headquartered in DeForest,
Wisconsin.
More information about both
companies can be found on the
Internet at: www.absglobal.com
and www.pecplanabs.com.br.
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Other exhibits will include a
demonstration of how munici
palities and state agencies use
computer-based layered map
systems, called Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), to
analyze water resources, land
use patterns, utility grids, and
other information in a central
database. Exhibits on crop
scouting and insect mapping
also will be featured.
Precision recall of agricultur
al information is required as vis
itors to Ag Progress Days partic
ipate in SciQ, played daily at 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. in the College
Exhibits Building Theatre.
A special version of the show
for children, called SciQ Jr., is
played daily at 11 a.m. and
Wednesday at 6 p.m. Patterned
after television game shows,
SciQ is hosted by local radio per
sonalities and contestants are
chosen from the audience.
Admission is free.
The suburban homeowner or
lawn-mowing fans will get a
rare chance to tost drive a vari
ety of riding lawn mowers at the
tractor ride-and-drive area. The
popular attraction also gives
agricultural professionals a
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Paste Agricultural Museum, vis
itors can examine items ranging
from a varied collection of vin
tage milk bottles to a historical
display of lighting technology.
Other items on display include
cooking pots, scythes, rug-beat
ers, ice cutting equipment and
egg carriers.
Ag Progress Days’ popular
insect exhibit in the
ImAGination Station will fea
ture an information maze in
which visitors must make their
way through discovery stations
to find answers to questions
written on a treasure map All
the discovery stations will focus
on how we use the measure
ments in the world of agricul
ture.
Storyteller Jim Kinney will
perform in the College Exhibits
Building Theatre every day at
noon, creating tales from memo
ry for up to 45 minutes. The
Family Room offers visitors
demonstrations on using the
food pyramid to maintain a
healthy diet, as well as displays
on family finance, health and
safety
Professional growers and farmers seek
ing a profitable crop alternative can visit
the cut-flower demonstration plot, where
horticulture experts can discuss weed con
trol, flower varieties and business plans.
Lawn and garden experts also will be on
hand at the Landscape, Lawn and Garden
Tent throughout the event
An exhibit that will appeal to children
and their parents is a display sponsored by
Penn State’s Students for the Responsible
Use of Animals. Young calves, lambs, pigs
and other livestock will be on display, and
Penn State agriculture students will
answer questions Shaver’s Creek
Environmental Center will show wildlife
such as owls, hawks, turtles and snakes at
its nearby tent. In addition, the new Junior
Livestock arena will feature youngsters
competing in the Lamb Skill-a-thon and
live lamb show. Be sure to check out the
new ventilated animal greenhouse, where
visitors can see how to improve animal
health, productivity and comfort
Other family-oriented activities include
horse events, including a horseshoeing
demonstration, educational displays and
food booths offering culinary treats rang
ing from breaded mushrooms to University
Creamery ice cream
Informational tours on a woodlot man
agement, grazing and streambank conser
vation can be found at the Conservation
Education Tent Buses will depart from the
tent each day to take visitors on various
tours demonstrating conservation tech
niques.
Bus tours leaving from the corn crib
throughout each day will illuminate Penn
State’s research on potatoes, integrated
crop management, fruit and vegetable pro
duction and many other programs.
There will be free CATA bus service all
three days of the exhibition. The shuttle
departs from College and Allen Streets
(near the Corner Room restaurant) in
downtown State College on the half-hour
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 18-20 On
Aug. 19, when Ag Progress Days remains
open until 8 p.m., there will bo hourly
departures from 430 to 630 p.m.
Departure times for the return trip are
hourly from 10 am. to 4 p.m Aug 18-20,
with hourly shuttles from 5 to 7 p m Aug
19. Shuttle riders will be dropped off at
Schlow Library.
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features
more than 500 acres of educational and
commercial exhibits The Russell E.
Larson Agricultural Research Center is
located nine miles southwest of State
College on Route 45. Hours are 9 a m to 5
p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, with extended
hours on Wednesday from 9am to 8 p m.
Admission and parking are free
For more information, call (800) PSU
-1010 through Aug. 20. Or, if you have
access to the Internet, visit Ag Progress
Days on the World Wide Web at
http://apd.cas.psu.edu.