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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 April proof round include include these progeny proven sires: 0200HO03606 ALLYNDALE-I ATTICUS 0200HO05843 GEN-I-BEQ TOPSIDE 0200HO03604 GILLETTE WALLACE 0200HO03605 GILLETTE WHITEFACE 0200JE00149 BRIDON VINCENT 0200JE00447 LENCREST CAVALIA 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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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: 0200HO03606 ALLYNDALE-I ATTICUS 0200HO05801 BUTOISE BAHAMAS 0200HO05843 GEN-I-BEQ TOPSIDE 0200HO05740 LA PRESENTATION SWORD 0200HO05868 TWIN-SPRUCE FACEOFF 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 is pleased to introduce several new Holstein sires to its Repromax™ lineup following the April 2012 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: 0200HO03606 ALLYNDALE-I ATTICUS 0200HO05801 BUTOISE BAHAMAS 0200JE00149 BRIDON VINCENT-ET 0200JE00447 LENCREST CAVALIA-ET 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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Dairymen worldwide need all the tools available to ensure reproductive efficiency in their herds during warmer months and year round. Semex's Repromax™ brand quickly identifies those Semex sires with above average semen fertility, and leading conception rates. Recent research results from field studies in Brazil clearly show the advantages of Repromax™ for conception rates in herds with reproductive challenges. The following study was carried out on nine dairy farms in the counties of Castro and Carambeí, State of Parana, Brazil, where high milk yields contribute to even greater reproductive challenges. The results speak for themselves: These impressive results only prove the seriousness, quality control and success of Semex semen and Repromax™. Do not miss the opportunity of using Repromax™ in your breeding program! For more information on Semex's Repromax™ line-up click here.
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Semex is pleased to announce the launch of a revolutionary index specifically designed to match the needs and pace of today’s ever-changing dairy industry. “Dairymen worldwide are looking at ways to increase profitability while adding flexibility to their lifestyle, and many of them are choosing robotic milking systems as their solution,” says Brad Sayles, Semex Alliance Vice President, Global Marketing. “We’ve identified the need to produce cows that are suited for these systems as an essential requirement for our clients that are either already utilizing, or are considering implementing, automatic robotic technologies on their dairies.”   To accomplish this goal, Semex’s senior geneticists have created an index that identifies code 200 bulls that will sire daughters possessing traits that are profitable in automated environments. Animal productivity, disease resistance and also the functional type traits that are highly correlated to milking ease are all considered in this index. “Semex’s Robot Ready™ sires will help dairymen make breeding profitable cows in automated, robotic dairies easy,” comments Sayles. “Semex continues to lead the industry by creating the genetic solutions that lead to real profit on the dairy. More than ever, dairymen worldwide are trusting Semex to provide them with profitable genetics strategies for their dairies.” Robot Ready™ sires are available exclusively from Semex’s Holstein and Jersey lineups and are designated with the “Robot Ready™” logo in all Semex materials and are identified below: 0200HO03528    ARETHUSA MIAMI 0200HO03591    BEAVER RAY MURAL 0200HO00409    BENNER BLADE 0200HO05651    CHARPENTIER LFG SPECTRUM 0200HO01885    CLAYNOOK ANTHONY 0200HO02197    COMESTAR LADNER 0200HO05633    COMESTAR LESSENTIELL 0200HO05631    COMESTAR LOFFICIEL 0200HO05592    CRACKHOLM FEVER 0200HO05682    DELABERGE LABYRINTHE 0200HO02271    DIAMOND-FINE SPADE 0200HO01584    DIAMOND-OAK ... Read More...

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...