FRASER NAMED AREA REPRODUCTIVE MANAGER FOR ONTARIO

ELMIRA, ONTARIO – July 10, 2009– ABS Canada has named Neil Fraser to the newly created position of Area Reproductive Manager for the province of Ontario. In his role Fraser will oversee the day to day delivery of the ABS RMS (Reproductive Management System) program across the province.

“Neil brings a strong and proven background of reproductive knowledge and is a veteran in the A.I. industry,” states Peter Draper, ABS Canada Manager of Market Development. “This knowledge along with Neil’s strong work ethic and his understanding of dairy herd economics makes Neil the natural choice for leading the ABS RMS Team in Ontario.”

The RMS program has grown tremendously since its introduction in 2005 and has proven itself across Canada as being the only complete program available for managing and monitoring reproductive performance and profitability in dairy herds. “I am excited over the opportunity of working with the team of dedicated and experienced professionals we have in place across Ontario and further seeing how we can better serve our RMS Clients” states Fraser.

Fraser lives on their family farm in Ste-Anne-de Prescott, Ontario with his wife Joyce and has three children, Jessica, Kyle and Koryne. In his new role, Neil will be travelling throughout the province working with the ABS RMS Team and Customer base. We congratulate Neil on this appointment and look forward to working with him in this capacity.

Headquartered in Elmira, Ontario ABS Global (Canada), Inc is a subsidiary of ABS Global, the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is a division of Genus plc.