ABS OFFERS BROWN SWISS GRADUATE AND JERSEY JPI LEADERS

DEFOREST, WISCONSIN – April 12, 2010 – Brown Swiss and Jersey breeders can look to the ABS line-up for deep, solid pedigrees combined with top of the breed rankings.

Brown Swiss graduate 29BS3805 Darita Dynasty PLAINTIFF-ET (Dynasty x Gordon x Emory x Simon) enters the active lineup as a unique and exciting Dynasty son that is a component improver. PLANTIFF hails from the prominent Priscilla cow family and boasts components of +0.13% and 48 pounds of fat and +0.02% protein. A balanced type bull at +0.50 PTAT, he uniquely sires more strength than stature. Expect PLAINTIFF daughters to have wide rear udders with very deep seams. They tend to be very open in their rib structure and angular throughout.

One year after their first release, 29JE3506 Tollenaars Implus LEGAL 233-ET and 29JE3510 Schultz Rescue HEADLINE, once again claimed top spots on the JPI list – this time first and second, respectively. LEGAL solidified his location at the top of the JPI list while positioned at second in the industry for Net Merit Dollars at +495 and ranks number three for Productive Life (+5.6). He also falls into the top four in the breed for JUI (+3.44) while boasting the fifth highest ranking of Type at +1.3. LEGAL hails from the same elite cow family as fellow top 10 JPI sire 29JE3508 LYNDON.

Following just behind LEGAL, HEADLINE sires profitability and long life cows with an impressive +429 NM$ and +5.9 Productive Life. HEADLINE also holds the elite status of second in the breed for udders at +3.78 JUI and ranks fourth for Type (+1.4). From HALLMARK’s cow family, HEADLINE is backed by three generations of excellent dams.

The ABS Sexation® sex-sorted semen Jersey line-up has been bolstered with the addition of 529JE3527 AMITY. AMITY joins an elite ranking of other top 20 JPI sires 529JE3346 JEVON, 529JE3509 KARL and 529JE3508 LYNDON available in the ABS Sexation offering.

Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 80 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.