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Get Ahead of the Heat with Bovine Accellyte II
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Get Ahead of the Heat with Bovine Accellyte II

With the summer heat, it’s important to keep cows hydrated and make sure they have all the vitamins and minerals they need to keep doing their jobs. Bovine Accellyte II is a specialized electrolyte product that helps cows in periods of stress, rehydration and prehydration.  This product contains electrolytes to help replace those that are...

ASM Harvey Largen Retires with 47 Years of Service
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ASM Harvey Largen Retires with 47 Years of Service

Premier Area Sales Manager Harvey Largen retires on March 31, 2024 after 47 years of service. Please join us in congratulating him and thanking him for his contributions and dedication to our cooperative! Harvey began working for Virginia-North Carolina Select Sires (VA-NC SS) in the summer of 1976, between his junior and senior years at...

Premier Gives Over $20,000 in Support to Scholarship Applicants
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Premier Gives Over $20,000 in Support to Scholarship Applicants

Premier Select Sires awarded over $20,000 to students through the 2024 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship and the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Nineteen other students received scholarships of $500 to $1,000 in value. Six students received an Honorable Mention with a $100 cash award and...

Todd Gaby Retires after 36 Years of Service
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Todd Gaby Retires after 36 Years of Service

Todd Gaby, Dairy Coordinator in Premier’s Southwestern territory, retired on February 29, 2024 after 36 years of service. Please join us in congratulating Todd! Todd began working for East Tennessee Select Sires, an organization that would eventually become Premier Select Sires after several mergers, in October of 1988. He started as an A.I. trainer, while...

FerAppease®, A Revolutionary Product for Preventing Cattle Stress Response, Now Available through Premier Select Sires
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FerAppease®, A Revolutionary Product for Preventing Cattle Stress Response, Now Available through Premier Select Sires

Dairy and beef producers can help prevent cattle stress response and its effects on their animals by using FerAppease®. Reducing cattle stress can help reduce morbidity and mortality, prevent decreases in productivity, improve reproductive performance, improve cattle handling, and more. The active ingredient of FerAppease is a synthetic analogue of the Maternal Bovine Appeasing Substance...

Doug Lull Retires after 12 Years of Service
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Doug Lull Retires after 12 Years of Service

Doug Lull, Reproductive Services Specialist in Premier’s northern region, retired on February 22, 2024 after twelve years of service. Please join us in congratulating Doug! Doug joined our cooperative as an RSS in December of 2012. Before Doug began breeding cows for his career, he and his wife ran a dairy farm. “I have enjoyed...

Victoria Schwader Joins Premier as an Area Sales Manager
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Victoria Schwader Joins Premier as an Area Sales Manager

Please join us in welcoming Victoria Schwader to the team! She will be serving as an Area Sales Manager in Kansas.   Victoria lives in MO with her husband Tyler and their two daughters, Reagan and Presley. They live on Tyler’s family farm, which has been active since the family moved from Germany in the...