What’s New at Premier Select Sires

Jerry Emerich, Premier Select Sires Dairy Coordinator and Beef Specialist, retires December 31, 2024 after 42 years of dedicated service to the Select Sires federation. Please join us in thanking him for his contributions and dedication to our cooperative! Jerry grew up on a dairy farm in Miami County, Ohio. He began his Select Sires...

Beverly Barnes, Office Manager and Assistant Board Meeting Secretary for Premier Select Sires, retires December 31, 2024 after 38 years of service. Please join us in thanking her for her contributions and dedication to our cooperative! Beverly began working part time with TABA Select Sires (a preceding cooperative of Premier) in 1986, then began a...

See what's new at Premier with the Winter 2025 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

CowManager Introduces Sort my Cow Labor-saving sort gate technology seamlessly integrates with the CowManager monitoring system CowManager, the proven ear sensor monitoring system with more than 10 years of helping U.S. dairy producers improve cow management, is excited to introduce Sort my Cow, the newest sort gate technology that combines labor savings, technology integration and...

CowManager Introduces Youngstock Monitor Optimize rearing for future herd health and productivity CowManager, the trusted ear sensor monitoring system with more than 10 years of helping U.S. dairy producers improve cow management, is excited to launch Youngstock Monitor, a new comprehensive solution to monitor calf behavior. This innovative system provides real-time alerts for early disease...

Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2025 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application forms...

Premier Reproductive Services Specialist (RSS) Mark Stevens retires October 31, 2024 after 45 years of service with Premier or its preceding cooperatives. Please join us in congratulating him and thanking him for his contributions and dedication to our cooperative! Before his long tenure as an RSS, Mark began working part time at a small animal…

We are excited to welcome Katie Larmon to the team as a Reproductive Services Specialist in our northern region. Katie began as an intern in May, and has recently accepted a full time position. She is a graduate of SUNY Cobleskill with an A.S. in Dairy Science. She has worked around cattle on local dairy…

George Sebright has joined Premier as a Sales Support Specialist in the central region. Please join us in welcoming him! George grew up and is still involved on his family’s farm in Adams County, PA. They milk Registered Holsteins and grain farm as well. Genetics piqued George’s interest from a young age, and he knew…

Ryan Allen joined Premier on August 1 as a Sales Support Specialist. Ryan was raised on his family’s Registered Holstein farm, Glen-Toctin in Frederick County Maryland where he gained a love for dairy farming, cattle care, and genetics. He attended Penn State for his undergraduate, majoring in Animal Science under the business option. At Penn…

Zoetis Genomics help to provide tools and resources to make more profitable breeding decisions. Premier Select Sires is proud to partner with Zoetis to help both beef and dairy producers make informed decisions for breeding, marketing, and more! With this technology, producers can identify high-performing animals earlier and reduce costs by decreasing selection and breeding…

  Premier Select Sires welcomes the new Area Sale Manager for Eastern Virginia, Mason Hamlett. Mason will transition into his new role in the beginning of August.    “My goal is to bring Premier Select Sires quality to farmers to meet their personal farm goals and to achieve an outstanding conception rate! My goal would…

Taking beef on dairy breeding a step further, SimVitro Herdflex embryos are an effective tool to generate high-performance beef calves on dairy operations. By placing full beef embryos in dairy cattle, you gain the full beef calf advantage that will allow you to break into new markets (via customers looking for 100% beef calves) and…

Domesticated food animals are prey species that evolved over thousands of years to perceive threats and avoid predation. In a threatening situation, the amygdala and areas of the hypothalamus are overstimulated and will trigger short and long-term physiological changes. Under the current farming conditions, threat perception serves little to no purpose. Fear leads to stress…

Premier Area Sales Manager Rick Krall retired on June 15, 2024 after 37 total years of service with Premier or its preceding cooperatives. Please join us in congratulating him and thanking him for his contributions and dedication to our cooperative! Rick grew up on a dairy farm and said he had always taken interest in…

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…

Please join us in welcoming Paige Peiffer to the team as a Sales Support Specialist in our central region! . Paige grew up on her parent’s small Holstein herd in Lebanon County, PA where her love for agriculture began. She decided to pursue a career in the dairy industry and attended Penn State University where…

See what’s new at Premier with the Spring/Summer 2024 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

Premier Select Sires recently announced record sales to member owners of $41.5 million dollars for 2023. This reflects $2 million dollars in growth for semen and product sales in the year completed December 31. Operating profit was $800,000 and all segments of the cooperative showed increased sales. “We are proud to serve the farmer owners…

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 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, 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…

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, 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…

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…

See what’s new at Premier with the Winter 2024 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

Roger Miller, Reproductive Services Specialist (RSS), retired on January 31, 2024 after 50 years of dedicated service to Premier Select Sires and its preceding cooperatives. Please join us in congratulating Roger and thanking him for his service! Roger grew up on his family’s Holstein dairy farm, Lime Rock Farms in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Roger, his grandfather…

Please join us in welcoming Brian Dewey to the Premier Select Sires team! Brian will serve as an Area Sales Manager in Kansas. He is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he obtained a degree in animal science with a minor in business. “I am looking forward to working with our team to help…

2024 PSU Externs from left to right: Calvin Dechow, Paige Peiffer, and Emma McLaughlin Premier Select Sires was excited to host Calvin Dechow, Paige Peiffer, and Emma McLaughlin, three Penn State externs, during the first week of January. The students spent a week of their winter break job shadowing different employees of Premier and learning…

Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2024 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application forms…

Ethan Dearmon, an Area Sales Manager (ASM) in Premier’s southwestern region, retired on September 30, 2023. Ethan has served the Premier cooperative for the past 15 years. Please join us in thanking him for his service and wishing him the very best in retirement! Ethan first joined Southeast Select Sires (which would eventually become Premier…

Jacob Johnson has joined Premier as an Area Sales Manager in our Southwestern region. Jacob graduated from Kansas State University in May 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. He was active on the K-State livestock judging team, and he says that judging livestock has always been a passion for him. As opportunities arise,…

PLAIN CITY, Ohio and NAVASOTA, Texas, August 18, 2023 – Select Sires Inc. and Inguran LLC (dba STgen™) have signed a letter of intent to combine Select Sires Inc.’s and STgen’s production, research and development functions into a new company. The six U.S. farmer-owned cooperatives that provide exceptional sales, service, and support for the Select…

See what's new at Premier with the Summer 2023 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

SUNY Cobleskill’s dairy program, in partnership with Premier Select Sires and Select Sires Inc., produced a bull calf that was genomically tested and ranked number three on the global Jersey Performance Index™ (JPI™) list. The calf initially had a JPI of +181, ranking him within the top ten globally. His JPI then increased to +197,…

Kevin Lincomfelt has been named a Sales Support Specialist for Premier Select Sires’ Southern Region. In his role, Lincomfelt will assist the local Premier team in providing customers with services related to the Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®) program, the Select Mating Service® (SMS®), CowManager®, artificial insemination (A.I.) training, and more. He will serve primarily eastern Tennessee,…

See what's new at Premier with the Spring 2023 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $25,950 to students through the 2023 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship and the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Fourteen other students received scholarships of $750 to $1,250 in value. William Coltrane of Pleasant Garden, N.C. is the son…

Premier was excited to host Abigail O’Shell and Haley Weidman, two Penn State externs, the first week of January. The students spent a week of their winter break job shadowing different employees of Premier Select Sires and learning about the cooperative. Thank you to these exceptional students for visiting with us, and thank you to…

Kristy Temple has been named a Reproductive Services Specialist Supervisor for Premier Select Sires’ Northern Region. Kristy is returning to Premier after previously serving as a Reproductive Services Specialist (RSS). As an RSS, she excelled in providing artificial insemination services and promoting the Premier Select Sires portfolio to dairy and beef producers. In her new role,…

See what's new at Premier with the Fall/Winter 2022 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as we celebrate...

Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2023 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application forms…

Yes, Premier Select Sires is first and foremost a genetics-focused artificial insemination cooperative. But we also acknowledge that a significant component of genetic performance is related to physical environment. It’s not nature vs. nurture; rather, nature and nurture go hand-in-hand. The Premier Select Sires portfolio includes a hand-picked assortment of herd management products designed to...

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Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $19,500 to 19 college students through the 2022 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship and the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Seventeen other students received scholarships of $750 to $1,500 in value. Allen Graulich of Argus Acres, LLC, a 500-cow…

Dairy and beef producers face more challenges than ever before as they seek ways to increase efficiency while dealing with labor shortages, growing input costs, economic challenges, and more. While Premier Select Sires is likely best known as a genetic provider, doing business with your local member cooperative opens the door to other benefits that…

A few weeks ago, Premier was honored to host two Penn alprazolam 1mg State University students as externs for a weeklong career exploration experience. From January 3-7, Ryan Allen and Josie Allen job shadowed several Premier employees and spent a day at the Tunkhannock office to get a taste for what Premier does and learn…

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Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2022 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application forms…

Photo, left to right: Sean Johnson and Kevin Lager Premier Select Sires welcomes two new Regional Sales Managers (RSM) to the management team, including Sean Johnson in the Central region and Kevin Lager in the Southwestern region. Each will transition into his new role in the coming weeks. “Premier is excited to have Sean and…

The mission for the Dairy Leaders of Tomorrow Exploration Experience is to provide students and youth interested in dairy the opportunity to utilize formal education skills in hands-on experimental learning experiences. This year’s DLT Exploration Experience is designed to cultivate interest in a variety of careers available in the dairy industry, and will be held…

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa.—Premier Select Sires, Inc. is excited to announce that the cooperative will offer 7 percent additional savings to member-customers who purchase semen through the months of August and September, 2021. To enjoy this special benefit, Premier member-customers must simply purchase genetics from their sales team member during the designated months. Premier will offer the…

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“As a result of a recommendation of the Select Sires Inc. Board of Directors, five of the six member cooperative boards have voted to recommend that the member cooperatives unify into Select Sires to form a single, nationally-directed entity. The Premier Select Sires board of directors has unanimously voted against this proposal as presented. The…

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UPDATE: Due to school districts’ continued precautions and restrictions for student travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dairy Excellence Foundation and Premier Select Sires have decided to postpone this event. Be on the lookout for future communications regarding this event on our website and Facebook page. Premier Select Sires is excited to partner with the…

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa.—Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $20,000 to 20 college students through the 2021 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship and the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Eighteen other students received scholarships of $750 to $1,000 in value. Hannah Braun of Woodcrest Dairy, a…

See what’s new at Premier Select Sires with the Fall/Winter 2020 edition of the Premier Pioneer! The Premier Pioneer is an external newsletter designed to connect with our member-owners, celebrate the success stories of the producers in our territory, highlight the resources our employees can offer, provide valuable industry insights and more. Join us as…

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa.—Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2021 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application…