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ABS GLOBAL FEBRUARY GRADUATES

DEFOREST, WISCONSIN – February 13, 2004 - Eleven dairy bulls graduated into the ABS Global, Inc. active lineup on Monday February 9, 2004.

“The eight Holstein sires and three Jersey sires compliment our existing lineup by offering breed leading type performers and maximum pedigree diversity. Each sire offers unique customer benefits and allows ABS to dominate in traits of importance to producers,” stated Scott Bentley, ABS Global Dairy Products Manager.

The Holstein graduates join 29HO10124 BOLIVER. BOLIVER is Mr. Udders Extraordinaire as he increased 20 daughters and held in the top 5 of the TPI List. At nearly +3.00 points on Udder Composite, he maintained his elite Productive Life (PL) of +3.4 and his mastitis lowering SCS of 2.84.

29HO10302 TURNER is a Ricecrest-bred Terry x DUSTER and a top 15 TPI sire with outstanding yield and appealing udders. He excels in key health traits such as Calving Ease(CE), PL and Daughter Pregnancy Rate(DPR).

Backed by six generations of Gold Medal Dam and Dam of Merit dams that average 1480 Fat as Two-Year-Olds, 29HO1035 KIMBALL is bred for PL. This Manfred x DUSTER pedigree delivers with +2.60 PL on 81 daughters. He is a top 100 TPI sire with calving ease.

A top 100 TPI sire at +2186 Milk, 29HO10226 DEL RIO offers the udders of Amel and the frames of Emory. Sixty-six scored daughters have him knocking on +2.00 for all frame traits with well attached udders.

29HO10249 WALDO is a top 40 TPI sire with an impressive milk yield at +2309 Milk. His +71 Protein yield ranks in the top five at ABS with an Udder Composite of +.99 on 57 daughters.

Winter weather producers are looking forward to 29HO10145 SNOWSTORM. He is Rock Solid and Red Hot with a combination of 6% Calving Ease, plus for fat and protein percentage, and +2.25 Udder Composite.

Experience the Dellia difference with 94HO10276 DUNDEE. This Encore son from Dellia herself is a Pregnancy King and +2.75 Udder Composite on his first 37 daughters. Powerful frames complete the DUNDEE package.

Siring All Canadians and All-Americans, 94HO10156 KITE is a Skychief son from Blackrose. Confirming his greatness with +2.65 Type on 64 daughters, KITE is also a Red carrier. Watch for his show winning daughters in the milking and heifer classes.

The King Lives and he is looking better than ever! 29HO9976 ELVIS is sired by Demand, and is nearly +2.00 points on Type and Feet and Legs and is over 1500 TPI. Producers will love his “right side” linear pattern.

An early HALLMARK grandson bred by American Jersey Cattle Association President, James Huffard is 29JE3252 RESCUE. He is a top 10 JPI bull that sires terrific milk flow at over +1800 Milk and an outstanding type pattern. Daughter reports are also extremely favorable.

A unique Topkick son from three generations of Excellent, high component dams is 29JE3255 BLADE. At +.14% Fat test, BLADE is one of the breed’s best for improving Fat. His strength and frames scores are number one in the entire Jersey breed.

29JE3246 DEXTRO is an Avery son from Sunbow Declo Denmark and was bred by Charles Steer, TN. His shallow udders and strong dairy frames are an ideal fit for today’s profit minded dairy producers.

Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is 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 part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.

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