FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GLOBAL LEGACY ROY BECOMES ABS DIAMOND SIRE

DEFOREST, WISCONSIN - February 17, 2005 – ABS sire 29HO9023 ROYlane Jordan-ET*TV EX-95 has joined the ranks of an ABS Diamond Sire following the release of the February sire summary information on Monday, February 14. Diamond Sires have 1000 milking daughters in their reliable proof and offer outstanding Customer Satisfaction.

"ROY is the true high type leader in many global markets," stated Scott Bentley, ABS Dairy Product Manager. "He is now recognized as perhaps the world’s finest improver of type with his +16 Confirmation in Canada and +3.53 Top 5 Type Merit in the UK. Demand for semen has never been higher and increases with each new country that is milking ROY daughters. Fortunately the ABS Barn and Production keeps him in great health and working condition."

This new addition to the ABS Diamond Sires list is truly "A Global Legacy" as his daughters around the globe that have contributed a total of 2,558 daughters in 1,098 herds. Over two points in Type and Udder Composite in the USA, ROY is siring high scoring and show winning daughters in many markets, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan and the UK. Currently ROY has over 250 daughters classified in the USA, Canada and the UK with 3 of these daughters being Excellent and 82 of them classifying Very Good. The highest classified ROY daughter is Koetsier Roy 117 EX-93, EX-91 Udder, owned by Jake & Jay Koetsier, Tulare, Calif., who acquired that score at Five Years of age. This particular cow is the cover girl of the ABS February 2005 Profit Power. In the show ring, ROY has sired a nominated All-American heifer, and in the sale ring, has sired many daughters who were high selling individuals. On top of it all, this outstanding JUROR son is also a Calving Ease Specialist at 6% CE.

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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To receive the contents of this release electronically, please contact Alice Langer at alanger@absglobal.com, or (608) 846-6203.

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