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GLOBAL LEGACY ROY BECOMES ABS MILLIONAIRE SIRE
DEFOREST, WISCONSIN - January 24, 2006 - 29HO9023 ROYlane Jordan-ET reached a major landmark in his ABS career. This type leader has achieved the rare milestone of 1 million semen units produced and his global appeal continues to grow. "We are pleased to add a long-time global customer favorite to the newly created ABS Millionaires Club. ROY joins DIE-HARD, SOUTHWIND and CONVINCER as the only ABS bulls to ever produce over 1 million units of semen. We give full credit to the ABS barn crews, laboratory teams, global sales personnel, and most importantly our dairy producer customers for this lifetime milestone," stated Scott Bentley, ABS Global Dairy Product Manager. ROY is the true high type leader in many global markets, where he is 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. According the Bentley, "The demand for ROY semen has never been higher and increases with each new country that is milking daughters of the global favorite. Fortunately, the ABS Barn and Production crews keep him in great health and working condition." This new addition to the ABS Millionaire Club is truly "A Global Legacy" as his daughters around the globe that have contributed a total of 9,239 daughters in 3,504 herds. Over +2.50 points in Type and +2.40 points in 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. 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. ROY’s success in the show ring is evidenced by the recent release of All-American and All-Canadian nominees, where he sired three nominated four All-American and one All-Canadian nominee. In the sale ring, he has also 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 and technologies. 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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