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GLOBAL LEGACY ROY DIESDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – October 26, 2007 – 29HO9023 ROYlane Jordan-ET*TV died Friday October 19. This Global Type Leader achieved the rare milestone of over 1 million semen units produced and sold. He is the #1 semen production bull in the history of ABS with 1.35 million units produced. ROY was born on May 1, 1996, and bred and owned by Bert Roylance, of Washington, USA. He arrived at ABS on February 15, 1997, and graduated into active A.I. in May 2001. As a “Global Legacy" his type proof boasts of 15,375 daughters from 6,311 herds from around the globe. Over +2.97 points in Type and +2.42 points in Udder Composite, ROY is known for siring high scoring and show winning daughters around the world. “While saddened by this loss, the world can long enjoy the impact of ROY through his current semen inventory, milking daughters, and the sons and grandsons that will be popular in global A.I .programs for decades to come,” stated Scott Bentley, ABS Global Dairy Product Manager. ROY’s success in the show ring is evidenced by the multiple successes at the 2007 World Dairy Expo with the first Fall Calf and Jr. Champion, MS Atlees Roy Autumn-ET. Roy also sired the winning Sr. Three-Year-Old, Harvue Roy Frosty, who went on to be named Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion. ROY daughters were also along the top ten in several other classes at the show and will be perennial class winners for years to come. ABS sires that follow in the footsteps of Roy include: Atlas, Dundee, Drake, and his ABS sons in waiting. 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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