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ABS HONORS SANDBULTE AS DISTRICT SALES MANAGER OF THE YEARDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – August 26, 2008 – ABS District Sales Manager Merlyn Sandbulte of Rock Valley, Iowa received the ABS District Manager of the Year Award at the 2008 Beef Region Roundtable held in DeForest, Wisc. “Merlyn worked with a large number of professional ABS Representatives in his area to achieve the exceptional level of performance he is being recognized for. He is responsible for a region including six states--Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana,” stated Global Beef Systems Manager, Dwight Williams. Sandbulte has been with ABS as a District Sales Manager for 15 years and was previously an ABS Independent Sales Representative for eight years. Sandbulte supports and coaches his sales Representatives on all of ABS’ core beef product lines and services, which includes high accuracy and differentiated beef genetics along with ABS Beef Supply Chain Services. Sandbulte has been a strong advocate for enhancing marketing opportunities for beef clients. He accomplishes this by providing ABS Supply Chain Services educational workshops that focus on the use of current value adding tools and services for producers to utilize. Williams adds, “Merlyn is always striving for implementation of cutting-edge technologies and tools to produce optimum pregnancy production in a herd, do it in a cost effective manner and align the producer in the best position to capture greatest value for the ABS progeny at marketing time.” Williams continued, “Merlyn not only earned this award for his sales district’s performance in specific objective criteria, but also for his passion for the business and this industry that drives him to cover such a large area and to surround himself with competent, professional ABS Representatives that provide the daily services that our clients have come to expect.” The ABS District Sales Manager of the Year Award is based on a formula, which includes such criteria as sales units, sales revenue and percent increase in sales, and was presented to Sandbulte at a banquet held in conjunction with the 2008 Beef Representative Roundtable. 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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