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DIE-HARD SURPASSES 1.5 MILLION UNITSDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – September 23, 2008 – As of September 15, 2008, ABS Millionaire Sire 29H8538 Regancrest Rbk DIE-HARD VG-86 has produced 1,540,000 units that have passed ABS quality control measures and been made available for sale to dairy producers around the world. DIE-HARD is the number one semen production bull of all time at ABS and is believed to rank number three in the Holstein breed for lifetime production. “Extreme customer satisfaction with DIE-HARD daughters has continued the exceptional demand and hence the need for continued production. His high lifetime semen production total has allowed semen to be readily available for dairymen around the world for over 8 years, and he is still going strong,” stated Eliza Roberts, ABS Production Manager. DIE-HARD is a Roebuck son from the Snow-N Denises Dellia EX-95 family. His daughters excel in any environment and posses well-attached udders with a deep seam and correct teat placement. An ABS DURAbull™, DIE-HARD is a health and management trait standout, ranks high for Daughter Pregnancy Rate (+2.8) and Productive Life (+4.1). DIE-HARD is also an ABS Diamond Sire (over 1,000 milking daughters) and a Calving Ease Specialist at 6% CE. DIE-HARD tops an elite class of ABS bulls worldwide in providing high customer satisfaction genetics for a continuous number of years. He headlines the ABS Millionaires Club (1 million units produced) that also includes 29H5296 SOUTHWIND, 29H8343 CONVINCER-ET and 29HO9023 ROY. 29HO10124 BOLIVER and 29HO10644 GARRISON will likely be the next ABS Millionaire Sires as their lifetime production currently exceeds 900,000 units. 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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