2024 PSU Externs from left to right: Calvin Dechow, Paige Peiffer, and Emma McLaughlin Premier Select Sires was excited to host Calvin Dechow, Paige Peiffer, and Emma McLaughlin, three Penn State externs, during the first week of January. The students spent a week of their winter break job shadowing different employees of Premier and learning...
Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2024 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two exemplary students will receive $2,500 scholarships through either the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship or the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Several other students will receive scholarships of $750-$1,000 in value. Scholarship application forms...
Ethan Dearmon, an Area Sales Manager (ASM) in Premier’s southwestern region, retired on September 30, 2023. Ethan has served the Premier cooperative for the past 15 years. Please join us in thanking him for his service and wishing him the very best in retirement! Ethan first joined Southeast Select Sires (which would eventually become Premier...
Jacob Johnson has joined Premier as an Area Sales Manager in our Southwestern region. Jacob graduated from Kansas State University in May 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. He was active on the K-State livestock judging team, and he says that judging livestock has always been a passion for him. As opportunities arise,...
PLAIN CITY, Ohio and NAVASOTA, Texas, August 18, 2023 – Select Sires Inc. and Inguran LLC (dba STgen™) have signed a letter of intent to combine Select Sires Inc.’s and STgen’s production, research and development functions into a new company. The six U.S. farmer-owned cooperatives that provide exceptional sales, service, and support for the Select...
SUNY Cobleskill’s dairy program, in partnership with Premier Select Sires and Select Sires Inc., produced a bull calf that was genomically tested and ranked number three on the global Jersey Performance Index™ (JPI™) list. The calf initially had a JPI of +181, ranking him within the top ten globally. His JPI then increased to +197,...
Kevin Lincomfelt has been named a Sales Support Specialist for Premier Select Sires’ Southern Region. In his role, Lincomfelt will assist the local Premier team in providing customers with services related to the Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®) program, the Select Mating Service® (SMS®), CowManager®, artificial insemination (A.I.) training, and more. He will serve primarily eastern Tennessee,...
Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $25,950 to students through the 2023 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial Scholarship and the Wayne Dudley Scholarship. Fourteen other students received scholarships of $750 to $1,250 in value. William Coltrane of Pleasant Garden, N.C. is the son...