Select Sires Inc. is a farmer cooperative owned by farmers that operates in Plain City, Ohio. It specializes in bovine genetics and reproductive services. The company was established in 1965, and it offers artificial insemination solutions and genetic programs to the dairy and beef producers in the United States and over 80 countries. Its brands are dairy sires, beef sires, sex-sorted semen via the SexedULTRA technology, and gender-selected semen under the GenderSELECT brand.
The cooperative has regional member organizations and production facilities, laboratories, and distribution networks to provide livestock operations of different sizes. Select Sires has invested in genetic research, genomic testing, and data-based breeding programs to enhance the quality of traits like milk production, fertility, longevity, feed efficiency, calving ease, and carcass quality. Genomic tests and health trait forecasts, such as NxGEN® and Calf Wellness, can be used to help producers make better breeding choices.
Besides semen sales, the company provides reproductive consulting, herd health services, mating programs, and technical training. World Wide Sires, its international division, sells the U.S. genetics worldwide. Being a cooperative, profits are sent back to the farmers, which supports its producer-centered structure.
Select Sires is an integrated approach of genetic studies, high-tech reproductive technology, and corporate ownership to help in sustainable herd improvement. Its size, international presence, and science-based breeding initiatives make it one of the strongest players in livestock genetics.
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