Select Sires has collected semen samples from the bulls and run them through its grading program to so-so results; they came out in the middle of the pack.

Most U.S. dairy cows are born with horns, but most farms remove them. Animal welfare groups say dehorning is cruel. Instead, they want ranchers to breed more hornless cattle into their herds.

"This is the company Select Sires," he says. It's one of just a few companies in the United States that sells semen from bulls for the purpose of artificially inseminating dairy cows.

The first selection criteria for beef bulls to use on dairy cows is ease of calving, he advised. “Then look for ones with a short calving interval, as there is a range of 280-290 days.

Zoetis and Select Sires Inc. have announced a partnership to help cattle producers gain more from data.

Using semen from Select Sires gives the farmer the chance to pick the bull with just the right characteristics to complement the mother, thus producing a valuable dairy calf.

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — The new board chairman for Select Sires is Myron Czech of Little Falls. His interest in dairy genetics started when he was just six years old.

The East Central/Select Sires Board of Directors has named Jerome Meyer as the new general manager for southern Wisconsin, artificial-breeding cooperative.