The 2023 All West/Select Sires Annual Meeting was held in San Diego, CA last week. We thank the cattle producers who serve as directors and delegates of this farmer-owned cooperative! Unfortunately, not all were able to make the trip, but this group braved the storms hitting the west coast to travel to this year's meeting destination. Pictured left to right are Bob Vander Poel, Jonathon DeGroot, Chris Jansen, Johnny Machado, Randy Kortus, Jason Prins, Paul Golob, Austin VanderHaak, Justin Borges, Dennis Areias, David Weststeyn, Brian Christiansen, Wade McMahan, Mike Moretti, Corey Zonneveld, Brent Roylance, Kathy Creighton-Smith, Rolf Veening, Jim Regli, Ranie Rupard, Frank Leonardo, Jon DeJong & Jerry Lanting. (Not pictured, but present: Eric Vander Kooy)

Select Sires Inc. Announces New Enterprise

Select Sires Inc. announces the creation of Low Carbon Technologies, LLC, as part of its farmer-owned cooperative. Low Carbon Technologies will serve beef and dairy farmers who are looking to document, verify and improve their operation’s carbon footprint and overall sustainability....Read More!

Zoetis and Select Sires Inc. to Partner to Help Cattle Producers Apply Data 

Zoetis and Select Sires Inc. are excited to announce their partnership to help cattle producers gain more from data. The partnership provides a grid marketing service, GeneNet™, which will provide Performance Livestock Analytics customers a designated marketing platform to communicate and promote the value of their cattle...Read More!

Meet All West District 04 Delegate,

Brent Roylance, Moses Lake, WA

Brent Roylance is our newly elected All West/Select Sires District 4 Delegate. Brent is a third-generation dairy producer in Moses Lake, Washington where he and his sons milk 1,250 Holstein cows at Brent Roylance and Son’s Dairy.....Read More!

Meet All West District 12 Delegate,

Julian Cowan, Nehalem, OR

Julian Cowan is our newly elected All West/Select Sires District 12 Delegate. Julian is a third-generation dairy producer in Nehalem, Oregon alongside his parents Brad and Melody Cowan and his sister Marika Cowan, where they operate with 600 registered Jersey cows at GreenGold Dairy. ...Read More

Meet All West District 22 Delegate,

David Weststeyn,Riverbank, CA

David Weststeyn is our newly elected All West/Select Sires District 22 Delegate. David is a third-generation dairy producer at BWC Weststeyn Dairy L.P. in Linden, California where he farms with his parents and his five siblings...Read More

Meet All West District 28 Delegate,

Chris Terra, El Nido, CA

Chris Terra is our newly elected All West/Select Sires District 28 Delegate. Chris is the Manager of RedTop Jerseys in Chowchilla, California where he manages a herd of 6,000 Jerseys....Read More

Sire Spotlight – 250HO14310 COFFEE

With never-ending tasks and all day, every day work schedules, every dairy producer could use a little coffee! 250HO14310 COFFEE will give your cattle the kick start they need to improve genetics in your herd....Read More

Applications Open For Inaugural

George Miller Memorial Scholarship

The first George Miller Memorial Scholarship will be awarded in 2023. This scholarship fund was created in honor of the late George Miller and supports a student who serves as a leader within the dairy industry and their communities..Read More!

Western Classic Dairy Show Entries

Due March 1^st  

Entries for the 2023 Western Classic Junior Dairy Show taking place March 10-12 in Tulare, CA are due on March 1^st! Other activities your youth exhibitors might be interested in registering for include judging contests, the inaugural dairy cattle costume contest and the Rita Valadao Memorial Award. Learn more & complete entries here

SPECIAL: Buy 5, Get 1 FREE! (March 1 – April 20, 2023)    

Calendar of Events

- Feb. 27-Mar. 2 Reno, NV Western Dairy Management Conference

- Mar. 1-2 Pride of Washington Online Tag Sale

- Mar. 3-4 Moses Lake, WA Washington State Holstein Convention

- Mar. 3-4 Hilmar, CA Wickstrom Jersey Farms Decade of Dupat Sale

- Mar. 10-12 Tulare, CA Western Classic Dairy Show

- Mar. 15-16 Columbus, OH Select Sires Annual Meeting

- Mar. 18 Monroe, WA Springtime Youth Calf Sale at Evergreen State Fairgrounds 

- April 4 Dairy Sire Evaluations Released

- April 14 Tulare, CA California Spring Jersey Show

- April 15 Tulare, CA California State Holstein Show

- April 16-20 Fresno, CA Select Sires Trusted Advisors Conference

- April 28-29 Monroe, WA Evergreen Junior Dairy Show

- June 22-24 Grandview, WA 9^th Annual Pacific Northwest Dairy Youth Camp

- Aug. 8 Dairy Sire Evaluations Released

- Dec. 5 Dairy Sire Evaluations Released

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NxGEN^® is a membership program used to expedite the distribution of elite genetics from the Select Sires breeding program into the marketplace. NxGEN has been developed to continue protecting Select Sires’ ongoing investments for the long-term benefit of our member patrons....

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