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1 Brown Swiss Catalogue AUGUST 2010

2 B S R HART CARTOON ET EX-93-CAN B S EX (M) R HART CARTOON (M) PROPHET x MATTHEW x STANDOUT PROPHET X MATTHEW Reg: BSCANM38796 Born: May 13, 1996 aaa: DMS: 246 LPI Herds 207 kg %Dev. Daughters 669 Milk +421 Lactations 1403 Fat Reliability 98% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk 9107 Fat 366 Protein 313 Herds: 174 Daughters: 597 Reliability : 96% Conformation 9 Mammary System 8 Feet & Legs 7 Dairy Strength 8 Rump 4 DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: 65 Udder Depth 1D Rear Leg Side View 6S Udder Texture +11 Set of Rear Legs +3 Median Suspensory +5 Rear Leg Rear View +4 Fore Attachment +7 Stature -1 Fore Teat Placement 2W Height at front end +5 Rear Attachment Height +7 Chest Width +13 Rear Attachment Width +7 Body Depth +8 Rear Teat Placement 7C Angularity +2 Teat Length 5L Loin Strength +2 Foot Angle +5 Rump Angle 1L Heel Depth +1 Pin Setting +1 Bone Quality +5 Pin Width +3 CANM38796 Born: 1996 May 13 aaa: DMS: 246 Beta Casein: BB R-HART FARM, WAPAKONETA, OH, USA MOROCO CARTOON NÉSA EX-90-CAN Ferme Sabano, Coaticook, PQ, Canada Herd Life 103 Milking Speed 104 Somatic Cell Score 3.19 Milking Temperament 98 Lactation Persistency 102 Calving ability 106 Daughter Fertility 101 Daughter calving ability 107 STOOKEYHOLM CARTOON MARIAH GP-83-2YR-CAN Adam Keener, Milford, IN, USA Page 3 of 6 HOMETOWN CARTOON BEAUTY EX-92-CAN Brown Heaven, Verchères, PQ, Canada SWISS LAND CARTOON BETTY VG-88-3YR-CAN Ferme Hinsy, St-Robert, PQ, Canada 2

3 B S GUBELMAN DENMARK DANIEL DENMARK x GORDON x SAM DENMARK X GORDON Reg: BSCANM Born: September 29, 2000 aaa: DMS: 126,246 EX-90-CAN B S EX GUBELMAN DENMARK DANIEL LPI +677 Herds 97 kg %Dev. Daughters 225 Milk -335 Lactations 365 Fat Reliability 95% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk 8582 Fat 354 Protein 305 Herds: 84 Daughters: 183 Reliability : 90% Conformation 4 Mammary System 3 Feet & Legs 1 Dairy Strength 3 Rump 6 DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: 64 Udder Depth 4S Rear Leg Side View 4S Udder Texture -1 Set of Rear Legs +5 Median Suspensory +2 Rear Leg Rear View -3 Fore Attachment +3 Stature +3 Fore Teat Placement 0 Height at front end 0 Rear Attachment Height +3 Chest Width +9 Rear Attachment Width -3 Body Depth +5 Rear Teat Placement 5W Angularity -2 Teat Length 2S Loin Strength +5 Foot Angle +6 Rump Angle 0 Heel Depth -3 Pin Setting +3 Bone Quality -3 Pin Width +1 CANM Born: 2000 Sept 29 aaa: DMS: 126, 246 Kappa Casein: AB ERNST GUBELMANN, WALTON, ON, CANADA EASTWIND DANIEL DOLLY VG-86-2YR-CAN Heidi & Walter Von Ah, St. Albert, ON, Canada Herd Life 103 Milking Speed 94 Somatic Cell Score 2.34 Milking Temperament 108 Lactation Persistency 107 Calving ability 104 Daughter Fertility 100 Daughter calving ability 104 GAHILET ASANDRA DANIEL VG-85-3YR-CAN Sylvain Hinse, St-Robert, PQ, Canada Page 1 of 6 GUBELMAN DANIEL WANDA EX-91-CAN Ernst Gubelmann, Walton, ON, Canada 3 VIADUC DANIEL MAULIK VG-85-3YR-CAN Ferme R & L Leboeuf Inc., Ste-Anne de la Pérade, PQ, Canada

4 B S *TM VG-CAN B S VG TM HILLTOP ACRES ACRES GOLDMINE GOLDMINE DYNASTY X DALTON *TM DYNASTY x DALTON x emory Reg: BSUSAM Born: September 7, 2004 aaa: DMS: 246,126 LPI Herds 36 kg %Dev. Daughters 51 Milk +496 Lactations 65 Fat Reliability 83% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk 8923 Fat 351 Protein 315 Herds: 34 Daughters: 47 Reliability : 73% Conformation 10 Mammary System 11 Feet & Legs 5 Dairy Strength 8 Rump -1 BSUSAM Born: 2004 Sept 7 aaa: DMS: 246,126 Kappa Casein: - DENNIS MASHEK, CALMAR, IA, USA DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: 70 Udder Depth 3S Rear Leg Side View 6S Udder Texture +15 Set of Rear Legs +2 Median Suspensory +7 Rear Leg Rear View +1 Fore Attachment +6 Stature +2 Fore Teat Placement 7C Height at front end +3 Rear Attachment Height +8 Chest Width -7 Rear Attachment Width +12 Body Depth -2 Rear Teat Placement 7C Angularity +13 Teat Length 7S Loin Strength +6 Foot Angle +2 Rump Angle 2L Heel Depth -3 Pin Setting +1 Bone Quality +13 Pin Width -3 Herd Life 104 Milking Speed 105 Somatic Cell Score 2.96 Milking Temperament 101 Lactation Persistency 105 Calving ability 107 Daughter Fertility 100 Daughter calving ability 96 SYLGO GOLDMINE BLANCHETTE GP-84-2YR-CAN Ferme Sylgo Senc, St-Raphael de Bellechasse, PQ, Canada Semex B S *TW *TM B S Scherma SCHERMA EAGLE Eagle GREG-ET *TM GREG EAGLE X JUPITER eagle x jupiter x raymo Reg: BSCHEM Born: January 29, 2004 aaa: DMS: 18/08/10 11:27 AM LPI Page 6 of 6 Herds 74 kg %Dev. Daughters 79 Milk +541 Lactations Fat Reliability 71% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk Fat Protein Herds: 68 Daughters: 73 Reliability : 68% Conformation 6 Mammary System 7 Feet & Legs 4 Dairy Strength 2 Rump 4 CH Born: 2004 Jan 29 aaa: Kappa Casein: BB Marc Schertenleib, Vulliens, Switzerland DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: Udder Depth 1D Rear Leg Side View 2C Udder Texture Set of Rear Legs Median Suspensory +13 Rear Leg Rear View Fore Attachment -2 Stature +2 Fore Teat Placement 5C Height at front end Rear Attachment Height +2 Chest Width +6 Rear Attachment Width +5 Body Depth +4 Rear Teat Placement 6C Angularity -2 Teat Length 2S Loin Strength Foot Angle -5 Rump Angle 2L Heel Depth Pin Setting Bone Quality Pin Width +6 Herd Life 104 M Milking Speed 95 M Somatic Cell Score 2.79 M Milking Temperament 99 PA Lactation Persistency 97 PA Calving ability 100 M Daughter Fertility 96 PA Daughter calving ability 97 PA GREG LUNA VG-85-CHE Peter Allenmann, Untervaz, Switzerland 4

5 B S B S SCHÄRZ BS BS PRESIDENT ALIBABA ALIBABA PRESIDENT X STARBUCK PRESIDENT x STARBUCK x combustion Reg: BSCHEM Born: October 25, 2003 aaa: DMS: *TM LPI Herds 105 kg %Dev. Daughters 124 Milk +329 Lactations Fat Reliability 75% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk Fat Protein Herds: 98 Daughters: 117 Reliability : 71% Conformation 8 Mammary System 10 Feet & Legs 2 Dairy Strength -1 Rump 0 CHEM Born: 2003 Oct 25 aaa: Kappa Casein: AB RODOLPHE SCHÄRZ, MONT-SOLEIL, SWITZERLAND DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: Udder Depth 7S Rear Leg Side View 12S Udder Texture Set of Rear Legs Median Suspensory +3 Rear Leg Rear View Fore Attachment +9 Stature +2 Fore Teat Placement 11C Height at front end Rear Attachment Height +4 Chest Width +2 Rear Attachment Width +1 Body Depth -2 Rear Teat Placement 10C Angularity -2 Teat Length 10S Loin Strength Foot Angle +5 Rump Angle 7L Heel Depth Pin Setting Bone Quality Pin Width 0 Herd Life 110 M Milking Speed 104 M Semex Somatic Cell Score 2.79 M Milking Temperament 103 PA Lactation Persistency 100 PA Calving ability 98 M Daughter Fertility 96 M Daughter calving ability 103 M B S B S JOLAHOFS POLO POLO JONGLEUR-ET JONGLEUR POLO X STARBUCK POLO x STARBUCK x jinx king Reg: BSCHEM Born: September 2, 2003 aaa: DMS: *TM SCHÄRZE BS ALIBABA ARVE GP-84-CHE Rodolphe Schärze, Mont-Soleil, Switzerland LPI +702 Page 5 of 6 Herds 97 kg %Dev. Daughters 108 Milk -59 Lactations Fat Reliability 75% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk Fat Protein Herds: 95 Daughters: 103 Reliability : 70% Conformation 14 Mammary System 12 Feet & Legs 7 Dairy Strength 4 Rump 5 CHEM Born: 2003 Sept 2 aaa: Kappa Casein: AA GION-PEDER VINZENS, JOLAHOF CRESTAS, LUVEN, SWITZERLAND DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: Udder Depth 9S Rear Leg Side View 3S Udder Texture Set of Rear Legs Median Suspensory 0 Rear Leg Rear View Fore Attachment +2 Stature +11 Fore Teat Placement 11C Height at front end Rear Attachment Height +10 Chest Width +12 Rear Attachment Width +10 Body Depth +2 Rear Teat Placement 6C Angularity +1 Teat Length 5S Loin Strength Foot Angle +3 Rump Angle 0 Heel Depth Pin Setting Bone Quality Pin Width +6 Herd Life 107 M Milking Speed 101 M Somatic Cell Score 3.20 M Milking Temperament 104 PA Lactation Persistency 96 PA Calving ability 99 M Daughter Fertility 100 M Daughter calving ability 105 M JANGLEUR JESSIE VG-86-CHE Christian Beeli, Films Dorf, Switzerland 5

6 B S B S HÄNNY SWISS SWISS GORDON GORDON WURL ET WURL GORDON X STARBUCK gordon x starbuck x jinxson Reg: BSCANM Born: November 7, 1997 aaa: DMS: *TM LPI +899 Herds 29 kg %Dev. Daughters 60 Milk +273 Lactations 96 Fat Reliability 87% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk 9525 Fat 384 Protein 326 Herds: 24 Daughters: 53 Reliability : 75% Conformation 7 Mammary System 6 Feet & Legs 3 Dairy Strength 10 Rump 3 CHEM Born: 1997 Nov 7 aaa: Kappa Casein: BB HANS & CHRISTIAN HÄNNY, MUHLE, SARN, SWITZERLAND DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: 68 Udder Depth 2S Rear Leg Side View 0 Udder Texture +7 Set of Rear Legs -5 Median Suspensory -2 Rear Leg Rear View -5 Fore Attachment +7 Stature +8 Fore Teat Placement 5C Height at front end +7 Rear Attachment Height +5 Chest Width +6 Rear Attachment Width +3 Body Depth +5 Rear Teat Placement 2W Angularity +7 Teat Length 15S Loin Strength +4 Foot Angle -1 Rump Angle 6H Heel Depth +3 Pin Setting -8 Bone Quality +2 Pin Width +15 Herd Life 100 Milking Speed 96 Semex Somatic Cell Score 2.95 Milking Temperament 95 Lactation Persistency 99 Calving ability 98 Daughter Fertility 104 Daughter calving ability B S B S Vetsch s VETSCH'S DENTESSO Dentesso CAFINO CAFINO Reg: BSCHEM Born: January 9, 2004 aaa: DMS: X CAMELOT dentesso x camelot x pete rose *TM STEINER S WURL ASHLYN VG-85-CHE GS Alliance, Bürglen, Switzerland 18/08/10 11:27 AM LPI Page 2 of 6 Herds 61 kg %Dev. Daughters 64 Milk +926 Lactations Fat Reliability 69% Protein Daughter Average (ME) Milk Fat Protein Herds: 57 Daughters: 60 Reliability : 65% Conformation 6 Mammary System 2 Feet & Legs 2 Dairy Strength 6 Rump 0 CH Born: 2004 Jan 9 aaa: Kappa Casein: AA Vetsch Andreas, Rikon im Tösstal, SWITZERLAND DESCRIPTIVE GP or better %: Udder Depth 5D Rear Leg Side View 2C Udder Texture Set of Rear Legs Median Suspensory +2 Rear Leg Rear View Fore Attachment +2 Stature +7 Fore Teat Placement 5C Height at front end Rear Attachment Height +8 Chest Width +5 Rear Attachment Width +10 Body Depth +14 Rear Teat Placement 4C Angularity -3 Teat Length 5L Loin Strength Foot Angle -3 Rump Angle 4L Heel Depth Pin Setting Bone Quality Pin Width -1 Herd Life 97 M Milking Speed 102 M Somatic Cell Score 2.87 M Milking Temperament 101 PA Lactation Persistency 99 PA Calving ability 103 M Daughter Fertility 98 PA Daughter calving ability 102 PA VETSCH S CAFINO LAGUNA GP-84-CHE Andreas Vetsch, Rikon im Tösstal, Switzerland 6

7 SWISSGENETICS As a partner in cattle breeding, Swissgenetics supports farmers efforts to develop efficient breeding stock, whether the focus is dairy, beef or dual purpose cattle. Swissgenetics wide line-up of bovine genetics supports these high performance goals, while promoting animal health. We are working to create a genetic base for economical milk and beef production to benefit all farmers. We offer our customers the best bovine genetics for their conditions of production and thus make a sustainable contribution to their economic success. We guarantee the high quality of our products and services through our comprehensive quality management. GREG UGANDA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP The Semex Alliance and Swissgenetics started their global partnership in Through Semex s powerful network of international distributors, Swissgenetics is represented in over 60 countries world wide. The genetic products of both companies are complementary to each other, enabling distributors to provide breeders with the best possible genetics for all types of production environments. ALIBABA PELICIA WURL WACHTEL BREEDING PROGRAMS Swissgenetics runs the largest Brown Swiss testing program in the world. Other programs are those for Simmental and Original Braunvieh, which are dual purpose breeds with Swiss roots. Around 215 bulls are sampled each year. Successful breeding is no coincidence. The combined effect of a clear breeding strategy and number of young sires guarantees that Swissgenetics can continuously offer a wide selection of proven bulls of several kind of breeds, meeting every farmer s wishes. JONGLEUR ROXANA Put these Brown Swiss sires to work for you, contact your local Semex salesman today! OB WINZER 7

8 B S TOP ACRES JCS SHEBANG wonderment x starbuck x emory USAM Born: 2008 Jul 10 aaa: DMS: 246,126 Kappa Casein: - MIKE & SHERYL DEAVER, JC ANDERSON & WC SLIKER, EDGERTON, WI, USA GRANDAM: OLD MILL E SNICKERDOODLE EX-96-2E Six Time Grand Champion World Dairy Expo Supreme Champion World Dairy Expo 2003 Reserve Supreme Champion World Dairy Expo 2008 & 2009 Eight Time All-American SCHÄRZ BS PRESIDENT ALIBABA... 5 VETSCH S DENTESSO CAFINO... 6 R HART CARTOON... 2 GUBELMAN DENMARK DANIEL... 3 HILLTOP ACRES GOLDMINE... 4 SCHERMA EAGLE GREG... 4 JOLAHOFS POLO JONGLEUR... 5 TOP ACRES JCS SHEBANG... 8 HÄNNY SWISS GORDON WURL... 6 SWISSGENETICS PARTNERSHIP... 7 Just like on the dairy, every dose counts at Semex. We work hard to ensure that each and every dose is the very best product available, from the bull to the farm tank. Semex s focused and dedicated staff prides itself on exceeding industry standards for sire care, laboratory, warehouse and transportation services. This commitment to excellence and belief that every dose counts, guarantees that Semex sires are the most reliable, fertile and profitable choice for dairymen everywhere. 130 Stone Rd. W., Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3Z2 Tel: Fax: info@semex.com

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