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Semex is pleased to announce new leadership at Semex France, with Arnaud Botrel as its new Owner-Distributor, effective January 1, 2025.

With over 24 years of mutual success in the French dairy industry, Semex, and Semex France remain steadfast in delivering their customers the best products and services. Arnaud has been with Semex for over 20 years, beginning as an enthusiastic salesperson and working his way up to Product and Regional Manager for over five years.

“France is one of the premier dairy markets in Europe,” says Semex Vice President, Sales John McDougall. “We’re focused on deepening relationships with our clients worldwide. French dairymen should feel confident that Semex and Semex France are their best sources of industry-leading products, technologies, and services. Our team remains ready to provide producers with the industry's most advanced genetic reproductive solutions.”

"Arnaud has been an excellent Product & Regional Manager for our Semex France Team, and we're grateful for his dedication and leadership," says McDougall. “We believe Semex’s future in France remains very bright with Arnaud leading this team in the extremely important French market.”  

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The August 2024 proof round brought lots of exciting news for our Holstein breeders. Amongst the highlights, EastGen made 18 new additions to our elite sire line-up which will add tremendous value to anyone’s breeding program regardless of
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La ronde d’épreuves d’août 2024 a apporté beaucoup de nouvelles excitantes pour nos éleveurs Holstein. Parmi les faits saillants, EastGen a ajouté à son groupe d’élite 18 nouveaux taureaux qui apporteront une valeur exceptionnelle à tous les programmes d’élevage, quels que soient les objectifs pour leurs troupeaux. Tout d’abord, nous avons ajouté deux taureaux acères homozygotes
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𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 - 𝙄𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙧. 𝙏𝙞𝙢 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙬 ᴅᴇᴀᴅʟɪɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴜʙᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ɪꜱ Tuesᴅᴀʏ, ᴏᴄᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 1, 2024 EastGen has established this award to recognize a leader/mentor of agricultural youth and to celebrate the legacy of the late Dr. Tim Henshaw. A skilled veterinarian, educator, and communicator, Dr. Tim was highly respected for his integrity and widely known in the agricultural industry and beyond as a leader, mentor and someone who inspired youth to challenge themselves. In addition, he was highly supportive of people throughout his community and beyond and recognized for his giving of self and generosity of spirit. Created in addition to the youth show participant awards established by EastGen in 2023, the purpose of the annual 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 is to recognize those who emulate the qualities of Dr. Tim. The winner will receive a cash award provided by EastGen and a keepsake memento. The 2023 recipient was John Drummond (a.k.a. Mr. 4-H). The 2024 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 will be presented during the TD Canadian 4-H Dairy Classic at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in early November. 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: Feeding the Human Spirit Leadership Award - In Honour of Dr. Tim Henshaw For further information or assistance with the nomination form, please get in touch with tara.reynolds@eastgen.ca or call 226-332-2264. Note - ... Read More...

EastGen DELEGATE & ALTERNATE DELEGATE elections will be held via mail-in ballot. This nomination may be forwarded by mail or email to the Secretary of the Board (Brian O’Connor) but must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2024. Email address is brian.oconnor@eastgen.ca CALL FOR DELEGATE & ALTERNATE DELEGATE NOMINATIONS can
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EastGen members in Zones 1, 4, 7 and 10 are invited to submit nominations for a Director in their respective Zone for a three-year term.
Any member seeking election as a director or any current director seeking re-election must file a signed, written nomination (early nomination form attached), co-signed by another member within the same zone. The nomination may be forwarded by mail or email to the Secretary of the Board (Brian O’Connor) and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the last Friday in October (October 25, 2024). Email address is brian.oconnor@eastgen.ca.

Each director shall have attained the age of majority (18 years) and at the time of election
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Boviteq is thrilled to announce the strategic selection of a new licensee location in Spain. This new IVF partner will combine its local intelligence with Boviteq knowledge to deliver the industry’s leading IVF services to clients.

Now, clients in Spain and Portugal through Embriovet have access to Boviteq’s excellent products and services, promising a brighter future for the industry.

“With the growth in IVF services and the extreme demand for our product worldwide, we seek partners to work shoulder-to-shoulder with bovine producers.  Embriovet is a logical choice,” says Melissa Bowers, Semex Vice President, Embryo Division. “Embriovet and Dr. Daniel Bello share our values of excellent service and client relationships along with an embryo philosophy that meshes with our own, making them ideal partners.”

"We are very excited to be partners with Boviteq,” says Dr. Bello. “We have worked in the embryo world for 30 years and always seek excellence. With Boviteq, we take a qualitative leap by incorporating the most advanced technology and accessing the knowledge and experience accumulated by one of the most prestigious groups recognized worldwide. Our clients make significant efforts and investments in genetic improvement and deserve that we support them with the best tools at our disposal. Improving the production of high-quality in vitro embryos with proven freezing technology that facilitates direct transfer will rejuvenate the domestic and export markets, giving us a solid base from which to grow.”

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Semex is excited to announce that it is one of 13 semi-finalists from 86 applications in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge. Announced by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, this $12M Challenge encourages innovators to develop and deploy economically viable and scalable practices, processes, and technologies designed to reduce enteric methane emissions produced by cattle. As a semi-finalist, Semex receives a non-refundable grant of $153,846 and is eligible to win additional funding in the later stages of the competition. With help from Lactanet, Semex proposed developing a breeding protocol and strategy that incentivizes dairymen to use low-methane genetics and measures, records, and verifies methane reductions over time. Semex is grateful to its partners, Lactanet and Dairy Farmers of Canada, for their collaboration and partnership in this project. For more information on this Challenge, click here.
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