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EASTGEN UPDATE - août 2024 (FR)

Le thème des événements jeunesse 2024 d’EastGen était « Les jeunes orientent notre
avenir ». Gardant cela à l’esprit, les participants ont porté des gilets vert lime arborant ce slogan – un signe des réalisations des jeunes
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EASTGEN'S YOUTH EVENTS DRAW ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANTS

GUELPH, ON – The theme for EastGen’s 2024 youth events was “Youth Leading Our Future.” Keeping this in mind, participants sported lime green shirts on show day emblazoned with this slogan – a sign of achievements to come from youth in agriculture. Each year EastGen organizes and solely sponsors
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SEMEX ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT SEMEX ARGENTINA

Semex is pleased to announce a new leadership team at Semex Argentina, with the retirement of General Manager Jorge Carcano and the promotion of Alejandro Luque to General Manager effective January 2, 2025. Alejandro is well-tenured at Semex, first joining in 2018 as an Administrative Manager and most recently serving as Manager of Logistics, Finance & Administration.

Alejandro will be assisted by division leaders, Dr. Joaquin Pincetti, as Semex Argentina's Director of Commercial Dairy, and Augusto Jordan, as Semex Argentina's, Director of Commercial Beef.

Jorge Carcano successfully led Semex Argentina since its inception in 1997, guiding the Argentinian Team through numerous challenges, while achieving exceptional results in both dairy and beef markets, most recently selling over 840,000 doses in 2023. Jorge remains at Semex Argentina, assisting with this leadership transition.

"Jorge has been an excellent General Manager for our Argentinian Team and we're grateful for his dedication and guidance through this transition," says Horacio Larrea, Semex’s Director of International Sales. “I know this new team puts our future in good hands. Alejandro, Joaquin, and Augusto have each developed their careers at Semex Argentina, and we look forward to them taking our business to new levels of success.”
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EASTGEN UPDATE - JULY 2024

EastGen welcomed sales and solutions teams from our Semex partners Ciaq and WestGen for the second Canadian Partners Sales Conference, held June 18-20th in the Guelph, ON area. Building upon an outstanding conference that was hosted by
Ciaq and held in St-Hyacinthe, QC two years ago, that inaugural event set the pace with a roster of speakers who inspired thinking. The discussion and sharing of ideas among participants helped focus the entire
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EASTGEN UPDATE - JUILLET 2024 (FR)

EastGen a accueilli les équipes des ventes et des solutions de nos partenaires Semex, le Ciaq et WestGen, à la deuxième Conférence des ventes des partenaires canadiens, tenue du 18 au 20 juin dans la région de Guelph en Ontario. S’inspirant d’une remarquable conférence accueillie
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LARMER INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME

Semex proudly announces that former CEO Paul Larmer will be inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.

"Paul's contribution to Canadian agriculture is unparalleled," says Semex Director Global Marketing Joan Lau. "He has dedicated his life to Canadian producers, beginning at the grassroots level and rising to CEO of Semex. Paul's goal has always been to showcase our genetics to the world, as he says, 'punching above our weight.' Undoubtedly, his leadership solidified Canadian genetics and Semex's position as a global leader."

The official announcement reads, "Paul Larmer has dedicated his professional life to improving cattle genetics and establishing Canada as a global leader. From his early days as a dairy cattle sire analyst, to overseeing the formation of the Semex Alliance and 17 years at the helm as CEO, Paul’s lifetime leadership and vision have made a profound impact on the success of the Canadian, farmer-owned companies in the global cattle breeding improvement industry. A mentor to many, Paul seamlessly led Semex through a transition from a Canadian company exporting Canadian genetics to an international company providing global solutions in cattle genetics. Paul Larmer lives in Guelph, ON, and was nominated by Semex."

Paul will be formally inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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EASTGEN UPDATE - JUNE 2024

Semex Marks 50 Years - EastGen’s international partner celebrates a half century
of worldwide success. Semex recently marked their 50th Anniversary with a series of live events including a gathering of representatives from around the world, past and present board members, retired employees and industry guests. Highlights included a walking display of current sires, tributes to recently retired Chief Executive Officer Paul Larmer, and an ode to industry advancements and the many
people that shaped
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EASTGEN UPDATE - JUIN 2024 (FR)

Semex célèbre 50 ans - Le partenaire international d’EastGen célèbre un demi-siècle de succès mondial. Semex a récemment célébré son 50e anniversaire par une série d’événements, y compris un rassemblement de représentants du monde entier, d’administrateurs anciens et actuels, d’employés à la retraite et d’invités de l’industrie. Les faits saillants comprenaient une démonstration de taureaux actuels, des hommages à Paul Larmer, le chef de la direction récemment retraité, et une ode aux avancées de l’industrie et aux nombreuses
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EASTGEN UPDATE - MAY 2024

Rob Chadwick’s answer to cost savings during agitation of his manure pit led to another pleasant bonus – a significant reduction in flies around his Deseronto, Ont., dairy farm. The latter was no ticed and appreciated by the family, their milker, and visitors alike. “Our manure pit has a roof over it, so we were dealing with heavy crust and increased agitation times. When diesel be came really expensive during Covid we were noticing that
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EASTGEN UPDATE - MAI 2024 (FR)

La réponse de Rob Chadwick à l’économie des coûts liés à l’agitation de sa fosse à fumier a entraîné un autre agréable boni – une impor tante diminution des mouches dans sa ferme laitière de Deseronto, Ont. La famille, le ramasseur de lait et les visiteurs ont tous remar qué et apprécié cette diminution. « Notre fosse à fumier est recou verte d’un toit, ce qui entraîne une croûte épaisse et une augmen tation du temps d’agitation. Quand le diésel est devenu
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