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The first dairy proof round of the year has arrived and you can be confident that EastGen’s expansive sire line-up will offer the very best genetic solutions available anywhere for your herd. We will start with the exciting newly proven Progenesis Pragmatic who debuts as Canada’s new #8 GLPI sire. Most importantly with Pragmatic, is that there is no sire in the breed higher for Milk than Pragmatic that has his level of type! Pragmatic begins his proven career with +3640 GLPI, +2325 Milk, +99 Fat (+.07%), +92 Protein (+.10%), and
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Commençons par l’excitant taureau nouvellement éprouvé Progenesis Pragmatic qui fait ses débuts au 8e rang de l’IPV au Canada. Ce qui est le plus important, c’est qu’aucun autre taureau dans la race n’obtient un score plus élevé en Lait que Pragmatic en ayant le même niveau de conformation! Pragmatic débute sa carrière de taureau éprouvé avec +3640 IPVG, +2325 Lait, +99 Gras (+,07%), +92 Protéine (+,10%) et +5 en Conformation. Pragmatic, précédé d’une riche lignée, est issu d’un croisement Expresso-Rubicon et de 13 générations
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Semex is pleased to announce its 2024-2025 Board of Directors. Jean-François Morin (CIAQ) will serve as President of the Board, assisted by Curtis McNeil (EastGen) as Vice President, and Executive Member Jean Bissonnette (CIAQ).

We look forward to working closely with these individuals as we navigate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Semex is comprised of three Partner Owners: WestGen, CIAQ (Centre d'insémination artificielle du Québec) and EastGen. As a leading global genetic company, Semex is focused on providing our clients with the solutions, innovations, and technologies that positively impact their lives, as well as the lives of the animals on their operations and within our global community. This is Genetics for Life.

Photo Caption: L – R: Gerrit Wensink (EastGen), Jean Bissonnette (CIAQ) Executive Member of the Board, Tom Pasco (EastGen), Jim Ross (WestGen), Jean-François Morin (CIAQ) President, Amanda Jeffs (EastGen), Tony Van Garderen (WestGen), Curtis McNeil (EastGen) Vice-President, Richard Lagacé (CIAQ), Michel Frigon (CIAQ)
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SemexGO™ – Sire Search at Your Fingertips: The SemexGO™ sire search app, launched worldwide in March 2023, has gained a solid following in the past year including
EastGen’s John Hedden who quickly introduced it to his customers. They’re now hooked on this free app’s ability to easily deliver fast results by breed, traits, and brands in LPI and TPI. “It’s the greatest thing Semex has come up with,” enthusiastically states Hedden, an EastGen Regional Sales Rep./AI Technician
based in the Renfrew County area of Eastern Ontario. “You can search any bull, not just Semex sires, enter your criteria and get a short list of available bulls.”
SemexGO places access at your fingertips. It gives users the ability to see full, updated proofs as soon as sires a
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SemexGO – la recherche de taureaux au bout
L’application de recherche de taureaux SemexGOmc, lancée à l’échelle mondiale en mars 2023, a acquis de solides adeptes au cours de la dernière année, y compris John Hedden d’EastGen qui l’a rapidement présentée à ses clients. Ils sont maintenant devenus accros à la capacité de cette application gratuite de produire facilement des résultats rapides par race, caractère et marque dans l’IPV et le TPI. « C’est la meilleure chose que Semex ait trouvée, » déclare avec enthousiasme M. Hedden, un représentant commercial/technicien en I.A. régional d’EastGen basé dans le comté de Renfrew dans
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Your Opinion is Important to Us - At EastGen, we strive to consistently provide the best genetics, products, and services to our customers. That’s why surveys were circulated early this month by email and directly to customers, asking for feedback. If you received a survey and haven’t already done so, we encourage you to take a few minutes to
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À EastGen, nous nous efforçons de toujours offrir la meilleure génétique, les meilleurs produits et les meilleurs services à nos clients. C’est pourquoi un sondage a été distribué au début du mois par courriel et directement aux clients, demandant leurs commentaires. Si vous avez reçu un sondage et n’y avez pas encore
répondu, nous vous encourageons à prendre
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For the past decade, Immunity+® has been at the heart of Semex’s Solutions. For herds that selected for it intensively, the results have been an economic game changer! Here’s a look at two success stories within EastGen’s area..
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Dans la dernière décennie, Immunité+® a été au cœur des Solutions Semex. Dans les troupeaux qui ont sélectionné de façon intensive en fonction de cet indice, les résultats ont changé la donne économique! Voici deux exemples de réussite dans le territoire d’EastGen...
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The final proof round of the year has arrived and with it, EastGen’s Holstein line-up continues to expand and improve to provide the most comprehensive list of sires and genetic solutions available anywhere for our breeders. The exciting newly proven Cedarwal Handpick P debuts with a splash as Canada’s #1 ranked proven polled sire! Handpick P begins his proven career with
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