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Marcos has been employed by Genex since September 2007. In January 2012, he demonstrated his leadership abilities by starting a new service route in the Merced, Calif., area. In the first year, he added new herds to the service route and helped increase the quality of genetics used in breeding programs thereby improving herd profit potential.
J Marcos De Oliveira Breeding Program Specialist Turlock, California
Marcos works hard as a member of the service team and has demonstrated his dedication to the success of the team, his teammates and cooperative members. He strives for strong reproductive performance on the farm and consistently maintains high pregnancy rates ranging from 23% to 27%. Through his hard work and determination Marcos has grown total sales in the service route area by 7,261 units over 2011. Marcos is married to wife Raquel. They have a son, Ethan, who is 8.
Don, who has worked at Genex for nearly 11 years, possesses an excellent knowledge of the dairy industry. This benefits him in his career as the Profit Development Specialist for the team serving members in northwest Iowa. The team – consisting of Dan Beatty, Craig Bosma, Neil Jones, Jeremiah Ploen and Chris Janssen – is high functioning and performs extremely well under Don’s direction. Together, they excel in providing outstanding reproductive management services and programs that create a consistent high level of pregnancy rates for members’ herds. The team also excelled in 2012 by leading the marketing region for sales dollars and semen units; they surpassed the 100,000 semen unit mark for the year. J Don Guthridge Profit Development Specialist Kingsley, Iowa
He is married to wife Holly. They live near Kingsley, Iowa, with their three children Ella (8), Issaac (6) and Lyla (2).
Derek joined Genex in October 2007 and since the beginning has sincerely enjoyed working with members in northeast Wisconsin. The success these members have on their dairies – whether related to production, reproduction, herd health or longevity – is a great source of joy in Derek’s daily work. This fits well with his responsibilities: heat detection, artificial insemination, and helping to identify overall herd health issues during daily calls or while walking and chalking herds. Derek is happy to be working with a great Genex team: Charles Nett, Steve Szews, Jeff Fischer, Mike Krueger, Tim Kolpack and Zach Wendler. The members served by this group of employees are satisfied with the dependability of service provided. J Derek Kolpack Breeding Program Specialist Bryant, Wisconsin
Derek and his wife, Jennifer, live in Wisconsin’s Langlade County.
has made the A.I. industry extremely exciting and accelerated the pace of genetics now compared to my first years in the industry.” Through it all, Ed notes that working with the Genex staff in the Southeast has been one of his greatest pleasures. “And, the growth we saw in 2012 was very rewarding.” Ed and his wife, Janice, have two sons (Michael and Jonathan) who have blessed them with five grandchildren.
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J Ed Silba works tirelessly in the southeast U.S. and abroad to improve producers' profit potential.
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