2023 ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

The Premier Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, March 7 in Baltimore, Md. Below are some highlights from that cooperative meeting!

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An audit report of the previous year was given. 2022 resulted in financial performance of $2,131,183 in net income on sales of $39,334,541.

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The board reviewed 2022, discussing genetic and product offering, services, marketing, performance, members, employees, and more.

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The board discussed Premier’s investment in Agrarian Solutions.

4 2023 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship recipients were announced. Please see newsletter pages 8-9 for more information on these exceptional students!

5 Please join us in thanking two retiring directors for their many years of service on the Premier Select Sires Board of Directors!

• Gary Dell of Westminster, Md. retired with 15 years of service.

• Paul Gingue of Waterford, Vt. retired with 16 years of service.

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The Premier board elected Select Sires Board Representatives. These individuals are: Kenny Taylor, James Cook, and Steve Craun.

Please join us in welcoming six new delegates to the Premier Select Sires Board of Directors!

• Emma Currie is from Currie Valley Dairy, LLC, a registered Holstein operation milking 1,100 cows in Tully, N.Y. “I served on the Premier Select Sires advisory board, Premier Owner’s Voice, for two years and look forward to continuing to serve this organization. I believe I can bring a valuable perspective to this board as a young farmer who utilizes many of the great services offered by Premier Select Sires.”

• Crystal Edwards has been the Herd Manager at Pheasant Echos Farm for 24 years. Pheasant Echos is a Holstein and Jersey operation milking 150 cows in Westminster, MD. “I’m looking forward to serving on the Premier Select Sires Board of Directors to further my knowledge of the business end of things, possibly to help me form better breeding management decisions as well as other management areas for our herd.”

• David Harvatine is a partner and Dairy Herd Manager at Aurora Ridge Dairy LLC in Aurora, N.Y. (milking 2,300 registered Holsteins) and AuroraOakwood Dairy LLC in Auburn, N.Y. (milking 2,000 Holsteins). “I am excited to participate as a delegate for Premier Select Sires to help the business continue to be successful and move forward.”

• Johan Heijkoop is a partner at Milk-A-Way Dairy and K & H Dairy, Inc., two dairy operations milking 2,000 cows in North Florida. “I believe in the business concept and strategy of a cooperative, and am very interested in contributing to the business success of Premier Select Sires and Select Sires Inc.”

• Joel Krall operates Furnace Hill Holsteins, a 500-cow dairy farm with two locations, one in Lebanon, Pa. and one in Lancaster, Pa. “I have been a member owner of Select since I began dairying in 2006. The value of being a cooperative, with members having a voice, is an aspect of Select that I appreciate…and I believe Select is best positioned to help take the industry and specifically their member owners to the next level.”

• Frederic Simon is from a 200-cow dairy operation in Conway, Ark. “Our farm has been artificially inseminating cattle all of my dad’s career and I am continuing the practice and teaching A.I. techniques to the next generation. With 30 years of dairy farm experience, I have had the opportunity to travel to lots of other farms across the U.S. and see how other dairymen operation in all size operations.”