Semex truly had all the bases covered at World Dairy Expo 2009, dominating the Holstein Show and capturing Grand Champion honors in the Grand International Red & White show. Thousands of visitors saw six 0200HO04779 R&W Buckeye daughters, as well as a 0200HO03280 Gillette Final Cut, 0200HO07030 Ladino Park Talent *RC and 0200HO07317 Magor Bolivia Allen daughter at its famous Walk of Fame Tent.  Dairymen from coast to coast were impressed with Semex's ai program, displayed in the Exhibition Hall, which showcased its ability to reduce costs and deliver more pregnancies to dairies of all sizes.

Buckeye Led Walk of Fame Display
Time and again, visitors to the Semex Walk of Fame tent commented on the wonderful group of 0200HO04779 R&W Buckeye daughters on display. Placing orders and discussing breeding patterns, dairymen from coast to coast gathered in what has become "the place to meet" at World Dairy Expo, the Semex tent, to see for themselves how Semex can work on their dairy.

Dairymen Looking to Reduce Costs Turned to Semex's ai
As undeniable economic pressures continue, dairymen everywhere are looking to control costs and increase efficiencies. At World Dairy Expo, this was no exception. Aimed at providing a solution for dairymen, Semex showcased its ai program which is designed provide heat detection 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the Exhibition Hall. A program designed to detect heats, ai utilizes Heatime to increase heat detection accuracy, improve fertiliy, decrease days open and reduce semen expenses. An infared communication is used for reliable data transfer and a user-friendly interface makes using this program a breeze.

Legendary Holstein Show For Semex
The 2009 World Dairy Expo theme was "Legendary" and focused on recreating images of Major League Baseball's World Series. On Friday and Saturday of World Dairy Expo, the International Holstein Show saw over 400 individuals walk across the green colored shavings with 30 Semex legendary sires, siring an astounding 45% of the entire Holstein show! Past, present and future legends were strong and in control of the Holstein show, siring 52% of the top 10 placings.

On day one of the show 211 heifers were shown, with Semex sires siring four out of seven class winners. Semex's Balanced Breeding philosophy proved legendary, siring high quality heifers that will not only do well in the ring, but will develop into the next generation of great cows. Semex's own All-Star, Braedale Goldwyn, dominated the entire show and received the coveted Premier Sire Award. In complete control all day, Goldwyn sired 20 of the top 10 placing heifers, including the Junior Champion, T-Triple-T Gold Prize, the first place Winter Yearling.

On day two of the Holstein show, over 220 milking contenders made their way to the baseball themed show ring, where so many legends before them have stepped. Like the legends of past, the 2009 entries satisfied everyone's desire to witness the breed's elite go head to head. In the cow classes, many Semex legends sired top placing entries, including an impressive seven class winners, and an outstanding eight of the top 10 Jr 3 Yr Olds and seven of the top 10 Aged Cows. Combine these statistics with Semex's heifer class domination, and Semex truly had all bases covered at the show.

Semex Sires Take Top Award in Grand International Red & White Show
Described as "Fantastic" with a capital "F", the Grand International Red & White Show is one of the fastest growing shows at World Dairy Expo, reflecting the enthusiasm in the Red & White Holstein breed. Once again Semex's STBVQ Rubens *RC showed why he is known as "King of the Red & White Ring," siring the Grand Champion cow, KY-KY-Blue Ruben Marla-Red, also 1st 5 Yr Old. Marla was also named Best Udder of the entire show.