Accelerated Genetics

L to R: Tony Burton (WWS UK), Jessica Becker (WWS), Trent Gabler (AG), Gareth Smyth (WWS UK), Lindsay Morris (AG), George Wills (WWS UK), Beth Munsell (AG), Andrew Swale (WWS UK), Richard Charles (WWS UK), Peter Ridler (WWS UK), Paul Dunn (WWS UK) not pictured, John Cochrane (WWS UK).

In June, a group of 8 salesmen from World Wide Sires UK spent two days in Wisconsin viewing daughters of Accelerated Genetics sires Marion, Harry, Decker and Potter. Some of the farms toured included:

• Longrow Farms, owned by Jeff and Julie Nimtz, viewed their VG-87 and EX-90 point Marion daughters
• Gold–N–Oaks Dairy, owned and operated by the John Swenson family, viewed two second crop Potter daughters, one of which has already scored GP-83
• Ron and Carla Jacobson’s, viewed their GP-82 point Harry daughter
• UW Platteville Pioneer Dairy Farm, viewed their GP-83 and VG-85 point Decker daughters, as well as their new facility
• Paradise-D, Dan and Nancy Pagenkopf, viewed two more impressive second crop Potter daughters that scored GP-80 and GP-83
• Breitsprecker Dairy, viewed their impressive 4-year-old Potter daughter
• Mahogany Dairy in Rockland, WI, viewed their VG-85 point Marion daughter
• Berg Dairy in Coon Valley, viewed his GP-80 point Marion daughter
• Herricks Dairy Farm, viewed their two GP-82 point Decker daughters
• Lies Dairy, viewed their two Potter daughters, a GP-81 point 5-year-old and an un-scored 2-year-old
• Schuette Highland Farms, viewed Doug and Amy Schuette’s Harry daughter

The World-Wide Sires group also had the chance to tour Accelerated Genetics new Semen Warehouse and Lab facilities in Westby, Wis, which are newly built.