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Export Coordinator Position
October 23, 2012
AMS Genetics International, LLC, is a rapidly expanding company supplying cutting edge dairy genetics and associated service to breeders and A.I. companies around the globe. Our professional field sales staff are acknowledged as amongst the most respected in the industry and place the utmost importance in delivering the highest standards of customer service.
Open Position:
Due to our growing activities in the United States and Canada, we are looking to appoint a new member to join our support staff.
The role primarily is to organize and ship the embryos sold by AMS Genetics and Holstein Plaza. The position will also include doing various support work, data entry, keeping up to date on the current health regulations and assisting with Holstein Plaza and Hotspots Magazine.
The successful applicant will be an energetic, enthusiastic, self-motivated and independent individual with a strong work ethic and must possess an excellent knowledge of dairy cattle breeding. Service minded, exceptional organization skills and an excellent knowledge of Holsteins are the key points of being successful in this job. Applicants should also have outstanding people and phone skills and be computer literate in all areas of Microsoft Office.
The successful applicant will be based in the Boonsboro, Md. office and reporting directly to the General Manager, Steve Mower. Compensation will be industry competitive and determined by level of experience. If you are interested in a career with the industry leading Export Company, submit a resume no later than November 10, 2012 to: steve.mower@amsgenetics.com
AMS Genetics International, LLC, is part of the Genetics Consolidated Group. Other members of this group are Eurogenes, AI Total, Holstein Plaza, Diamond Genetics and more.
UPDATED MATING SIRE LIST
September 5, 2012
Following the August index run, the mating sire list has been updated. Please click on the following link to go to the updated mating sire list:
http://amsgenetics.com/mating-sires.html
Please contact AMS personnel if any questions regarding the mating sire for your embryo contracts.
EMBRYOS NEEDED
February 21, 2012
AMS currently has an order for embryos that are already produced and qualify for export. For the first group of embryos, we are looking for pedigrees on heifers that are GTPI of 2050 and above and pedigrees on milking females that are GTPI 1950 and above. Heifers should be sired by proven bulls. Embryos need to be sired by the following sires: Santana, Admiral, Hill, Hero, Sudan, Windbrook, Dempsey, Stanley Cup, Emerald, Altagratis, Dreamer, Spectrum, Mural, Wildthing, Maxum and Willrock.
The second group of embryos we are looking for are from Heifers and Cows that come from top cow families. Embryos need to be sired by the following Genomic Bulls including Observer, Shamrock, Gold Chip, Bradnick, Atwood, Holid-Red, and Dancer-Red.
If you have available embryos that meet these criteria please send pedigrees, prices, and questions to either Steve Mower at steve.mower@amsgenetics.com or to Anna Troester at anna.troester@amsgenetics.com.
A New Year Brings a New Face
January 6, 2012
As the new year begins, we bring a new face to the company. Anna Troester has recently been hired as the sales support/export coordinator for our international business of import and export services. In this role, she will coordinate import and export shipping and paperwork including all logistics. In addition, she will assist with the projects and efforts of HolsteinPlaza.com including website updates and the monthly online embryo auctions. Troester will be working out of the Boonsboro, Maryland office. She has a strong dairy background extending back to her family's registered Holstein farm, MAARS Holsteins in Garnavillo, Iowa. Anna graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville majoring in Animal Science with a dairy emphasis and she has a Biology minor. She was actively involved with the Pioneer Dairy Club, collegiate dairy judging team, and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Professional Agriculture Sorority. Her past internship was with CRI/Genex working to locate, evaluate, and picture daughters for the December 2011 proof release. Also in 2009, Anna was able to gain valuable experience with her study abroad opportunity to Dronten, The Netherlands. Anna can be contacted at anna.troester@amsgenetics.com, her office phone is 240-329-0169 ext. 215 or via cell phone at 240-520-1566.