DEFOREST, WISCONSIN – October 27, 2006 – ABS Global is pleased to announce that it has received USDA approval of its Process Verification Program (PVP) for age and source verification.
“ABS is the largest supplier of quality beef genetics in the U.S. and around the globe. Our customers generally have top-notch cattle that meet the quality demands of many beef programs-foreign and domestic. A growing number of these programs require that cattle be officially verified for age and source. By combining quality genetics with a USDA-approved Process Verification Program, we aim to help premium cattle feeders find the cattle they need while helping our cow-calf customers gain access to premium markets,” stated Dr. Darrell Wilkes, U.S. Beef Supply Manager for ABS Global.
Doug Frank, Beef Product Manager for ABS, added “We have invested heavily in a unique progeny testing program that identifies genetic differences in feed efficiency and tenderness, in addition to carcass and growth traits. Quite simply, we have identified sires that make more money for the entire beef supply chain. Our next logical step is to offer a service that puts the users of these genetics in contact with the feeders and packers who want them. The ABS Beef Supply Chain Program does that, with the added bonus of official USDA recognition of our age and source verification procedures.”
“ABS’ Supply Chain Services are available to all quality-minded producers, whether they currently use ABS genetics or not,” stated Dwight Williams, ABS’ Beef Enterprise Manager. “We can easily put ABS genetics to work in any herd in the country utilizing our unmatched force of 220 plus Professional Beef Representatives, or by drawing on our registered customers who have made ABS the top A.I. stud for Angus registrations 15 years in a row.”
Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.