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With the Zoetis and Leachman collaboration now in full swing, we have many exciting updates. Commercial producers around the country are signing up to use Inherit Select to pick their replacement heifers. By doing so, they are accelerating their herd’s genetic improvement so that their future cows will be more productive and their future feeder calves will be more valuable. It’s just that simple. They are building a legacy of future profitability!

What you get: The following information will come back on every female you test. • DNA matching to the sire and dam if they have DNA on file with Zoetis. • BW, WW, YW, DMI (Dry Matter Intake), Feed:Gain, Yearling Height, Milk, Teat & Udder Composite Score, Docility, Scrotal, Carcass Weight, Fat, Ribeye Area, IMF (Marbling), and Tender - ness. Plus, you will receive the new Zoetis Fertility EPD. All EPD’s are expressed in the same format and are scaled in a way to make them comparable to EPDs shown in all Leachman catalogs. Plus you get % rank on your animals compared to all other Inherit Select Animals. • Indexes: Zoetis Total Return, Zoetis Cow Calf, and Zoetis Feedlot Carcass, $Profit, and $Ranch. • Breed composition: %Angus, % other British, %Continental, and %Other (dairy or Indicus). • Optional traits: Pulmonary Artery Pressure EPD, Color, Horned/ Polled status. Pricing: • Inherit Select costs $28 / head. • To receive $Ranch & $Profit, the cost is $33 / head. • PAP, Color, Polled, genetic defect testing, and BVD are all add on costs. How to Order? Contact Any Leachman Representative or After contact, you will receive tissue sampling equipment via mail. This equipment is included in the cost of the tests. Then you will fill out an order form and mail the tests to Zoetis directly. Results will be returned to you electronically within 4 weeks of Zoetis receiving the tests. Contact Larry Gran, Zoetis Beef Genetics (605) 641-3254 • larry.gran@zoetis.com

What are herds seeing from the data? • The test tells you WHERE YOU RANK within the industry on all of the key traits including $Profit and $Ranch. In the typical herd, we see a range of approximately $10,000 between the top 10% of the females and the bottom 10% of the females on $Profit. On $Ranch, the top 10% of the females are typically $50 lower than the top 10% of the females. • The test helps you identify females that you may NOT want to keep as replacements. For example, you might want to consider culling heifer calves for the following reasons: • Too little growth rate. • Too much or too little milk for your environment. • Too much potential mature cow size. • Poor future udder quality. • Poor docility. Seeing this information on replacement heifers that you have already chosen is particularly eye opening. Once they see the data, most ranchers want this information to help pick future heifers. • Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by testing you can accel - erate your herd’s rate of genetic improvement. What you should do next? • Take samples on 30 to 50 (or the entire group) of heifers that you plan to breed this Spring. This will tell you where you are and tell you what you could improve on the heifers you plan to breed. • Plan to take samples on your 2021 Spring born heifer calves. Ideally, you should sample two heifers for every one you plan to keep – this will give you optimal selection pressure to eliminate heifers with undesirable traits AND improve your index values for $Ranch and $Profit. • Poor feedlot and carcass traits. • Excessive feed requirements.

About Zoetis Zoetis is the leading animal health company, dedicated to supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on more than 60 years of experience in animal health, Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and markets medi- cines, vaccines, and diagnostic products, which are complemented by biodevices, genetic tests and a range of services. Zoetis serves veterinarians, livestock producers and people who raise and care for farm and companion animals with sales of its products in more than 100 countries. In 2017, the company generated annual revenue of $5.3 billion with approximately 9,000 employees.

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