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  • No Substitute for Experience

    It has been a long, cold winter and I now understand why so many retired folks spend their winters somewhere other than Ohio!  Winter is still firmly in control at Select Sires with several inches of snow on the ground today. I traveled to more ranches in more states and put on more miles this sale season than any other in my first five years with ...
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  • Two more Solid Prospects from G A R

    As many of you know, Select Sires and Gardiner Angus Ranch have enjoyed a strong partnership for many years. We are proud to continue that tradition of excellence with two more outstanding young sires joining our lineup. GAR Fruition (AAA# 17123488) will sell as Lot 1 in the GAR spring sale, April 6th, 2013.  We have been looking for a Summitcrest ...
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  • Strong Relationships and Great Partners Key to Success

    Strong relationships with people seem to be at the center of almost every achievement I have enjoyed in both my personal and professional life. The same can be said for the partnerships Select Sires enjoys with universities on research and training efforts to ensure the highest degree of success for producers. One of the latest achievements on this ...
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  • Select Sires and Allied Genetic Resources form an Exciting Partnership

    One important responsibility of our beef team in Ohio is to recognize opportunities and adopt new technologies to prepare for what might be around the corner in the beef industry. With those considerations in mind, we are very excited to share with you the news of a new beef industry partnership forged recently between Select Sires and Allied Genet ...
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  • Young Sire Samping is Key to Success at Select Sires

      One of the most important aspects of making bulls successful in the A.I. business is getting them sampled in a large number of herds and environments as quickly and accurately as possible to determine their true genetic merit. At Select Sires, Brian House coordinates our young sire sampling program where, through our relationship with several ou ...
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Luke Bowman

Luke is the Beef Public Relations and Communications Coordinator. He coordinates all aspects of public relations for the beef program, organize beef training within the Select Sires federation, assist with photography and video of newly acquired and current lineup sires, oversee production of the annual Beef Sire Directory and development of other promotional materials. Bowman served five years as an agricultural educator in two Indiana high schools, where he coached the livestock and dairy judging teams. Since 2006, he has worked as a livestock genetics consultant for his own firm, Luke Bowman Consulting. In this role, he has coordinated online livestock auctions, created marketing schemes, and developed herd improvement initiatives for beef breeders throughout the United States and Canada.

Recent Posts

  • Texas Tidbits

    When March comes around, it's time for herd visits and COBA producer meetings in the Southwest. Once again, I enjoyed spending time with the COBA staff-- they are one hard working group! Starting in Dallas and heading south, Texas Beef Specialist Norm Hoff and I covered the eastern 2/3 of the Lone Star State in just a couple days before I caught up ...
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  • SS Beef was 'all the buzz' at NWSS

    Select Sires was certainly the talk of the National Western Stock Show in January!  No matter where you turned, sales and shows all over the grounds had Select Sires genetics featured.  Top selling embryos in various sales proved that the “Who’s Who” of donor cows across the country have been seeing the latest and greatest of our elite young sires. ...
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  • NBT: Day 3

    After two days of intense travel that took us several hundred miles south, north, and to the eastern edge of the Peace Garden State, it was time to head westward.  On Thursday, we started our day at Talkington Angus Ranch in Belfield.  Shane Talkington, one of our very own Beef Specialists, along with his family, run more than 350 cows with a large ...
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  • National Beef Tour 2012 - Day 2

     North Dakota State University (NDSU) has certainly invested a lot of time & money into improving the lives of cattlemen in their state (and throughout the USA) as they are dedicating a lot of effort and research into the economic benefits of Artificial Insemination in modern beef production.  Dr. Carl Dahlen, again, did an outstanding job organizi ...
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  • National Beef Tour 2012 - Day 1

    During the Week of September 17th, nearly 90 of Select Sires’ finest salesmen from around the country gathered in Bismarck, North Dakota to attend our 2012 National Beef Tour.  The tour was an incredible experience for our sales force to see direct progeny of some of our elite young sires, view some of the most storied and dominate purebred beef ca ...
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  • Other entries by Luke Bowman