Eric Bond

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• Eric Bond

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A Quick Overview of Whats to Come

• CRI?
• The Interview Process
• Ride Alongs
• Basic Training
• Field Training
• My travels as a BPS
• The Good and Not So Good

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• Cooperative Resources International
• Three Subsidiaries
• AgSource provider of DHI, production testing
• Central Livestock five livestock markets in
  North, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
  Nebraska.
• Genex genetic improvement company offering
  service and supplies for artificial insemination.

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• Conglomeration of
• Noba Inc. (Ohio), 21st Century Genetics
  (Wisconsin), and Federated Genetics (New York).
• Mission
• Provide products and services as effectively as
  possible to maximize the profitability of members
  and customers worldwide while maintaining a
  strong cooperative.

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The Interview

• Mr. Terry Weiker
• Mr. Barry Putnam
• Bob Evans
• The secret to a successful corporation.
• Typical questions, answers, set up schedule, and
  a ride along.

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Ride Alongs

• The First of Many, May 22,Springville NY
• Area BPS Harold Wheeler
• Objective was to observe and report back
• Average day of breeding cows in Western NY
• Good Harold bought me lunch
• Bad I didnt get paid for the day

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My Equipment
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Basic Training

• Shawano, Wisconsin
• Shortened version
• Joel Delzer, Reproductive Trainer
• Tour of Head Quarters
• Meet and Great

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Basic Training

• Joels main topics
• Antimony, Physiology, Business Management
  Procedures, Semen Handling, Haz Mat, marketing,
  ordering, semen production.
• Voice Mail and MATT System
• MAP program
• Rex Room, where all the magic happens!

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Basic Training

• Packerland Packing, Green Bay
• four days of insemination instruction
• 2,200 head a day, we only needed 10 of them
• spent time with a wide range of cows.
• Another Ride Along
• Jon Jacken, small herds, but a lot of them
• The CAR

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Field Training

• Training w/ Larry Beuth, or so I thought
• Binghamton, NY
• First ever trainee for Dan Murphy
• 6am start, usually done around 4pm
• herds were typically 50-150 head
• the exception was 1700 head
• Todd Wells
• 1st independent work

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Daily Tasks

• Check MATT System
• Check Voicemail
• Schedule stops on map
• Make the stops
• Find charts, records, people
• Breed cow(s) to desired bull
• Continue to next stop

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Second Half of Field Training

• Rod Heale, Batavia NY
• Start 530 am CY heifer facility(4,000 head)
• Start morning calls around 10am and finish early
• I worked, Rod Painted
• Typical farm was anywhere from 50-300 head

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My Travels as a BPS

• 1st stop Geneseo and Douglas Comstock
• Comstock and his voicemail
• Extremely large herds, average 1000 head
• 2nd Stop was near Penn-Yan and Waterloo, NY
• Dave King, small herds
• Majority were Mennonite
• Fairly busy, but not too bad
• One automatic stop, different rules for different
  members.
• Barry Putnam ride along

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The Travels Continue

• 3rd Stop Brian and Jerry, Darien Lake NY
• Moderate sized farms
• Slightly confusing records
• Three More Ride Alongs.
• Bob Saar, Tami Schwarz, Jan Longacre
• Bob Saar, Key Accounts Manager
• oversaw large accounts
• trouble shooting with Dairy Comp 305
• a lot of PR work

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Travels Continue

• Tami Schwarz Area Program Consultant
• scored females for MAP
• traveled like BPS
• Charged for the service
• main goal of Map is to improve/unify cows
• Again we see some PR work

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Travels Continue

• Jan Longacre, Area Sales Rep.
• sold semen and supplies
• covered same territory as local BPS, but
  maintained relations with herds who didnt use
  Genex services.
• had to compete with different competition in
  different areas all over NY.

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Back To Breeding

• John Long, Melissa Spence,
• Watertown NY
• Extremely large herds, very close together.
• rode with them due to scale of herds.
• started at 6am, but I was housed 45 minutes away.
  It made for some long days.
• Werent as concerned about heat detection due to
  time.

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Nearing The End

• Chris Hurd, Great Barrington (MASS)
• Bred in 3 states in one day
• MA, CT, NY
• very small herds, with a lot of travel required
• no competition, paid some of the highest arm
  services.
• more beef than usual

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Last Stop

• Terra Weeks, Springville NY
• the last unscripted schedule change
• based out of my home
• knew just about every farm
• Last Day, Salamanca NY
• turned in tank, supplies, and kit

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Things I Liked

• Independence, No time clock
• Compensation
• People
• Travel

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Things I Didnt Like

• Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork
• 7 days a week
• Use your own vehicle
• Member skepticism
• Schedule always changed
• Inconsistency of days
• A day off isnt a whole day off

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Benefits of the Internship

• Social skill improvement
• Became a very good problem solver
• Better understanding of what I want out of a
  career
• I GOT PAID
• Sharpened my AI skills
• Found out what I was good at and what I wasnt
  good at

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Any Questions???