I ran across this tribute to Dick Kellogg, who recently passed away, in a local Ohio paper. It’s an interesting history on the proceeding organizations to Select Sires. Credited with helping start and develop artificial insemination in dairy cattle in Ohio, Dick’s leadership and determination to fly in the face of critics who said AI would never work, was an inspiration.

This is a tribute to an outstanding individual, Dick Kellogg, prompted by the recent notice of his death. In 1965, with Dick’s leadership, the Ohio based COBA merged with two other artificial insemination organizations in western and southern U.S. forming what is known today as Select Sires. Now headquartered in Plain City, Select Sires is one of the largest AI organizations in the world.