4297 Camp Cooley Road Franklin, Texas 77856 www.campcooleygenetics.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2009 Contact: Trey Kirkpatrick 1.800.251.0305

Camp Cooley Genetics, the beef industry leader in innovative customer service, established its Genetic Partnership Program in October 2008. This program is designed for forward-thinking and progressive cattlemen who have registered herds consisting of Camp Cooley Brinks Brangus and Camp Cooley Charolais and who meet the quality criteria to be our partners.

We are proud to welcome the following forward-thinking and progressive ranches to our Genetic Partnership Program: RRR Ranch (Josh Reynolds); Lee McFarlin; Double D Bar Cattle Co. (Ronnie and Paula Donaldson; Rockhill Brangus (Kevin Crump); L&K Farms (Lewis and Kathy Rice); and Chisom Trail Brangus (Nathan Hunnicutt). Watch for them! They join us as leaders of the industry.

Camp Cooley Genetics held its Annual Customer Appreciation Sale April 3rd—April 4th. This sale was a great success, selling 97 registered females from our cooperators on Friday evening and 207 bulls from our cooperators, as well as, from the Camp Cooley program on Saturday. Immediately after the bulls, approximately 400 commercial females were sold.

Camp Cooley Genetics would also like to take this opportunity to wish Mark Cowan and his family good luck with his new endeavor. Mark has resigned his position at Camp Cooley to pursue new challenges and opportunities. We thank Mark for his years of dedicated service!

We look forward to the future. The management team for Camp Cooley Genetics, under the guidance of its owner, Klaus Birkel, will expand their areas of responsibilities - Ken Hughes as Genetic & Production Director; Trey Kirkpatrick as Sales and Service Director; Jeremy Price, Bull Stud Director; Brad Wright, Embryo Transfer Director; and Bryan Hall as Chief Financial Officer.