Working in western Montana, Lacey will be delivering the full array of ABS products and services. She will be providing turn-key breeding projects with synchronization, heat detection, and a portable breeding barn, as well as providing nitrogen fill service for semen customers. Lacey has successfully conducted AI schools and will arrange AI training as needed throughout Montana and parts of northern Wyoming. Lacey will be leading a team of ABS representatives and assisting them with sales and breeding services. 
Lacey's previous work at Origen has allowed her to develop many relationships within the purebred industry, both nationally and internationally. That experience has given Lacey key insight into the cattle industry for emerging trends, needs, concerns, and future direction.
Involved with numerous ag industry groups, Lacey is a true advocate for agriculture. She is currently the chair for Montana's Young Stockgrowers, secretary for the Western Montana Angus Association, director with the Montana Angus Auxiliary, and a member of the Montana Angus and Red Angus Associations.
Lacey and her husband, Chad Sutherlin, own 3C Cattle; raise Angus and Red Angus cattle and are an offshoot of Chad's family operation, Sutherlin Farms Red Angus.
"I am proud to have Lacey represent ABS because she is such a proven professional", stated Merlyn Sandbulte, district business manager with ABS Global. "She has the ability to get the hard things done and make them look easy, while keeping producers successful. Lacey has determination to help producers run profitable and successful genetic improvement programs, whether they are purebred or commercial. Lacey has earned the respect of all aspects of the beef industry and will be a true asset to ABS and the representatives she works with."
Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 80 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is a division of Genus plc.
11.19.2015