February 2000
Breeding The Complete Cow...
It’s Select Sires’ Philosophy
PLAIN CITY, OHIO, USA - "Breeding the complete cow has
always been the philosophy of Select Sires," states Ron Long,
Vice President of Sire Procurement. "Complete cows are what
dairy producers really want and need. But the complete cow
may mean different things to different producers - high milk
production, good feet and legs, high components, sound udders.
They're all important but in varying degrees to each individual
producer."
"Select's diversified lineup can be used with the utmost
confidence to breed the complete cow, no matter what her
definition, explains Long. "We offer reliable, breed leading
genetics that can meet the criteria of any producer's breeding
program. No other A.I. organization can offer Holstein breeders
as many bulls over +3.00 for type. Nor does any other stud offer
more elite bulls at +3,000 for milk. Plus, our nine new Holsteins
increase the variety of our balanced lineup."
Simply The Best
As Long stated, Select Sires is home to four bulls at or above
+3.00 for type, a feat no other stud can match. 7HO5157 Durham
leads this elite pack at +3.55. He is followed by 7HO8419 Approval
at +3.41 and 7HO5767 Bonanza at +3.05. Anchoring this type team is
7HO6250 Emerson at +3.00. Emerson is also a breed leading TPI sire,
ranking among Holstein's Top 10 TPI sires at +1736, a 49 point increase
from the November summary.
7HO5253 Caleb and 7HO4637 Winchester have "got milk"! Both are over
+3,000 milk and rank among the breed's very best for this trait.
Their impressive TPIs of +1553 and +1614, respectively, rank them
among Holstein's Top 50 TPI sires.
Good News For Customers
It's very exciting to see a bull's proof go up with additional
information generated by second crop daughters. Such is the case
with 7HO4351 Barlo, who added 263 daughters iand +1448TPI.
7HO3707 Mathie continues to be a favorite for Select's customers
world-wide. This superior settler added over 1,600 new daughters
this summary and his milk and type proofs climbed even higher.
This was also the case with his two sons, 7HO5386 Chil and 7HO5300
Magnum. Both added daughters and are seeing substantial increases
across the board. Chil and Magnum are both over +2,000M, +1493TPI
and Superior Settlers. Furthermore, Chil is Select's best for
Productive Life (+3.3), a measure of the length of time the average
daughter of a bull stays in the herd. Magnum is also among Select's
best for this trait while his father, Mathie, ranks third at +3.0.
Keeping it all in the family, 7HO4457 Saber, whose grandam is also
Mathie's dam, ranks second for Productive Life at +3.2. Saber added
nearly 300 to his proof and climbed +136 pounds of milk and +41 TPI
points. Needless to say, this family's results speak for themselves.
New On The Scene
One of Select's nine new Holstein sires is 7HO5375 Marshall, a Program
for Genetic Advancement (PGA) graduate that is nearly +3,000 for milk
at +2,733M. This Bellwood from an Elton is over +1.50 for all HA
composite scores and is +2.20 for type. "Marshall sires tremendous
frames, outstanding feet and legs and well attached udders," comments Long.
"He ranks third at Select for TPI at +1604 and will be used as a sire for
sons for the PGA." An added bonus is his 8% calving ease.
"7HO5315 Sam sires what every dairy producer wants, high volumes of milk
from great udders," says Long. "Sam sires similar type to his father,
Elton, and many records through out Sam's maternal pedigree are over 33,000M
up to 43,130M. Sam is outstanding for udder cleft (+3.08) and teat placement
(+3.38) which puts him in the top 10 at Select for both traits."
Excellence breeds excellence and such is the case with 7HO5325 Heath.
An Excellent (91) individual in his own right, Heath is from three
generations of Excellent dams. In fact, five of the nearest six parents
classified in his pedigree average 92.8 points. So it's no wonder that
Heath is among Select's best for type at +2.24. This outstanding type,
coupled with Heath's +.05%F and +74F, will make him a popular choice
with many dairy producers.
7HO5338 Decipher comes from a maternal line that knows how to milk.
The bottom side of this pedigree is full of high records from 30,000M
to 38,000M. In fact, Decipher's dam is the highest producing two-year-old
ever at the Paulo-Brothers Dairy, where Decipher was bred. At nearly a
ton of milk, Decipher improves protein test (+.06%) and is +77P. He sires
tall, strong, deep cows with extreme rump width, correct feet and legs as
well as firmly attached udders.
Calving out first calf heifers will be a day at the beach when 7HO5379 Beach
is the service sire. Beach is 5% for calving ease which makes him the
perfect choice for heifer A.I. programs. Plus, he is also a superior
settler that is over a ton of milk, +.03%P and +70P.
"With more emphasis on fat and protein in the marketplace, 7HO5408 Curtis
is the right choice for breeders looking to improve components," explains Long.
"Curtis ranks second in Select's lineup for fat at +96F and +.10%F while ranking
third for protein at +80P and +.08%P. He is nearly a ton of milk and sires
correct udders and great feet and legs. Curtis is a superior settler, too."
7HO6244 E Lance has been introduced into the Select lineup as a "show type
specialist". He is the first Encore son available from Select and is from
an Excellent (90-2E) Melvin dam who is 12 years old and still milking in a
large commercial herd. "An Excellent (94) individual, E Lance sires
daughters that are molded in the Encore fashion for size, strength and
body depth," states Long. "E Lance is a great cross for the Blackstar and
Chief Mark bloodlines and will put you in the winner's circle."
For the Red & White enthusiasts, Select has two exciting new sires,
7HO5309 Blue-Cut*RC and 7HO5412 Sovereign-Red. Blue-Cut*RC is an outcross
sire, being an Abel son from an Elton dam. He is +1,709M, +2.06Tcombination
in red genetics. Blue-Cut*RC is from three generations of Excellent dams and
is a great cross for the Momentum bloodlines.
Sovereign-Red comes from a proven cow family, the Scarlets, who are noted
for high scoring, high producing cows. A maternal brother to the popular
Shandy bull, Sovereign-Red is a big league type improver being over +1.50
on all HA composites and +2.23 for type. Already utilized as a sire father,
Sovereign-Red sires tall, dairy, capacious cows that are destined to parade
winner's circles at shows across the country.
Select Sires has A.I.'s most credible lineup of diversified sires that can
engineer the complete cow. These sires help the federation of 10 farmer-owned
and controlled cooperatives achieve its basic objective: to provide genetically
superior, highly fertile semen at reasonable prices.
Copyright 1996-2000 Select Sires Inc. Last updated 13-Mar-2000.
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