November 2000 Select Sires To Market Largest Holstein Lineup In History PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2000 - Today Select Sires released the largest lineup of proven Holstein sires in the cooperative's 35-year history. This follows the fall quarterly publishing of dairy sire evaluations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, InterBull and the breed associations. The federation's 10 member cooperatives now market semen from 100 Holstein sires, most of which were proven through either Select's Program for Genetic Advancement (PGA) or Sire Power's Genetic Opportunities for Leading Dairymen (GOLD) young sire program. The November 2000 lineup includes six graduates from these programs. "With 100 sires in our lineup, Select Sires is in the strongest possible position to offer the industry a wide array of genetics that will meet the varied needs of discriminating producers," says Blaine Crosser, vice president, dairy sire product line, Select Sires. "Historically dairy producers have looked to Select for sires that consistently transmit both improved production and attractive type. The combined strength of this current lineup and programs like the Select Mating Service (SMS) will continue this rich tradition." Enhancing Longevity Through Functional Type As producers continue to look for ways to increase longevity in their herds, they usually do so with goals for functional type - e.g., quality udders, feet and legs - in mind. The November evaluations document that the Select lineup has the industry's genetic edge for type, with seven of the Holstein breed's top 10 sires for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type (PTAT). Outdistancing all Holstein sires is 7HO6352 Four-of-a-Kind ELAND-ET*TL, with a PTAT of +3.57. The other six sires with PTATs higher than +2.50 are 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET*TL, 7HO8419 Mr Jed APPROVAL-ET*TL, 7HO5375 Mara-thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TL, 7HO6250 Ricecrest EMERSON-ET*BL, 7HO5767 Brabant Luke BONANZA-ET*TL and 7HO5592 Wil-Hart E LOUIE-ET*TL. 7HO5592 Louie, a November graduate into the lineup and a son of 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET*TL, is also one of 16 Select sires that are higher than +2.00 for udder composite (UC) with a composite of +2.11. Thirteen sires stand out as breed leaders by having feet & leg composites (FLC) higher than +2.00, including 7HO5767 Bonanza who is the highest with +3.43 FLC. When combining these important type composites, one finds that Select has six sires that are more than +2.00 for both UC and FLC - an accomplishment of only a few sires in the industry. They include 7HO6352 Eland, 7HO5157 Durham, 7HO8419 Approval, 7HO5211 Ran-Rue Highlite BLACKBART, 7HO5386 Piercefield CHIL Chamois-ET*TL and 7HO6247 Nunesdale Kismet ELATION-ET*TL. Transmitting Tons of Milk Two additional November graduates will create immediate market demand because they literally transmit tons of milk. Both sons of 7HO3948 Emory, 7HO5630 Nors C Emory CALVIN-ET*TL and 7HO5615 Art-Acres EMORY KEN-ET*TL have Predicted Transmitting Abilities for Milk (PTAM) that are higher than +2,000. Also pouring on the profit with PTAMs higher than +2,000 are 7HO5253 Diamond-S Luke CALEB-ET*TL, 7HO5376 Mar-River Abel OUTLAW, 7HO4351 End-Road Leadman BARLO-ET*TL and 7HO5375 Marshall. Eighteen more bulls in the Select lineup have PTAMs that are between +1,600 and +2,000M. The featured sires at this level include many that successfully have added second-crop progeny to their proof data. For example, with 954 additional second-crop daughters, 7HO4324 Ridge-Heights BENDIX-ET*TL earned his highest milk proof ever at +1,746 PTAM and 99 percent Reliability. 7HO4525 Lenzway Tesk RUBYTOM-ET*TL added another 1,502 second-crop daughters, which caused his PTAM to climb again. Ranking High in Total Performance Index Holstein breeders looking for a complete package of high production and type often turn to Total Performance Indexes (TPI)TM as an indicator of balance. 7HO5375 Marshall again surfaces near the top of the TPI ranking with +1681. 7HO6250 Emerson*BL and 7HO6352 Eland are also in Holstein's Top 10 for TPI with indexes of +1675 and +1637, respectively. An in-depth review of the Holstein Association's TPI Bull List finds Select Sires outperforming all A.I. organizations by having 13 of the Top 50 on this elite listing. 7HO5592 Louie earned an impressive +1542 TPI on his initial release. World-renowned 7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET*TL and highly regarded 7HO4638 Ricecrest Tesk TERRY*TL each added 661 second-crop daughters to their summaries, keeping them among the breed's best for TPI. "These two sires have positioned themselves to successfully compete with contemporaries that also gained second-crop daughters in the November sire evaluations," says Charlie Will, sire analyst, Select Sires. "Both now rank among the top 15 TPI sires with second-crop influence." Getting Up-to-Date November Sire Evaluation Statistics Producers can quickly obtain all of these rankings as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 100 Holsteins in the Select Sires Holstein lineup from one single source - www.selectsires.com. This information is available free to producers and others interested in obtaining data about breed-leading Holstein sires. In addition, people can contact the Select Sires representative nearest them for more information. 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