November 2000 Six Graduate Into A.I. Industry's Largest Lineup of Holstein Sires PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Nov. 28, 2000 - Six newly proven Holstein sires have graduated into the A.I. industry's largest lineup of Holstein sires after receiving official evaluations in November from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, InterBull and Holstein Association USA. With four of these graduates sired by 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET*TL, Select Sires now has six EMORY sons - the most in the industry - in its active-A.I. lineup. The other two graduates are sired by Hard-Le DARKSTAR-ET*TL and Ked JUROR-ET*TL. "This group of six graduates has already demonstrated the ability to reliably transmit solid production along with extraordinary type, which is why three of them debuted on the Holstein Association's top 100 list for Total Performance Index (TPITM)," says Ron Long, vice president, dairy sire procurement. "The four sons of 7HO3948 EMORY will be of particular interest to dairy producers, since they are among the first proven EMORY sons available, and they duplicate his ability to transmit production from strength." The Next Generation of EMORY-Like Results Select's highest-ranking graduate for TPI at +1542 is 7HO5592 Wil-Hart E LOUIE-ET, an EMORY son out of a Gold Medal Dam. E LOUIE is becoming known as an "udder specialist" because of his ability to sire daughters with extraordinary udder attachments and teat placement, giving him an udder composite (UC) of +2.11. He also transmits tremendous frames (+2.23 body size composite [BC]), correct feet and legs (+1.93 feet-and-legs composite [FLC]), and dairyness (+2.88 dairy composite [DC]), which translates into the breed's sixth-highest predicted transmitting ability for type (+2.66 PTAT). His daughters are producing high volumes of milk, reflected in a predicted transmitting ability for milk (PTAM) of +1,815 and an index of +472 for fluid merit dollars (FM$). A paternal brother that also debuted on the Holstein Association's Top 100 List for TPI is 7HO5630 Nors C Emory CALVIN-ET*TL. With 7HO3257 HIGHLIGHT MR Mark Cinder-ET*TL as a maternal grandsire, CALVIN is from two generations of Very Good (88) Dams of Merit with more than 40,000 pounds of milk and 1,600 pounds of fat. A PTAM of +2,004 puts him in an elite group of Holstein sires that literally transmit tons of milk. In addition, he has scores that are higher than +1.20 in all four type composites: +2.10 DC, +1.60 BC, +1.26 UC and +1.22 FLC, generating a +2.09 PTAT that indicates producers can use CALVIN to attain all-around improvement in their herds. 9HO2344 Whittail-Valley COOPER-ET*TL, another EMORY son, is out of a Stardell Valiant WINKEN-ET*TL Dam of Merit that produced several records of more than 24,000 pounds of milk with 4.1 percent or higher fat and 3.2 percent or higher protein tests. He is one of a few sires that rank well in calving ease at 8 percent, yet also transmit extreme stature and strength. COOPER is one of the breed's best at siring tightly attached udders (+3.47 udder depth) and outstanding teat placement, which contributes to his high rankings for productive life (+1.8 PL) and somatic cell score (+2.88 SCS). Many Holstein breeders will mate COOPER to small, frail cows to add strength, improve udders and increase components. The fourth EMORY son graduating into active-A.I. service is 7HO5615 Art-Acres EMORY KEN-ET*TL. Out of a Madawaska AEROSTAR*TL Dam of Merit with more than 35,000 pounds of milk, EMORY KEN continues a family legacy of high production with a PTAM of +2,063. Like other EMORY sons, he sires tall, strong cattle (+2.39 BC) that walk on outstanding feet and legs (+1.32 FLC). In addition, EMORY KEN daughters have superb udders (+1.29 UC) with particularly high and wide rear attachments. Two More Graduates Higher Than +1400 TPI Sired by DARKSTAR, 7HO5567 Keidel Darkstar PLUTO-ET is out of a Dam of Merit with more than 32,000 pounds of milk. His daughters are becoming known for their well-attached udders that are carried high above the hocks with a deep cleft, thereby giving PLUTO scores of +2.08 for UC and +1.87 for PTAT. Also contributing to his +1440 TPI are high values for PTA Protein (+.03 percent, +51 pounds). PLUTO sires medium-sized, dairy cattle, which makes him an ideal choice when mating tall, strong cows that need udder improvement. 7HO5631 NEYER Juror Mildred*TL - a JUROR son - is one of only a few proven sires from two generations of Dams of Merit that produced more than 50,000 pounds of milk, 1,700 pounds of fat and 1,300 pounds of protein. NEYER's credentials show that he transmits high milk production (+1,909 PTAM), dairyness (+2.15 DC) and sound type (+1.87 PTAT). In particular, his daughters are wide, deep-bodied cows that have well-attached udders with good udder cleft (+2.35). NEYER has established a trademark of siring hard-working, sound offspring, which contributes to his TPI of +1411. Up-to-Date Sire Evaluation Statistics Readily Available Producers can quickly obtain additional details about these six new active-A.I. sires 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. 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