Five Sires Graduate into Select Sires Lineups
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 14, 2002 — Five bulls have graduated into
Select Sires’ active-A.I. lineups after receiving official
evaluations in May from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Interbull, Holstein Association USA and the American Jersey
Cattle Association. Each sire in this graduating class has
strong type credentials and is transmitting high levels of
milk components. Sired by five different bulls, they enter
North America’s largest active-A.I. lineups of 89 Holsteins
and 35 high-components breeds.
"May’s graduating class includes our first active-A.I. sons of
528 Etazon LORD LILY-ET and 7HO4164 Second-Look JOLT at Select
Sires, as well as a new polled Jersey sire," says Jeff Ziegler,
dairy sire analyst, Select Sires. "As a group, these sires are
particularly strong in improving components, while adding
dairyness and high, wide rear udders to their daughters. They
all were sampled through the Program for Genetic Advancement™
(PGA™), and represent the balance of production and type that
producers have come to expect from Select Sires."
Meeting the Demand for Components
A high Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) for Cheese Merit
Dollars (CM$) of +548 summarizes well the ability of 7HO5992
Holstein-Forum LANDLORD-ET*TV to transmit improved milk components.
He has additional production PTAs of +1,310M +.03% +56F +.07% +55P
79%Reliability, a PTA for type of +1.82, and a Type-Production Index
(TPI™) of +1598. Sired by LORD LILY, LANDLORD is backed by multiple
generations of high-producing, high-scoring Dams of Merit. This graduate,
bred by Hibbard, Armbrust and Holstein Forum, De Pere, Wis., is siring
medium-sized cows that are extremely dairy, and have wide rumps and
udders that are well above the hocks.
Also tailor-made for high-solids markets, 7HO6014 Kerndtway DEADEYE-ET*TV
is a JOLT son with PTAs of +575M +.16% +59F +.04% +25P +$318CM 81%R,
+1.84T 77%R. DEADEYE and his full sister, Kerndtway Jolt Daisy - an
Excellent (93) All-American nominee that has produced 33,980 pounds
of milk - are out of a 7HO1897 To-Mar BLACKSTAR-ET Gold Medal Dam with
more than 2,000 pounds of fat. This SUPERIOR SETTLER™ was bred by Mark
and Leslie Kerndt Jr., Waukon, Iowa. DEADEYE daughters are noted for
their extreme stature, strength and dairyness, deep udder cleft and
wide rear udders.
New High-TPI Red-and-White Sire
A red-and-white Glen-Toctin JOHNSON-ET son, 7HO6104 Peck-Valley
ACHIEVER-RED-ET*TV has production PTAs that will interest all Holstein
breeders: +1,502M +41F +51P +$501CM 76%R. ACHIEVER-RED was bred by
Leonard A. Peck, Chippewa Falls, Wis., and is from an Excellent
Exranco THOR Gold Medal Dam with two lactations higher than 1,700
pounds of fat. This graduate has a Productive Life (PL) PTA of +1.9
47%R, a PTAT of +1.42 62%R and a TPI of +1541, ranking him second
among all red-and-white sires. Designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER, ACHIEVER-RED
will transmit udders that are extremely and high and wide in the rear,
strongly attached in the front, and have deep center ligaments.
7HO5996 Merry Cleo B-W CLEM-ET*TV will appeal to producers looking for
all-around performance with PTAs of +1,441M +39F +39P 81%R, +1.95T 76%R,
and +1445TPI. This Maizefield BELLWOOD-ET son is from two generations of
Excellent Gold Medal Dams that have produced more than 31,000 pounds of
milk. This SUPERIOR SETTLER was bred by Richard D. Marriott, Fillmore,
N.Y. CLEM will sire tall, extremely dairy daughters with strength, wide
rumps and high, wide rear udders.
Polled Jersey with Components
Rounding out Select Sires’ new graduates is a polled Jersey sire,
7JE505 Dutch Hollow BRENDON-P-ET, that was bred by Melanie F. Chittenden,
Schodack Landing, N.Y. A son of 7JE290 WF/L&M Duncan BARBER-ET, BRENDON-P
has PTAs of +899M +.11% +60F +.00% +32P +$347CM 83%R, +1.9T 71%R. He is
transmitting outstanding rear udders, firmly attached fore udders and
extraordinary frame. Producers also will appreciate BRENDON-P’s pedigree:
a proven cow family without any 7JE254 Mason Boomer Sooner BERRETTA or
7JE159 SOONER influence - an ideal mating opportunity for today’s
Jersey herds.
Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available
Producers can obtain additional details about these five new active-A.I.
sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 124 individuals
in the Select Sires dairy lineup from a single source - www.selectsires.com.
This information is available free to producers and others interested in
obtaining information about breed-leading genetics. In addition, people
can contact the Select Sires representative nearest them for more details.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc. is a federation of 10
farmer-owned and controlled cooperatives. It provides highly fertile
semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its
basic objective of supplying livestock breeders with America’s best
genetics at a reasonable price.
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