Top Two Holsteins for TPI at Select Sires are New Graduates PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Aug. 13, 2002 — Ten Holstein bulls have graduated into active-A.I. service at Select Sires, with three of them in the top five of the lineup for Type-Production Index (TPI™). This follows the announcement of new official evaluations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA on Aug. 12. Sired by 10 different bulls, they enter the largest active-A.I. lineup in the United States. "This group of bulls truly is a breakout graduating class, topping virtually all of the production lists at Select Sires while averaging +1.69 for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type (PTAT)," says Rick VerBeek, dairy sire analyst, Select Sires. "In addition to including the Holstein breed's new No. 5 sire for TPI, 9HO2704 Coyne-Farms Patron BEAVER*TV (+1749 TPI), these graduates represent a nice blend of diverse pedigrees (17 different bulls represented as sires and maternal grandsires). As a bonus, this class has specialists for milk components, type and calving ease, and features the highest red-and-white sire for PTA Milk, 7HO6053 Lenkaitis FANTASTIC-RED-ET (+2,054 PTAM)." Starting at the Top for TPI Debuting as the breed's fifth-highest sire for TPI and topping the Select Sires lineup, 9HO2704 BEAVER follows in the footsteps of his sire, 9HO1729 Brabant Star PATRON-ET, by transmitting high-components milk and fine udders. This graduate has PTAs of +1,367M +.09%F +71F +.05%P +52P +603 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) with 76 percent yield reliability; is higher than two points for type, udder composite and feet-and-legs composite; and has a productive-life value of +2.5 (44 percent reliability). Backed by four generations of Excellent, high-producing dams, BEAVER was acquired from Coyne Farms, Avon, N.Y., and Gary Tubolino, Adams, N.Y. Second in the lineup for TPI is 7HO8428 Nor-Som STORMY*TV, a SUPERIOR SETTLER™ that combines high-components production with exceptional udder traits (+1.89 UDC), and correct feet and legs (+2.28 FLC). This 528 Etazon CELSIUS-ET son has earned PTA values of +1,652M +.08%F +79F +.02%P +55P +604 CM$ with 78 percent yield reliability and a TPI of +1718. Acquired from Dankert, Gouveia and Roest, Hilmar, Calif., STORMY is backed by three generations of Very Good or Excellent dams from the well-known "Sweet" family that have more than 34,000 pounds of milk. One of four to graduate with a PTAM higher than +2,000 pounds, 7HO6025 De-Matt Rudolph TEAMSTER-ET*TV starts his active-A.I. career as Select's fourth-highest sire for TPI (+1643). With PTAs of +2,012M +60F +64P +547CM$ (85 percent yield reliability), this Startmore RUDOLPH-ET son is the lineup's leader for PTA protein and is in the breed's top 20 for TPI with +1643. Producers can use TEAMSTER, who was bred by Jim and Fran Scott, Half Way, Mo., as a calving-ease sire that will sire tall, extremely angular daughters with high, wide rear udders and superb teat placement. Four Graduates Higher Than +2,000 for Milk Joining TEAMSTER as a ton-milk bull, 7HO6042 Crest-View-Acres BW SIR*TV has PTAs of +2,243M +51F +55P (85 percent reliability) with yield deviations that exceed his parent average by more than 50 percent. This Maizefield BELLWOOD-ET son is +1.20 for PTAT, has been designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER and was bred by Steven G. Holte, Westby, Wis. Backed by three generations of Very Good dams with more than 32,000 pounds of milk, SIR is transmitting tall, dairy frames, improved depth of heel and well-attached udders. The third-highest bull at Select Sires for milk, 9HO2538 Regancrest GEARR-ET*TV is a 9HO1768 Hill-a-Way Astar GRANITE-ET son out of the "Dellia" family from Regancrest Farm in Waukon, Iowa. This SUPERIOR SETTLER has PTAs of +2,202M +61F +62P +509 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$), 80 percent yield reliability, +1.55 PTAT, 75 percent reliability, and +1559 TPI. Backed by a Very Good Lutz-Meadows E MANDEL-ET dam with 38,160 pounds of milk and 1,643 pounds of fat, GEARR is transmitting scale, dairyness, wide rumps, and extremely high and wide rear udders. 7HO6053 FANTASTIC-RED rounds out the list of +2,000-pound graduates, with PTA values of +2,054M +23F +45P, 83 percent yield reliability. Currently the highest red-and-white sire for milk, this Glen-Toctin JOHNSON-ET son was bred by Victoria Lenkaitis, St. Charles, Ill. From a cow family that is noted for high production, FANTASTIC-RED is siring daughters that have strong, deep, wide frames, and high and wide rear udders. New Type Specialists 7HO8425 MICHeal Storm Avalanche*TV has a PTAT of +2.49, and udder and feet-and-leg composites higher than +2.00 (+2.39UDC and +2.16 FLC) that contribute to a TPI of +1501. This Maughlin STORM-ET son is an extreme sire for fat production (PTAs of +.15%F +63F), and is backed by a family that consistently produces large quantities of both milk and fat. Bred by Michael C. LaSalle, Hanford, Calif., and acquired from Golden Genes Inc., Riverdale, Calif., MICH is off-the-chart in his ability to transmit correct feet and legs with good depth of heel, shallow udders with a deep cleft, and extreme stature. From the same family as 7HO6014 Kerndtway DEADEYE-ET*TV, who graduated into Select's lineup in May 2002, 7HO6015 Kerndtway DRAKE-ET*TV is an Excellent (92) Shoremar MASON-ET son that's +2.16 for PTAT. This SUPERIOR SETTLER is a test improver, with PTAs of +890M +.04%F +42F +.07%P +44P, 82 percent yield reliability. Bred by Mark and Leslie Kerndt and Mark Kerndt Jr., Waukon, Iowa, DRAKE is a calving-ease sire that is one of Select Sires' best for transmitting frame traits in addition to well-attached udders with strong ligaments and correct teat placement. New LEADOFF and DEBONAIR Sons Another new components specialist is 7HO6009 Flickstead Leadoff JOEY-ET*TV, with PTA values of +1,008M +.07%F +53F +.04%P +40P, 87 percent yield reliability. This calving-ease sire, who also has been designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER, is sired by 7HO4340 Zonneveld LEADOFF and from a high-testing Excellent (91) 7HO2236 Emprise Bell ELTON dam with 26,160 pounds of milk. Bred by D. Richard Flickinger, Union Bridge, Md., JOEY is siring extraordinary feet and legs (+2.23 FLC) as well as udders that have wide rear attachments, firm fore attachments and correct teat placement. Graduating with high reliabilities for both production yield and type (85 percent and 82 percent, respectively), 7HO5922 Jeffrey-Way Debonair TREND*TV is an Excellent (91) 7HO4148 Paulo-Bro DEBONAIR-ET son with +2.11 FLC. Bred by Jeffrey A. and Kate Hendrickson, Belleville, Wis., he is out of a 30,000-pound dam that's backed by two generations of Excellent (91) Gold Medal Dams with more than 42,000 pounds of milk. Producers can use TREND, who is a protein specialist (PTA +.03%P +47P), to straighten legs, improve foot angle and mobility, increase dairyness, and transmit well-attached udders with strong center support. Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available Producers can obtain additional details about these 10 new active-A.I. sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 89 Holsteins 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. ™TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA ™SUPERIOR SETTLER is a trademark of Select Sires Inc. Copyright 1996-2002 Select Sires Inc. Last updated 14-Aug-2002.