Four Holsteins Graduate
Into Select Sires Lineup
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Nov. 11, 2003 — Four Holsteins have graduated
into the active-A.I. lineup at Select Sires following the Nov. 10
announcement of new official dairy-sire evaluations by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.
Three of these new sires are debuting on the breed's Top-100 TPI™
list, with all four transmitting a balance of production and type
as they join North America's leading active-A.I. lineup of 90 Holsteins.
"This graduating class, which is backed by four different sires and
seven different grandsires, offers a variety of mating options," says
Ron Long, vice president, sire procurement, Select Sires. "Each individual
was sampled through the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™),
which means that producers can have added confidence in this group that
averages 82 percent reliability for production yield and 77 percent
reliability for type. Whether people are looking to improve economically
important type traits like udders, feet and legs, or to increase the
production of milk and components, they'll find one or more sires to
meet their needs among these graduates."
Three in Top 100 for TPI
Debuting in the breed's top 30 for Type-Production Index (+1628 TPI),
7HO6500 Emerald-Acr-VR CADENCE-ET*CV is the first son of 7HO4985
Out-Jock Choice AMEL-ET to graduate into the Select Sires lineup.
CADENCE is backed by three generations of high-scoring Gold Medal
Dams (GMDs) with lactations higher than 40,000 pounds of milk, and
is from the same family as 9HO2660 Jauquet-Soukup HOLMGREN-ET*TV.
Bred by Emerald Acres, DePere, Wis., this high-protein SUPERIOR
SETTLER™ has Predicted Transmitting Abilities (PTAs) of +1,687M
-.04%F +50F +.03%P +58P, +520 cheese-merit dollars, +1.87T. Producers
can use CADENCE to sire tall, open-ribbed daughters that have good
mobility and snugly attached, shallow udders with ideal teat placement.
High milk components and outstanding udders (+2.69 UDC) are the
hallmark of 7HO6498 Sher-Est Winch STEADY-ET*CV, who joins his
father, 7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET, in Select's active-A.I.
lineup. Bred by Sherman Erlandson, Westby, Wis., STEADY is backed
by three generations of Very Good or Excellent Dams of Merit (DOM)
with records that exceed 34,000 pounds of milk and 1,400 pounds of
fat. This high-reliability graduate (88 percent reliability for
yield, 78 percent reliability for type) has PTAs of +1,387M +.10%F
+75F +.01%P +44P, +2.24T +1567 TPI. STEADY is a calving-ease sire
(7 percent difficult births in heifers) who transmits scale, dairyness,
ideal rump angle and legs that track squarely, along with udders that
have breed-leading cleft and rear attachments.
7HO6474 Regancrest DEARBORN-ET*TV is a Moroville Mascot BROCK son
from the renowned "Dellia" family at Regancrest Farm, Waukon, Iowa.
DEARBORN is out of a Very Good GMD/DOM that was sired by Maizefield
BELLWOOD-ET and has 2-4 365d 34,040M 1,199F 1,060P. This graduate
debuts on Holstein Association USA's Top 100 TPI list (+1559 TPI)
with PTAs of +1,863M +59F +52P +484 fluid merit dollars (FM$),
+1.70T. DEARBORN's daughters are tall and dairy with wide rumps,
steep foot angle, and udders that have a strong ligament and
improved width.
Extraordinary Feet and Legs
One of the breed's highest sires for feet-and-leg composite (+3.00 FLC),
7HO6402 Chel-Brook Wade MACRO-ET*TV is backed by a cow family with
extreme protein test and high milk production that traces back to
Beachlawn Dutchoe Bell, Excellent (92). This Parker Aero WADE-ET son,
bred by Chel-Brook Holsteins, Camden, Ohio, has PTAs of +1,313M +36F
+40P, +1.42T, +1450 TPI. Producers can use MACRO as a foot-and-leg
improver that sires strong udder attachments, both fore and rear,
and shallow udder depth with excellent teat placement.
Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available
Producers can obtain additional details about these four new active-A.I.
Holstein sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all
90 Holsteins in the Select Sires 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
™Program for Genetic Advancement, PGA and SUPERIOR SETTLER are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
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