Five New Holsteins Graduate
into Select Sires Lineup
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 11, 2004 — Semen is now available from five Holstein
bulls that have graduated into active-A.I. service at Select Sires, including two high
production sires with Type-Production Indexes TPI™ that exceed +1600. This
follows the May 10 release of official dairy-sire evaluations by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA. All five sires were proven through
either the Genetic Opportunity for Leading Dairymen (GOLD) or the Program for Genetic
Advancement™ (PGA™) sampling system and now join North America's leading
active-A.I. lineup of 92 Holsteins.
"The May graduating class adds more genetic depth to the Select Sires Holstein lineup,
giving dairy producers more options for their summer breeding programs," says Blaine
Crosser, vice president, dairy products and services, Select Sires. "Whether producers
are looking for a ton of milk, positive components or sound type, they will find profitable
options within this group."
Two New Production Sires Over +1600 TPI
Fourth at Select Sires with a +1691 Type-Production Index (TPI) on his initial release,
9HO2805 Sandy-Valley BONIFAY-ET*TV may become better known as Select's
top production sire with a +2,652 Predicted Transmitting Ability for Milk (PTAM) at
84% Rel. This 7HO4985 Out-Jock Choice AMEL-ET son also is the stud's highest
Protein sire (+78P) and is elite for dollar values at +598 Net Merit Dollars (NM$),
+596 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) and +603 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$). A graduate
of the GOLD program and bred by Bauer Brothers, Scandinavia, Wis., BONIFAY's
dam is Ricecrest Bwood Brianne-ET, Very Good (88), Gold Medal Dam (GMD) and
Dam of Merit (DOM), and hails from the highly-regarded Ricecrest Southwind Kaye-ET
family. This solid type sire (+1.27T 73% Rel.) is best recognized for siring the type of feet and legs that will track straight ahead and have plenty of heel depth, resulting in a
+1.63 Feet-and-Leg Composite (FLC).
The second May 2004 graduate of the GOLD sampling program, 9HO2763 Plushanski
FARADAY-ET*TV, already ranks among the best 50 on the Holstein Association's
Top-100 TPI list at +1624 TPI (83% Rel.). He is a profit-generating sire for many of
today's milk markets (+511 NM$ +544 CM$) with solid production (+1,807M) and
the fourth-highest PTAP at Select (+.07% P +72P). FARADAY offers a non-traditional
pedigree to producers who purchase semen from Select Sires. He is one of the first proven
sons of Paulo-Bro RTL DEMAND TCG-ET in active A.I., a sire the industry used to
improve dairy strength, feet and legs. His Very Good (88-DOM) dam, with 5-9 365d
47,863M 3.7% 1,773F 3.5% 1,675P, is a daughter of Plushanski BELGIUM-ET and
traces back to one of the production matriarchs in the breed, Plushanski Chief Faith, all
bred by Charles Plushanski, Kutztown, Pa. As this pedigree suggests, FARADAY has a
solid type proof (+1.56T 79% Rel.), siring moderately tall, high-producing cows that balance angularity with strength and width along with good mobility (+2.32 FLC) and sound udders.
SUPERIOR SETTLERS Also Improve Components
The second DEMAND son to join the proven ranks at Select Sires is 7HO6454 J-Mor
Demand GENISIS-ET*TV, a +1,741 PTA Milk (80% Rel.) sire that will be in great
demand in cheese-marketing areas with PTA values of: +.00%F +64F +.07%P +69P
+502 CM$ +1.37T (78% Rel.). A SUPERIOR SETTLER™, this graduate of PGA
sampling is designated as one of the highest-fertility sires for use in summer breeding
programs. Bred by James A. Moret, Prairie Du Chien, Wis., GENISIS is out of J-Mor
Elton Goldie-ET, a Very Good (86-GMD-DOM) with 4-0 365d 37,310M 4.0% 1,484F
2.9% 1,097P. He is siring strong, wide frames, wide rear udders with a deep center
ligament, and correct feet and legs.
7HO6685 Royland Patron BRYCE-ET*TV is also on the May high fertility list at
Select Sires. Like his sire, 9HO1729 Brabant Star PATRON-ET, this PGA graduate
will answer the summer breeding needs of producers who are in search of profitable
production (+1,353M 82% Rel.) coupled with solid components (+.06%F +64F
+.01%P +44P 82% Rel.), sound type (+1.75T 77% Rel.) and functional udder
traits (+1.42 Udder Composite). BRYCE has extreme Standard Transmitting Ability
(STA) values for rear udder height (3.03H), rear udder width (3.09W) and front
teat placement (2.78C). He comes from an outstanding cow family on the west coast
that is recognized for generating sons that are entering A.I. Bred by Bert Roylance &
Sons, Warden, Wash., the dam of BRYCE is Firdell Aerostar Babette-ET
(EX-90-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) with a phenomenal 3-2 365d record of 41,140M
3.9% 1,592F 3.0% 1,245P. The next dam is an Excellent (90-2E) 7HO980 Walkway
Chief MARK daughter with 4-2 365d 31,910M 4.5% 1,444F 3.3% 1,048P.
Type Specialist from Impressive Pedigree
7HO6753 CANYON-Breeze Storm Atom-ET*B/R, TV is the result of mating
Maughlin STORM-ET to an Excellent (94-2E) 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET
daughter owned by Steven Gillins, Minersville, Utah. Add to this cross an Excellent
(93-GMD-DOM) grandam and an Excellent (91-2E-GMD-DOM) great grandam,
both with production records approaching 40,000 pounds of milk and you have a
popular pedigree for Select's SUPER SAMPLER program. CANYON boasts
+1,486M (89% Rel.) and +2.08T (78% Rel.). His type composite scores are
+1.02 UDC, +2.40 FLC, +2.09 Body (BC), and +2.34 Dairy (DC). His daughters
are tall, stylish cows with plenty of width and depth, a foot and leg pattern that is as
impressive to view from the rear as it is from the side, and udders that are firmly
attached, both fore and rear.
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 92 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.
™SUPER SAMPLER, PGA and Program for Genetic Advancement are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
™TPI is a trademark of the Holstein Association USA Inc.
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