Breed’s Top Two Holsteins for
TPI and Type are at Select Sires
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 25, 2004 — Six of the top-12 proven sires on the
Holstein Association’s Top 100 Type-Production Index (TPI™) listing are in
the May 2004 Select Sires lineup, including the industry’s high-ranking
sire/son pair of 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TV (No. 2 at +1828 TPI)
and 7HO6682 B-Hiddenhills Mar MARMAX-ET*RC, TV (No. 12 at +1711 TPI). This
follows the quarterly release of official dairy-sire evaluations by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Interbull and the breed association.
"The Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) was developed over 30 years ago
as the means to procure deep-pedigreed young sires and develop highly-proven
bulls through a nationwide-sampling system. Today PGA remains one of the
premier A.I.-sampling programs in the world," says Chuck Sattler, vice
president, genetic programs, Select Sires. "The Consistent Results™ that
Select Sires produces is again evident in the six PGA graduates that are
among the top-12 TPI bulls on Holstein’s Top 100. These six also are the
only bulls in the top 12 with reliabilities for production at or higher than
90 percent. And PGA has delivered the first proven son of the world-renowned
BW MARSHALL. Select Sires has a track record of identifying and procuring
genetics that today’s dairy producer looks for."
Six of Top-12 on Top-100 TPI List
One year ago, 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV (O MAN) graduated from the
PGA program and since has never relinquished the No. 1 position on the breed
’s Top-100 TPI listing. Now at +1943 TPI (94% Rel.), this 5% calving-ease
(CE) specialist and SUPERIOR SETTLER™ also continues to hold the top NM$
value at +885 with solid PTAs of +1,663M +.18% +106F +.10% +75P +1.08T
(88% Rel.) +2.13 Feet-and-Leg Composite (FLC).
Ultimately, the genetic impact that BW MARSHALL, the No. 2 TPI sire (+1828
TPI, 99% Rel.), has on the breed will come from the 250-plus sons that have
been sampled across the United States. Released in February from the PGA
SUPER SAMPLER™ program, MARMAX is the first of these sons, and again this
summary joins his sire in the breed’s top-dozen proven sires with a TPI of
+1711 TPI (92% Rel.). He balances high production and solid type with PTA
values of +2,620M +62F +70P +558NM$ +542 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$)
+587 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$) +1.70T (86% Rel.) +1.29 Udder Composite
(UDC) +1.69 (FLC).
Also among the top dozen on Holstein’s list is 7HO6025 De-Matt Rudolph
TEAMSTER-ET*TV, No. 7 with a +1747 TPI (90% Rel.) and PTAs of +2,019M +61F
+70P +1.66T (87% Rel.). Next is 7HO5484 Ricecrest BOONE-ET*TV, a 6% CE sire
that climbs to No. 9, adding over 800 second-crop daughters to his proof.
The resulting PTAs are +2,163M +.04% +88F +.04% +75P +667NM$ +686CM$
+631FM$ +1.23T (94%Rel.) culminating a +1729 TPI (99%Rel.). Ranking 11th at
+1721 TPI-M (93% Rel.), is 7HO5710 Pagen-Ernwood DANE-ET*TV, TD, who sires a
balance of milk, components and type with PTA-M values of +1,906M +.08%
+89F +.01% +60P and +1.17T (86%Rel.). Select Sires now has 26 proven bulls
that rank on Holstein’s Top-100 list — the most in the industry.
More Sires Higher Than +1600 TPI
Select’s highest graduate this summary, 9HO2805 Sandy-Valley BONIFAY-ET*TV,
follows right behind MARMAX with an elite +1691 TPI. A 7HO4985 Out-Jock
Choice AMEL-ET*TV son, BONIFAY is also the stud’s highest milk (+2,652M, 84%
Rel.) and protein sire (+78P). Also just released with a +1624 TPI (83%
Rel.), 9HO2763 Plushanski FARADAY-ET*TV ranks among the breed’s top 40 with
production credentials to fit today’s milk markets — +1,807M +.07% +72P
+511NM$ +544CM$ +1.56T (79% Rel.) +2.32FLC.
Another AMEL son and a February graduate, 9HO2760 NORRIElake Amel
Dakota-ET*CV also ranks among the top 40 at +1638 TPI (88% Rel.). NORRIE is
a profit generator for many of today’s cheese markets (+568NM$ +591CM$)
with high protein (+.05% +58P), solid production (+1,528M) and sound,
functional type (+1.21T, +2.27UDC, 86% Rel.). Another February release,
7HO8431 Macland STORMIN Bill *B/R, BL, TV ranks 29th on the Top 100 at +1643
TPI (83% Rel.). This SUPERIOR SETTLER also has PTAs that increased to
+1,713M +.05% +75F +.01% + 54P +460NM$ +465CM$ +450FM$ +2.30 PTAT (81%
Rel.). Another SUPERIOR SETTLER graduating last November, 7HO6500
Emerald-Acr-Vr CADENCE-ET*CV, at +1677 TPI (85% Rel.), has moved up to 16th
on the elite list and is a Herdlife Builder™.
A long-time SUPERIOR SETTLER, perfect for summer breeding programs, and 7%
CE sire, 7HO5687 Sandy-Valley FORBIDDEN-ET*TV climbed into the top 50 (+1618
TPI, 95% Rel.) with the influence of 166 second-crop daughters. He also
increased 259 pounds of milk for PTAs of +1,663M +.01% +52P +500NM$
+504CM$ +2.26T (86% Rel.) +2.38UDC.
Breed-leading +2.00 Type Coupled with +2.00 Composite Scores
With 21 bulls that are +2.00 PTAT or higher and two exceeding +3.00T, Select
Sires again leads the industry with more high-ranking sires for type than
any other A.I. source. The only two bulls in the breed higher than +3.00 PTAT, 7HO5841
Sikkema-Star-W HI METRO-ET*CV (+3.22T, 89% Rel.) and 7HO5157 Regancrest
Elton DURHAM-ET*CV (+3.08T-M, 99% Rel.) are undoubtedly the premier type
sires in the breed today. As expected, both also are over +3.00 for Udder
Composite (UDC) and over +2.00 for the other three composites.
A total of 14 sires exceed +2.00 UDC. Four additional sires join HI METRO
and DURHAM over +2.50 for udder composite: 7HO6313 CROCKETT-Acres
Sully-ET*CV (+2.00T, +2.75UDC, 91% Rel.), 7HO6498 Sher-Est Winch
STEADY-ET*CV (+2.31T, +2.68UDC, 87% Rel.), 7HO6155 Mohrfield Form
TRADEMARK-ET*TV (+2.12T, +2.53UDC, 82% Rel.) and 7HO8425 MICHael Storm
Avalanche*TV (+2.41T, +2.51UDC, 84% Rel.).
The same number of Select’s sires (14) also are over +2.00 for FLC — more
than any other stud. 7HO6402 Chel-Brook Wade MACRO-ET*TV is Select’s highest
at +2.79FLC (80% Rel.). Next on the list is 7HO6753 CANYON-Breeze Storm
Atom-ET*B/R, TV who joins the lineup from the PGA and SUPER SAMPLER program
with a +1,486 PTAM (89% Rel.) and a +2.08 PTAT (78% Rel.) with extreme type
composite scores of +1.02UDC, +2.40FLC, +2.09 Body (BC), and +2.34 Dairy
(DC).
14 Bulls Sire Tons of Milk — Five Exceed +2,400 PTAM
Leading this elite production group is BONIFAY, the new release at +2,652M.
He is followed by BW MARSHALL (+2,747), MARMAX (+2,620M), 7HO5708 Fustead
Emory BLITZ-ET*TV (+2,526M, 92% Rel.) and 7HO6511 O-Bee Winchester JASON*TV
at +2,462M (92% Rel.).
Second-crop daughters had a positive influence on 7HO5442 Muranda Mandel
MOE-ET*TV (+2,061M, 98% Rel.), who added 295 daughters and improved his TPI
by over 50 points to +1559TPI. The proof of 7HO5581 Eastview Emory
EQUITY-ET*TV (+2,209M, 98% Rel.) climbed again with the addition of 351
second-crop offspring. Adding nearly 1,000 second-crop daughters 7HO5592
Wil-Hart E LOUIE-ET*TV moved up 357 pounds of milk (+1,771M, 99% Rel.).
Up-To-Date Sire-Evaluations Readily Available
Producers can obtain additional details about all 92 Holsteins in the Select
Sires lineup from a single source - www.selectsires.com. This information is
free to producers and others interested in obtaining information about
breed-leading Holstein sires. In addition, people can contact the Select
Sires representative nearest them to learn more about how to best
incorporate Select Sires’ broad portfolio of genetic choices into their
herds.
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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