Select Sires Dominates Holstein's
Top-100 TPI List
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Sept. 7, 2004 — For the second consecutive sire
summary, Select Sires owns proven bulls that rank No. 1 and 2 on the
Holstein Association USA Top-100 list for Type-Production Index (TPI™).
For more than a year, 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV has been first
in the breed. Now at +1942 TPI (94% Rel.), he outdistances 7HO5375
Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TV (+1807 TPI, 99% Rel.), by 135 points. O MAN
and MARSHALL are two of 27 bulls from Select Sires that are on the
Top-100 TPI list-the most in the industry.
"Over the years, Select Sires has had a dominant presence on the Top-100
list," says Chuck Sattler, vice president, genetic programs, Select
Sires. "If a breeder is selecting from the top 10, from the top 50 or
from all 100 elite sires, he/she will find that Select Sires continues
to dominate throughout. Select's highly reliable bulls come from diverse
pedigrees and generate breed-leading genetics that are meeting the
varied demands of today's Holstein breeders."
Six of Industry's Best 11 for TPI
Six of the top 11 on the Top-100 TPI list are from Select Sires and all
six are graduates of the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™).
The highest-ranking, O MAN, is a calving-ease SUPERIOR SETTLER™ and
sires the breed's best dollar value indexes at +897 Net Merit Dollars
(NM$), +945 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$), and +809 Fluid Merit Dollars
(FM$).
Used heavily as a sire of sons, BW MARSHALL, the No. 2 TPI sire (+1807
TPI, 99% Rel.), and his first proven son, 7HO6682 B-Hiddenhills Mar
MARMAX-ET*RC, TV, the eleventh place TPI sire (+1696 TPI, 94% Rel.),
make up the most elite father son genetic team in active-A.I.
The industry's top new graduate, 9HO2831 Kings-Ransom M DUCE-ET*TV,
debuts as the seventh best bull in the breed. He is the highest-ranking
Carol Prelude MTOTO-ET son in active-A.I. for TPI (+1745 86% Rel.), NM$
(+645 ) and Feet-and-Leg Composite (+1.86 FLC) (83% Rel.).
Next on the list at +1733 TPI (99% Rel.), 7HO5484 Ricecrest BOONE-ET*TV,
is a 6 percent calving ease sire that climbs to No. 8 on the list. He
has over 2,200 daughters and is one of the top-10 bulls in the breed for
these traits +680NM$, +697CM$ and +646FM$.
Tenth in the breed is 7HO6546 Din-A-Ste REMINGTON*TV (+1712 TPI 80%
Rel.). He is a 7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET son with solid
Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) values of +2,115M +.03% +84F +.01%
+66P +1.41T +2.39 Udder Composite (UC) at 79% Rel.
Recent Releases Anchor High TPI List
Other Select sires released in the past year that stand out on the
Top-100 list include May releases 9HO2763 Plushanski FARADAY-ET, who
climbed into the Top-30 with a +1644 TPI (85% Rel.) and 9HO2805
Sandy-Valley BONIFAY-ET*TV, now at +1584 TPI (86% Rel.). Graduating into
service with MARMAX in February, 9HO2760 NORRIElake Amel Dakota-ET*CV
again ranks in the Top-50 at +1615 TPI (89% Rel.).
August Sire Evaluations Readily Available
For easy access to the latest sire summary data on all 93 sires in the
Select Sires Holstein lineup, producers can click on www.selectsires.com or request a sire directory from their local Select Sires sales representative.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc. is North America's largest
A.I. organization and is comprised of 10 farmer-owned and -controlled
cooperatives. As the industry leader, 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, Program for Genetic Advancement and PGA are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
August 2004 information from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein
Association.
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