Five New Breed Leaders Join Select Sires High-Components Lineup
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2005 — On February 14, 2005 Select Sires
released semen from two new proven Jerseys, two Brown Swiss sires, and
one new Ayrshire sire. On the same day, USDA, Interbull and the breed
associations released official dairy-sire summaries that reflected a
genetic base change in nearly all of the traits evaluated.
"Establishing a new genetic base lowers the Predicted
Transmitting Ability (PTA) values but it doesn't change the overall
rankings of the sires," says Chuck Sattler, Vice President-Genetic
Programs, Select Sires. "The five new sires that we graduated offer a
wide variety of genetic options. However, producers will need to adjust
to the change in the magnitude of the new numbers before selecting those
sires that fit their breeding goals."
Select Sires dominates the Jersey Performance Indexes™ (JPI™)
with nine proven sires that are at +177 or higher. Three of the top nine
are extreme components sires, all sired by ISDK Fyn LEMVIG, and all from
very strong cow families.
One of two LEMVIG sons released in February is 7JE622 Ferreira Lemvig
PIRANHA-ET. He starts his active-A.I. career as the No. 2 proven sire
with +249 JPI. PIRANHA is among the breed's best-10 sires for both fat
and protein yield plus all three profitability values with Predicted
Transmitting Abilities (PTA) of +910M +.24%F +87F +.07%P +46P +438
Net Merit Dollars (NM$) +473 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) +372 Fluid
Merit Dollars (FM$) and a low 2.85 Somatic Cell Score (SCS). PIRANHA
comes from the heart of the highly acclaimed Golden family, anchored by
Golden MBSB Of Twin Haven-ET (EX-94). Group-sampled through the American
Jersey Cattle Association, PIRANHA already has 97 daughters in 49 herds,
resulting in an 86% Rel. on his second summary.
Duplicating the same high solids and JPI (fifteenth at +183) is 7JE617
Lemvig RUDY with PTA values of +.24%F +60F +.10%P +30P, +314 NM$,
+351 CM$, 82% Rel. Like PIRANHA, he sires a low 2.91 SCS, which spells
profit for today's Jersey producers. RUDY's dam is a three-year-old
7JE254 Mason Boomer Sooner BERRETTA with over 1,800F and who, in turn,
is out of two Excellent (91) dams with over 1,000F. Unlike most LEMVIG
bloodlines, RUDY sires tall, wide-framed cows that also excel in foot
angle and udder clearance.
The third LEMVIG son is the November release 7JE620 Sunset Canyon
MAXIMUS-ET. Now +245 JPI (85% Rel.), he moved up from eleventh to No. 4
in the breed. In spite of the genetic base change, he has climbed to
+116F +517 NM$ +574 CM$ and is the top sire in the breed for all three
traits. MAXIMUS is out of the renowned component producer, Tenn Haug E
Maid (EX-93).
7BS750 Hilltop Acres En DYNASTY ET once again dominates the breed with
his first-place ranking for production at +1,579M (85% Rel.-M) and his
second-place ranking for type at +0.9T (74% Rel.-M), culminating a
top-10 ranking for Production-Type Index (PTI) at +168M.
Second at Select Sires for milk and first for PTI and NM$,
7BS758 Triangle Acres POLLYDEN ET graduates from the Program for Genetic
Advancement™ (PGA™) as a top-10 sire in all yield and profitability
traits with PTAs of +1,286M -.02%F +47F +.02%P +48P +334 NM$ +352
CM$ 72% Rel. +187 PTI. He is a R Hart TC DENMARK ET son out of the
highly acclaimed Excellent (92), Triangle Acres Coll Polly, a brood-cow
extraordinaire with over 40,000 pounds of milk. His daughters are
high-producing cows that exhibit dairy strength and depth of body with
wide rear udders.
Select's second R Hart Simon ENSIGN ET son to graduate into
active-A.I. service at Select Sires, 9BS85 Blessing Garbro LEADER ET,
ranks just ahead of his paternal brother, DYNASTY, in the Udder
Composite category with a +0.74 UD. He has the unique ability to sire
shallow udders that still have the capacity to produce plenty of milk
(+957M 74% Rel.), coupled with dairy frames and balance, traits he
acquired from his maternal line, anchored by Blessing Sensation Bria
(EX-93-3E-EX-MS-ELITE).
No other sire comes close to the profit potential that 9AY78 Visserdale
HERMAN adds to the Ayrshire breed. He is the best Ayrshire in the breed
for production at +1,332M +43F +305 FM$. In addition, this PGA graduate
is among the breed's top trio for protein (+32P), NM$ (+278), CM$
(+263), and PTI (+180). His daughters are the tall, big-framed type with
an excellent rear udder and strong cleft. HERMAN comes by all of this
naturally, as he is a Hickory-Grove Liberty HAWK-ET son out an Excellent
(90) Bonnie Brae HELIGO daughter with production records exceeding
26,000 pounds of milk.
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 dairy and beef producers with North America's
best genetics at a reasonable price.
™Jersey Performance Index and JPI are trademarks of the American
Jersey Cattle Association
™Program for Genetic Advancement and PGA are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
Source: 2/05 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and breed
associations
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