Select Sires PGA Producing Leaders
in High-Components Breeds
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 17, 2005 — On May 9, 2005 Select Sires released its spring marketing lineup of high-component sires and it includes top bulls in each breed.
"This success would not be possible without the cooperating herd owners who use young sire semen from the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™)," says Chuck Sattler, Vice President-Genetic Programs, Select Sires. "Through their participation we are constantly developing new proven trait leaders in every breed. And, the herd owners benefit from being the first to have progeny from these sires, plus they receive the financial rewards of PGA certificates. We continue to enroll new herds in the PGA to meet the needs of our progeny test expansion."
Five Select Jerseys at +200 JPI
Select Sires dominates the Jersey Performance Indexes™ with five of the 11 proven sires that are +200 JPI™ or higher. The top two from Select Sires are components specialists sired by ISDK Fyn LEMVIG and three were sampled through the PGA.
Released as the second-high proven sire in February, 7JE622 Ferreira Lemvig PIRANHA-ET now is No. 1 at +249JPI. In addition, he is one of the top five sires for fat yield, protein yield, and Net Merit Dollars with Predicted Transmitting Abilities (PTA) of +855M +.24%F +85F +.08%P +46P +433NM$ and among the top 10 at +471 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) and +362 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$) at 89% Reliability (Rel.).
The other LEMVIG son in the top-10 is November PGA graduate 7JE620 Sunset Canyon MAXIMUS-ET, now 4th in the breed at +236JPI (89% Rel.). He is the breed’s top sire at +113F, +502NM$, and +565CM$, plus one of the best five for protein (+45P) and FM$ (+384).
Seventh in the breed at +218JPI, 7JE563 Sil-Mist RMBM Buttons BRAZO-ET balances solid production with high type to rank among the best 10 at +1,396M +45P (86% Rel.) +1.8T (73% Rel.). Tenth at +207JPI is 7JE535 Windy Willow Montana JACE (93% Rel.). Rounding out Select Sires’ list of +200JPI sires is 9JE202 O.F. Barber ROCKET (+200JPI, 84% Rel.).
Only eight Jerseys in active-A.I. are at or higher than +2.0 Type and three are in the Select’s lineup. Ranking second at +2.4T is 7JE510 GOLDEN Boy of Ferreira (94% Rel.). ROCKET is tied for 4th with 7JE590 Forest Glen Avery ACTION-ET, at +2.0T (77% Rel. and 73% Rel., respectively). GOLDEN and ROCKET also rank among the best three in the breed for udder depth, a trait critical to breed improvement.
Three of Top Nine Brown Swiss at Select Sires
Three of the highest production sires in the Brown Swiss breed are on Select Sires’ May 2005 lineup and all are PGA graduates. The best is 7BS750 Hilltop Acres En DYNASTY ET *TM, who continues to dominate the breed with his No. 1 ranking for both production (+1,569M, 86% Rel.-M) and type (+0.9T, 75% Rel.-M). He also ranks 6th for Production-Type Index (PTI) at +175. Field reports indicate that the DYNASTY daughters are developing with age and will again be noticed on the tanbark this summer.
Released in February, 7BS758 Triangle Acres POLLYDEN ET has climbed in all production traits, +1,412M +.00%F +56F +.03%P +54P +391 NM$ +413 CM$ (74% Rel), while remaining a solid +0.3T (70% Rel.). He now holds the No. 2 spot on the breed’s PTI list at +211. This R Hart TC DENMARK son is the highest-ranking son of the highly acclaimed Triangle Acres Coll Polly (EX-92). Second in the breed for both strength and body depth, POLLYDEN is bred to cross well on the daughters of DYNASTY.
Anchoring the top-nine PTAM sires with a +1,228M is 7BS733 Misa Jetway MASCOT ET. He also ranks among the top-10 sires in active-A.I. for components at +48F and +39P. A highly-reliable sire at 96% Rel.-M (1,454 daughters in 1,111 herds), MASCOT is the highest PTI sire (+132) among the Brown Swiss bulls with more than 250 daughters.
Top Guernseys for PTI, Type and Milk Components
Select Sires dominates the Guernsey breed with five of the top 10 for PTI, six of the top 10 for type, and three of the top four for milk. Once again 7GU366 Trotacre Enhancer LEWIS-ET is the lead-off sire, outdistancing the rest with his +191PTI (83% Rel.), 30 index points ahead of the next sire. He also is first for NM$ (+344), FM$ (+377), and PTA Type (+1.8). And he is No. 2 for production at +1,457M and No. 3 for Cheese Merit at +$326.
Third in the breed at +160PTI is 7GU379 My Day Bliss BANGER-ET (84% Rel.). He, too, is a prominent genetic force for both milk and type, ranking in the top 10 for each of the following: +1,290M +248NM$ +243CM$ +257FM$ +1.2T (82% Rel.).
Rounding out the top nine PTI leaders are 7GU339 Trotacre Jay Mr LUXURY-ET (+140PTI, 95% Rel.-M), who also is 7th for PTAT at +1.3; 7GU343 Rozelyn Patmar P Jay GLACIER-ET (+134 PTI, 90% Rel.-M), an extreme components sire at +.16% F and +.10%P; and 7GU357 Marodore Enhancer ROY-ET (+126 PTI, 83% Rel.), who is tied for 4th at +1.5T and also climbed nearly 200 pounds to +1,383M (third in breed) with second-crop daughters.
Top New Milking Shorthorn
Even without an official type summary, 7MS341 Bar-D-Kuszmar CLAY debuts as a promising new Milking Shorthorn for both production and type. He is the No. 1 sire at +.15% Fat and +38F with +331PTAM (61% Rel.). His daughters are impressing breeders with their great dairy frames; both as All American nominees and high-dollar progeny in the sale ring.
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.
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