Select Sires Excels in
Developing High-Components Breed Sires
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Dec. 19, 2005 — Select Sires’ updated active A.I. sire lineup features several high-components breed superstars with breed-leading health and type traits to build cows with longevity and profit potential for the dairy herd.
Select has Top-10-ranked bulls for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type and other traits among all current Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn sires in the industry.
Six of the 11 best Jersey sires for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type, each ranking at or above +1.8, come from Select. 7JE510 GOLDEN Boy of Ferreira stands second at +2.2T (96% Rel.) and also carries a +2.79 Somatic Cell Score (94% Rel.) to rank him among the breed’s Top 10. GOLDEN is also the breed’s best for improving udder depth.
7JE590 Forest Glen Avery ACTION-ET and 9JE202 O.F. Barber ROCKET tie for third in Type at +2.1, with ROCKET rounding out the Top 10 in SCS at +2.80 (70% Rel.) and ACTION scoring a high +2.3 PL (63% Rel.). Select’s highest sire for Productive Life is 9JE172 Eastglen Alf KLASSIC-ET at +2.6 (84% Rel.), who also holds a leading +$379 Fluid Merit Dollars score (95% Rel.).
Newcomer 7JE645 O.F. Para LEGAL-ET, a son of H&B Alf PARAGON-ET and the only two-time Premier Performance Cow of the All-American Jersey Show, has the lowest SCS in the breed at +2.64 (58% Rel.) and offers a balance for milk and components (+520M +0.05%P +0.01%F, 75% Rel.) and pleasing type (+1.3PTAT +161JPI™, 62% Rel.).
7JE620 Sunset Canyon MAXIMUS-ET, an ISDK Fyn LEMVIG son, is top in fat and protein rank (+0.52%F +97F +0.17%P +32P, 93% Rel.) and ranks highly in merit scores (+400NM$ +459CM$ +292FM$ 88% Rel.) among Jersey sires.
Guernsey dairies looking for top milk production should go with No. 1-ranked sire 7GU357 Marodore Enhancer ROY-ET, who stands with a breed-leading +1478M at 88% Reliability. ROY also delivers a high type (+1.3 PTAT, 85% Rel.) noted by high, wide rear udders.
Select’s overall type leader in the Guernsey breed is 7GU366 Trotacre Enhancer LEWIS-ET at +167 PTI and +1.5 PTAT (83% Rel.). LEWIS also offers excellent milk production (+1323M, 85% Rel.) backed by +31 Protein and +38 Fat and breed-leading merit scores of +311NM$ and +340FM$. LEWIS completes the all-around package with a +0.8 Productive Life (64% Rel.) and +2.94 Somatic Cell Score (71% Rel.).
Performance climbs with the breed’s top-ranked sire for protein and fat percentages and Cheese Merit, 7GU343 Rozelyn Patmar Jay GLACIER-ET (+0.09%P +0.17%F, 91% Rel. +320CM$ 87% Rel.). This outcross sire also adds profit (+289NM$ +231FM$) and longevity with a high +1.8 PL.
Type and production also increase with the high +1.5PTAT +157 PTI sire 7GU379 My Day Bliss BANGER-ET. Look for this bull to sire excellent milk (+1240M 86% Rel.) and protein (+33P) and add profit at the bottom line (+233NM$ +225CM$ +247FM$ 82% Rel.). BANGER also holds the breed’s second-best +2.83 Somatic Cell Score (72% Rel.) and is the breed’s best source for strength and body depth.
When it comes to milk production, Select’s Brown Swiss sires 7BS750 Hilltop Acres En DYNASTY ET and 7BS758 Triangle Acres POLLYDEN ET offer the one-two punch dairymen want. Top ranked in the breed, DYNASTY carries an excellent +1,585M (87% Rel.) and POLLYDEN follows with +1,499M (77% Rel.).
DYNASTY also excels in protein and fat pounds (+45P +41F) and carries a leading +174 PTI-M rank and +0.9 PTAT (76% Rel.). POLLYDEN offers a +204 PTI (73% Rel.) and surfaces in the Top 10 for components (+51P +53F) and merit (+383NM$ +395CM$ +362FM$ 73% Rel.).
The new 7BS766 Blessing Banker AGENDA ET debuted as the breed’s top-ranked Brown Swiss bull for type among all new graduates at +0.7T and No. 4 PTI sire at +187 PTI-M (62% Rel.). Backed by three dams scored Excellent (91-2E), (92-2E) and (90-3E), and each with multiple milk records over 30,000 pounds, it’s no surprise AGENDA carries an impressive +868M +0.05%P +41P +0.09%F +56F (72% Rel.).
Ayrshire sire 9AY78 Visserdale HERMAN surfaced as the breed’s top milk and fat rank bull in November (+1188M +43F 55% Rel.). HERMAN also draws attention for his No. 3 PTI rank at +157 (49% Rel.), his profit-earning merit figures (+247 NM$,+235CM$ +269FM$ 51% Rel.) and low +2.85 Somatic Cell Score (39% Rel.).
Worth a look for Milking Shorthorn breeders is 7MS341 Bar-D-Kuszmar CLAY, who leads the breed with a +121 PTI (50% Rel.) and ranks among the top five for all other production and merit categories.
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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Source: 11/05 U.S. Department of Agriculture and Holstein Association USA.
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