Select Sires Dominates
with Fourteen New Holstein Graduates
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2006 — Select Sires introduced an updated lineup of 91 Holstein bulls featuring 14 new graduates – more than any other stud – to dairy producers after reviewing the USDA quarterly release of genetic evaluations Feb. 13. The spectacular lineup features sons of the popular sire fathers 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET and 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET*CV.
"Our new DURHAM*CV sons follow in their sire’s footsteps to produce stylish, hard-working and long-lasting daughters, and Select has the largest group of BW MARSHALL sons available. All of Select’s new graduates offer an outstanding and broad variety of genetic options for our customers," said Blaine Crosser, vice president of dairy sire product line and sales management for Select Sires.
The exciting new group of sires includes four bulls over +1700 TPI™. Topping Select’s lineup for type among new graduates is DURHAM son 7HO7020 To-Mar D-FORTUNE-ET at +1724 and +2.78 Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type (64% Rel.). FORTUNE graduated into Select’s Canadian lineup in November 2005 and is a high performer at No. 9 on the LPI list there, backed by extreme components (+.14%P +.06%F 81% Rel.) and an impressive +2.38 udder composite.
Dairy producers will also like total performance improvers 7HO7334 Canyon-Breeze HRL ARTIC-ET (+1715 TPI, +1.77 PTAT 81% Rel.) and 7HO7463 Klumbs Durham PONTIAC (EX-92) (+1702 TPI, +2.18 PTAT 74% Rel.). ARTIC is from a cow family famous for power, strength and width, and also brings exceptional udders (+2.01 UDC 81% Rel.) with plenty of milk (+1523M 91% Rel.). PONTIAC is in Select Sires’ Top 10 for Udder Composite (+2.87 UDC) and is from an Excellent (93-3E) 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET dam with three lactations over 33,000 pounds of milk and 1,400 pounds of fat. PONTIAC is the complete package featuring breed-leading Type, udders and feet and legs (+2.63 FLC) with exceptional health traits and a low 7% Difficult Births in Heifers (DBH) (72% Rel.).
New graduates 7HO7466 Robthom MOSCOW-ET (EX-91), 7HO7043 Shadycrest-H AdDISON 167-ET and 7HO7359 Jenny-LOU Marshall P149-ET are top proven sires for high milk yield at over +1,400 Milk. With a +1476 PTAM and +1.83 PTAT beside excellent +1.74 UDC and +1.91 FLC, MOSCOW should meet the needs of dairy producers looking for high milk production and improved udders, feet and legs. His dam, an Excellent (92) 7HO4213 Robthom INTEGRITY-ET daughter, milked over 53,000 at 5-7. LOU excels in Type (+2.72 76% Rel.) and Milk (+1,400M 85% Rel.), coming from a dam who produced a top record over 45,800 pounds. DISON also ranks well at +1,460M (87% Rel.) and offers exceptional health traits (+2.70 SCS 73% Rel., +2.1 PL 65% Rel., +1.1 DPR 58% Rel.) to sire cows sure to be durable with udders that wear.
Breeders looking for high components and profit markers along with outstanding conformation have four new choices in Select’s lineup. Debuting with a high +.10%F +48F +.05%P +31P (89% Rel.) and a leading $353 Net Merit is 7HO7173 Terrick Emerson ROLEX-ET. ROLEX also offers +380CM$ and a highly respectable +1.14 UDC +1.56 FLC (82% Rel.). Other choices for components and profit are 7HO7048 Hunsberger Addison COMBAT at +.06%P +27P +.04%F +23F and an exceptional +2.34 UDC and +2.24 FLC, and BW MARSHALL son 7HO7037 Regancrest-RB MILES-ET (+.04%P +12P +.19%F +51F +2.47 PTAT 83% Rel.). New graduate and James son 7HO7315 Sikkema-Star BIARITZ-ET also carries positive components (+.04%P +29P +.04%F +31F 82% Rel.) and is an udder specialist with a leading +1.73UDC (78% Rel.).
7HO7287 Morningview Durham JINX-ET and 7HO8146 MARKWELL Durham Fidel-ET (EX-92) are calving ease specialists who continue the excellent balanced DURHAM genetics at Select Sires. SUPER SAMPLER™ graduate JINX debuts with more than 220 daughters in his production proof and offers a high +906 Milk (91% Rel.) and a strong +405NM$. Herdlife Builder™ MARKWELL is a profit builder (+304NM$ +335CM$) who can also sire daughters with excellent udders (+1.12 UDC) and feet and legs (+1.55FLC 83% Rel.). Breeders looking for udder improvement should also check out 7HO7285 Regancrest-HHF Max-ET. This sire’s +2.47 UDC is shown in his daughters through great shape and veining. From the heart of the Dellia cow family, HHF balances milk, components, health traits and type to build the kind of cows dairy producers want.
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.
™Type-Production Index and TPI are trademarks of Holstein Association USA.
™SUPER SAMPLER and Herdlife Builder are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
Source: 2/06 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.
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