The World's source for Bovine Genetics
Select Sires Expands Holstein
gender SELECTed Lineup



PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Oct. 11, 2006 — Select Sires continues to add elite proven gender SELECTed™ sires to the Holstein offering. No other A.I. source provides the expansive sexed-semen lineup of highly proven customer satisfaction bulls that Select Sires is proud to offer, including several Top-100 TPI™ sires. With a growing list of bulls backed by industry-leading research and experience, you can be sure that Select’s gender SELECTed sires offer exceptional customer satisfaction while producing 90 percent or more heifer calves.

Elite Proven Sires BLITZ and FORBIDDEN Now Available, gender SELECTed

Customer satisfaction sires 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET and 7HO5687 Sandy-Valley FORBIDDEN-ET are highly-proven new additions to the gender SELECTed lineup that combine for nearly 30,000 daughters in their August proof data. BLITZ is an international superstar that easily transmits to his daughters tremendous power, style and breed-leading milk production from gorgeous udders. BLITZ specializes in customer satisfaction with more than one million units of semen sold throughout the world. He continues to rank first among Select’s lineup for Milk at +2,349 (99%Rel.) and is the No. 1 Milk bull in the breed with 99% reliability. BLITZ is the No. 1 LPI second-crop bull in Canada and the No. 1 Conformation bull in Canada at 99% Reliability. Also designated a Herdlife Builder™, BLITZ’s daughters are winning shows, setting all-time sale prices and creating demand that is sure to continue with gender SELECTed semen available. FORBIDDEN excels in Calving Ease at 6% (99% Rel.) and tops Select’s lineup for both Daughter Calving Ease (5% 99% Rel.) and Daughter Stillbirth (4.5% 99% Rel.). He also improves udders with +1.32 UDC (99% Rel.) and +2.26 Front Teat Placement.

NATHAN and COMBAT Added to gender SELECTed Lineup

7HO7313 Springhill-Oh NATHAN-ET makes his debut on the gender SELECTed bill as a TPI all-star at +1690 (89% Rel.), ranking among the Top-20 on Select’s active lineup and Top-50 in the breed. He is a 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET son and calving ease specialist at 7% CE (85% Rel.). NATHAN is also a Fat improver (+.13% +69 94% Rel.) and carries the Herdlife Builder designation. 7HO7048 Hunsberger Addison COMBAT offers the rare combination of superior udders and feet and leg improvement at +2.32 (87% Rel.) for both composites. He also carries the Herdlife Builder designation and is a calving ease sire at 6% CE (71% Rel.).

More Top-100 TPI and Highly-Reliable gender SELECTed Holstein Sires

Five additional Top-100 TPI sires maintain their status on Select’s gender SELECTed lineup, including 7HO6838 Barbi-Lyn M MATCHES-ET who boasts a tank-filling +1,666 Milk (86% Rel.) and improves your bottom line with +$478 Net Merit Dollars. 7HO6695 Latuch Convincer Farley-ET ranks No. 46 in the breed for TPI at +1690 and places No. 4 in the breed for Fat at +101 (90% Rel.). Rounding out the list of Top-100 TPI gender SELECTed sires are 7HO7379 Mar-Bil Marshal G-TAURUS-ET, a BW MARSHALL son at +1681 TPI (84% Rel.), Superior Settler™ and feet and leg improver (+2.47 FLC); 7HO7043 Shadycrest-H AdDISON 167-ET (+1664 TPI 87% Rel.), a calving ease specialist (8% CE 73% Rel.) who transmits high Protein (+45 89% Rel.) and super udders (+1.45 UDC); and 7HO7173 Terrick Emerson ROLEX-ET, who ranks among Select’s Top-20 for Net Merit Dollars at +$409 (82% Rel.) and excels in Calving Ease at 7% (78% Rel.) and carries the Herdlife Builder and Superior Settler designations at +1647 TPI (88% Rel.).

Semen from gender SELECTed sires continues to be available from highly-reliable and popular sires 7HO6349 Hidden-View BEST and 7HO6753 CANYON-Breeze Storm Atom-ET*B/R. A second-crop success, BEST’s daughters boast high components (+.04%, +29F +.13%, +54P 98% Rel.). He also can be used for Calving Ease at 8% (99% Rel.) and is dubbed a Herdlife Builder. CANYON hails from the popular Canyon-Breeze family and is backed by generations of Excellent dams. He is known for his beautiful and productive daughters and is solid for calving ease (8% CE 99% Rel.).

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.

™TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA.
™Herdlife Builder, Superior Settler and gender SELECTed are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.

Source: 8/06 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull, Canadian Dairy Network and Holstein Association USA.





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