Select Sires Boasts Industry Leaders
for Type, Net Merit and Milk
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2007 — With 13 sires scoring at or above +2.00 for Type, Select Sires continues to offer more high-type sires than any other stud. In fact, four of Select’s sires rank among the top-6 in the breed for Type.
"Type has always been a priority for our program at Select Sires," said Blaine Crosser, vice president of dairy sire product line and sales management for Select Sires. "When highly proven, high-type sires are used in today’s breeding programs, the herd replacements have the capacity, dairy strength, udders and feet and legs to last longer and generate more profit."
7HO7004 Erbacres DAMION (EX-94) is second in the breed for Type at +3.25 (94% Rel.). He also ranks second for Feet and Leg Composite (FLC) at +2.96 with additional composite scores of +2.45 Udder Composite (UDC), +2.88 Body Composite (BD) and +2.72 Dairy Composite (D). A popular 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET son, DAMION is a Showcase Selections™ sire and carries the new HealthMark™ designation, which denotes sires with increased profitability based on health traits.
Standing third in the breed at +3.03 T (87% Rel.) is 7HO7359 Jenny-LOU Marshall P149-ET. LOU is a Superior Settler™ and ranks second among Select’s lineup for UDC (+2.66). He also excels in udder cleft (+3.21), dairy form (+2.76) and body depth (+2.37).
7HO7780 Mr Regancrest Roy RACER is a new release type-specialist at +2.97 T (71% Rel.), placing him fourth in the breed. RACER also transmits gorgeous udders (+2.34 UDC) and depth of body (+2.63 BD). His dam is the DURHAM daughter Regan-Joy Durham Regenia-ET (EX-92-EX-MS-GMD-DOM), a full-sister to the popular 7HO6758 Regancrest MR Drham SAM-ET.
Sixth among Holsteins for Type is the red-hot 7HO7872 KHW Kite ADVENT-RED-ET (EX-94). ADVENT-RED more than doubled the number of daughters in his proof, increasing from 59 to 168 daughters. With increased reliability, his Type score became even stronger at +2.85 (92% Rel.). He is an udder specialist at +2.35 UDC and a Herdlife Builder™. Also carrying the Showcase Selections™ label, ADVENT-RED has already proven he can make the fancy kind with record-setting sale toppers and 25 top-10 finishes at the 2006 World Dairy Expo.
Other type-specialists on Select’s lineup include new graduate and 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET son 7HO7596 Den-K Marshall LL LAURIN (+2.62 T 77% Rel.); new release and 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET son 7HO7744 Palmcrest Blitz BLADE-ET (+2.49 T 84% Rel.); 7HO7081 Jeffrey-Way TRYOUT (+2.36 T 86% Rel.); MR SAM (+2.18 T 94% Rel.), 7HO7071 LE-O Emerson Classic-TW (+2.17 T 87% Rel.); new graduate and BLITZ son 7HO7895 Regancrest SEGER-ET (+2.08 T 78% Rel.); 7HO7463 Klumbs Durham PONTIAC (+2.06 T 86% Rel.); and new releases and full-brother BW MARSHALL sons 7HO7650 Lang-England M JACKSON-ET (+2.06 T 88% Rel.) and 7HO7785 Lang-England M REAGAN-ET (+2.00 T 85% Rel.).
O MAN Continues Net Merit Dominance and TPI™ Success
7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET continues his reign as the Net Merit king, topping the breed at +$747 Net Merit Dollars (96% Rel.). He has held the No. 1 position for Net Merit since May 2003 – that’s 45 months! O MAN also ranks second in the breed for TPI-M at +1982 (98% Rel.), carries the new HealthMark designation and is the calving-ease authority at 3% CE (99% Rel.).
BLITZ and BLITZ Son Stand Among Top-6 for Milk
BLITZ is the epitome of customer-satisfaction, already selling more than a million units worldwide. His sons are following in his footsteps by combining the same excellent milk and type performance into one package. 7HO7560 Zimmerview BLITZ JINTX-ET tops Select’s lineup for Milk and ranks third in the breed at +2,610 (95% Rel.), becoming the first BLITZ son to surpass his sire for milk production. With 312 daughters in 162 herds, this new release and udder improver (+1.52 UDC 90% Rel.) is highly reliable. BLITZ is No. 6 in the breed and second among Select’s lineup for Milk at +2,330 (99% Rel.). He also carries the Herdlife Builder designation and is on the gender SELECTed™ lineup.
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.
™Showcase Selections, HealthMark, Superior Settler, Herdlife Builder, and gender SELECTed are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.
Source: 2/07 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.
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