New Graduates PLANET and MICHAEL Classified Excellent
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Mar. 4, 2008 — Select Sires had a great classification day with January graduates 7HO8081 Ensenada Taboo PLANET-ET and 7HO7853 Lutz-Brookview MICHAEL-ET classifying Excellent for the first time.
PLANET was scored Excellent (90) on his first classification. He debuted in January as the No. 2 sire in the breed for TPI at (+2053) and fills the bulk tank at +2,828 Milk, topping Select’s lineup for both traits. PLANET offers elite components yield at +74 Protein and +78 Fat and high Type (+2.70), including outstanding udders (+2.05 UDC). Sired by Rose-Baum Taboo-ET, PLANET is a unique outcross sire that is already being used as a sire of sons at Select Sires.
MICHAEL was raised two points to classify Excellent (90). A HealthMark™ sire, he earns this designation with +2.8 Daughter Pregnancy Rate and +3.8 Productive Life. MICHAEL is calving ease (7% CE) and carries the Herdlife Builder™ designation. He boasts total performance (+1765 TPI) and improves the bottom line at +$483 Net Merit.
January releases 7HO8039 Kerndt Mae APACHE-ET and 7HO8236 GG SPARTACUS were scored Very Good (88) on their first classifications. A Superior Settler and HealthMark sire, APACHE is also a Herdlife Builder. This truly special sire combines high-ranking TPI (+1700) and elite Type (+2.58). With solid composites (+1.87 UDC and +1.98 FLC), APACHE is the first son of 7HO5841 Sikkema-Star-W HI METRO-ET to debut on the Select Sires lineup. SPARTACUS is a Superior Settler with outstanding TPI (+1798). He also specializes in Fat (+79) and Net Merit Dollars (+$504), ranking among the top-5 sires at Select for both traits. As a Herdlife Builder, look for SPARTACUS to transmit the type traits that correlate to improved longevity.
Topping the active lineup on the most recent classification program, 7HO7712 Velvet-View-KJ SOCRATES-ET was raised one point to Excellent (94). This 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET son is a total-performance improver, ranking No. 16 on Holstein’s Official Top-100 TPI™ list at +1787 TPI. He is a calving-ease specialist (7% CE) and Superior Settler™ with elite fat production (+.07% Fat and +78 Fat). 7HO7653 Plain-O Durham ROSS-331-ET was raised from Very Good (87) to Very Good (88). ROSS is a 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET son and Superior Settler with high Type (+3.21).
Other active lineup sires that were raised in score include 7HO7858 Rauscher Mars 999-GRAND-ET (EX-93), a Herdlife Builder and Superior Settler with gender SELECTed™ semen available; 7HO7615 Solid-Gold COLBY-ET (EX-92), a HealthMark sire and Superior Settler with elite TPI (+1703); 7HO7145 Silmarillion CASIMIR Eddie (EX-92), a calving-ease specialist (6% CE); 7HO7629 Melarry Inquirer FINAL (EX-92), available on the gender SELECTed lineup; 7HO7744 Palmcrest Blitz BLADE-ET (EX-92), a Superior Settler and high Milk (+1,598) BLITZ son; 7HO7037 Regancrest-RB MILES-ET (EX-92), a Superior Settler with positive components (+.03% Protein and +.16% Fat); 7HO7735 By-My Blitz CADET-ET (EX-91), a BLITZ son with gender SELECTed semen available.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is North America’s largest A.I. organization and is comprised of 10 farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying dairy and beef producers with North America’s best genetics at a reasonable price.
01/08 Rel: PLANET USDA 81%, HA Type 73%; MICHAEL USDA 88%, HA Type 86%, DPR 60%, PL 63%, CE 72%, NM$ 79%; APACHE USDA 87%; HA Type 85%; SPARTACUS USDA 84%, NM$ 73%; SOCRATES CE 74%, USDA 90%; ROSS HA Type 69%; CASIMIR CE 96%; BLADE USDA 97%; MILES USDA 89%.
TMSuperior Settler, HealthMark, Herdlife Builder and gender SELECTed are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.; TPI is a trademark of Holstein Association USA.
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