Diverse Pedigrees and Increased Data Make Select Sires Your Sure Bet
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Apr. 15, 2008 — Select Sires’ Holstein lineup is stronger than ever, featuring sires with diverse pedigrees and greater daughter information. Lineup highlights include second-crop success and customer-satisfaction specialist 7HO6758 Regancrest-MR Drham SAM-ET and Total Performance Index™ (TPI™) super stars with unique pedigrees and increased data.
“Select Sires is your source for the greatest selection of 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET and 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET sons in the industry, but we also offer elite bulls from many other sires,” said Charlie Will, manager, Holstein sire program for Select Sires. “In fact, Select Sires is home to 27 sires on Holstein Association USA’s Official Top-100 TPI list and they are sired by 17 different bulls and have 22 different maternal grandsires.”
MR SAM climbed up by 64 TPI points and 261 pounds of milk with 4,037 daughters in 1,779 herds and 99% Reliability in his April Interbull/USA sire summary. The epitome of second-crop success, MR SAM, now with gender SELECTed™ semen available, transmits extremely favorable type (+2.50 Type) and composites (+1.50 Udder Composite and +1.42 Feet and Leg Composite).
More Data Means Higher TPI for PLANET, SPARTACUS and TEMPTATION
7HO8081 Ensenada Taboo PLANET-ET is second on the Official Top 100 TPI list at +2071 TPI, up 18 points from the January sire summary because of more daughter information. He also ranks third in the breed for Milk at +2,880 and fourth for Net Merit at +$667. A Superior Settler™ and sired by Rose-Baum Taboo-ET, PLANET offers exceptional Type (+2.61). All this and PLANET earns a Calving-Ease designation.
With an increase of 35 TPI points, 7HO8236 GG SPARTACUS is the No. 3 sire on Select’s lineup at +1833. SPARTACUS, a Superior Settler, also specializes in Fat (+82) and Net Merit Dollars (+$536), ranking among the top-3 sires at Select for both traits. As a Herdlife Builder™, look for SPARTACUS to transmit the type traits that correlate to improved longevity.
7HO8163 Penn-England TEMPTATION-ET increased 22 points in TPI to +1738, claiming the No. 34 spot on the Official Top-100 TPI list. A Herdlife Builder, TEMPTATION is an excellent choice for heifers at 6 percent Calving Ease. TEMPTATION improves udders at +2.01 Udder Composite and overall type at +2.66 Type.
Diverse Genetic Options with High TPI
7HO7853 Lutz-Brookview MICHAEL-ET, a Barbee-M Juror Ito-ET son, ranks among the top-25 on the Official Top-100 TPI list at +1771. A HealthMark™ sire, MICHAEL earns this designation with +2.6 Daughter Pregnancy Rate and +4.0 Productive Life. MICHAEL is calving ease (7% CE), carries the Herdlife Builder designation and improves the bottom line at +$492 Net Merit.
Ranking among the top 40 in the breed for TPI (+1724) 7HO8032 Kerndt Magna Mae PATZ-ET is a 7HO5851 Sikkema-Star Air MAGNA-ET son with exceptional fitness traits and components. PATZ carries the HealthMark designation with +1.2 DPR and +4.3 PL. He is also extreme for fat and protein percents (+.07%P and +.16%F).
7HO7763 Graf-Acres Elation SANA-ET, excels in total performance at +1694 TPI. Sired by 7HO6247 Nunesdale Kismet ELATION-ET, SANA fills the bulk tank at +2,244 Milk – ranking among the top 15 in the breed and third on Select’s lineup. SANA is also a protein specialist at +50 Protein.
9HO2315 Paulo-Bro Cel JASPER-ET son 7HO7452 FRITZland CJ Abe-ET is a Superior Settler and TPI super star at +1686. FRITZ offers positive components (+.01%P and +.10%F) and adds value at +$394 Net Merit.
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.
Source: 04/08 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.
04/08 Rel: MR SAM IB-M/HA Type 98%; PLANET USDA 83%, NM 73%, HA Type 80%; SPARTACUS USDA 87%, NM 77%; TEMPTATION CE 72%, HA Type 84%; MICHAEL DPR 62%, PL 66%, CE 72%, NM 80%; PATZ DPR 54%, PL 57%, USDA 84%; SANA USDA 91%; FRITZ USDA 91%, NM 83%
TMgender SELECTed, Superior Settler, Herdlife Builder and HealthMark are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.; Total Performance Index and TPI are trademark of Holstein Association USA
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