Select Sires

SELECTIONS - Winter 2004
Highlights From November Proofs

In November Select graduated four Holstein and seven high-components breeds sires into active-A.I. service. For the third consecutive summary, 7H06417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV is the breed’s No. 1 TPI™ sire (+1915) and is the top sire for Net Merit Dollars (+$857). Select is also home to five of the top-10 TPI Holsteins, four of the top-10 PTI and NM$ Ayrshires, three of the top-10 Brown Swiss milk sires, the top three PTI Guernsey sires, four of the top-10 JPI™ Jerseys and the top two sires for TPI among Red-and-White bulls.

7BS750 DYNASTY

New graduate Hilltop Acres EN DYNASTY-ET is an udder specialist, at nearly +1.5 for all udder traits. Lone Oak Dynasty Jessi (VG-85), Scenic Ridge Swiss, Elgin, Iowa, is pictured.

7GU379 BANGER

Elwana Banger Lovely, Paul Ewing, Spencerville, Ohio, is sired by No. 2 PTI and high-milk sire (+277PTI, +1,990M) My Day Bliss BANGER-ET.

7AY70 SATELLITE

Palmyra Satellite
L Ginger (VG-86)

Top-10 in the breed for PTI (+196) and PTAM (+1,016) is udder improver Palmyra Reward SATELLITE-ET. Palmyra Satellite L Ginger (VG-86), Palmyra Farm, Hagerstown, Md., Iowa, is above.

7HO6474 DEARBORN

Hil-Ray
Dearborn 106-Grade

November graduate Regancrest DEARBORN-ET*TV is +1,863 PTAM and higher than +1.00 in all four type composites. Hil-Ray Dearborn 106-Grade, Hil-Ray Farms, Minnesota City, MN, is above.

7HO6500 CADENCE

Moellendick Cadence 2037-Grade, Charles Moellendick, Pleasantville, Ohio, is an example of the tall, dairy daughters sired by top-30 TPI sire Emerald-Acr-VR CADENCE-ET*CV.

7HO6402 MACRO

A&R Macro 439-Grade

Chel-Brook Wade MACRO-ET*TV debuts as Select’s best feet-and-leg composite sire (+3.00). Above is A&R Macro 439-Grade, A&R Farms, Fremont, Mich.

7HO6498 STEADY

Component specialist Sher-Est Winch STEADY-ET*CV (+.10%F, +.01%P) exels for type (+2.24) and is a calving-ease sire. Above is El-Monte Steady 458-Grade, El-Monte Dairy, Tipton, Calif.

7HO5484 BOONE

Vaz Boone 2796-Grade

Ricecrest BOONE-ET*TV is an elite-production and calving-ease sire. Second-crop daughters like Vaz Boone 2796-Grade, Vaz Dairy, Roswell, N.M., are pleasing many dairy producers.

7HO6302 READY

Chase Crest Ready 283-Grade, Kurt Chase, Hastings, Mich., is an example of the beautiful frames and udders sired by Bo-Irish RJ Lead READY-ET*TV.

9HO2704 BEAVER

Coyne-Farms Patron BEAVER*TV solidified his reputation for production and type by adding 33 new daughters to his proof. Above is Curr Vale Beaver 2221 (VG-86-VG-MS), Currie Valley Dairy LLC, Tully, N.Y.

7HO6042 SIR

Top-10 for PTA Milk in the Select lineup is Crest-View-Acres BW SIR*TV. He sires daughters like Willow Bend Sir 474-Grade, John Knicely, Bridgewater, Va.

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