Select Sires Inc. continues to dominate the ranks for world-renowned indexes, including Herd Health Profit Dollars® (HHP$®), Cheese Merit (CM$) and TPI® while also topping the charts for component yields, fertility and health traits. The new class of graduates includes sires that fit the bill for specialty markets including Polled, Red & White and desired caseins. Twelve graduates from four different breeds bring unique genetic opportunities to the Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations genetic lineups.
HOLSTEIN HIGHLIGHTS
- Each of the six Holstein graduates boast HHP$ values greater than +710 with 7HO15471 ZZ TOP (+1,132 HHP$), 7HO15606 EVERYHOUR (+1,126) and 7HO15396 HUCK (+1,084) leading the charge.
- 14HO15369 TRUMPET-RED and 250HO15525 MCDONALD-P-RED qualify for the Mastitis ResistantPRO® designation. Daughters of Mastitis ResistantPRO sires have the genetic potential to experience less mastitis events, thereby boosting milk quality and saving on treatment costs.
- Highly anticipated MCDONALD-P-RED combines Red and Polled with health and wellness (+778 HHP$).
- 7HO15440 HANDY-RED hails from an impressive pedigree. He’s a Webster-P *RC son with a Very Good (88) dam, grandam and third dam. He also excels for sire fertility (+2.0 SCR) and earns Select Sires’ FertilityPRO® designation.
- HUCK debuts as a top-30 TPI sire (+3041) and offers an elite combination of production, components (+0.12% Fat), Type (+1.50), Productive Life (+6.1) and low Somatic Cell Score (2.69).
- Select Sires improved their RobotPRO® designation qualifications in August to include Milking Temperament and Udder Floor. HANDY-RED, ZZ TOP, EVERYHOUR, TRUMPET-RED and MCDONALD-P-RED each earn the RobotPRO designation and will create daughters designed for automated milking systems.
JERSEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Dairies have an opportunity to replenish heifer inventories by leveraging gender SELECTED™ semen. Each of the new Jersey graduates has sex-sorted semen available, including 7JE1930 DABO-P, 7JE1939 GRADUATE, 14JE1921 JX CRISPIN {5} and 14JE1929 JX SKALSKI {5}-P.
- After popular young sire careers, DABO-P and JX SKALSKI {5}-P graduated to the proven ranks with impressive data. Both hail from successful maternal lines and offer outstanding milk yield and components in a Polled package.
- GRADUATE is siring daughters with tremendous mammary systems, reflecting his elite Jersey Udder Index™ (+15.2 JUI™).
- Get a boost in daughter fertility by adding JX CRISPIN {5} to mating rosters (+2.8 DPR).
AYRSHIRE HIGHLIGHT
- 9AY130 DYNAMIC is a Showcase™ sire with +0.7 PTAT. His daughters are stylish with strong fore udders and high, wide rear udders. He is 98.26% Ayrshire.
BROWN SWISS HIGHLIGHTS
- 9BS923 POWERBALL is a balanced sire with favorable PTAT (+0.6), UDC (+0.69) and Mobility (+0.6). He hails from a maternal line known for outstanding mammary systems and is an exciting Showcase sire.
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