Dynamic, profit-boosting graduates join proven lineup at Select Sires

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Select Sires graduated eight Holstein, four Jersey and one Brown Swiss sire to daughter-proven lineups following the December sire summary. “Returning dollars to the dairy is a top priority and Select Sires delivers on that promise by working with breeders around the world to develop maternal and paternal lines that transmit components, fertility, health and wellness,” said Jeff Ziegler, vice president of dairy cattle breeding, Select Sires Inc. The newly proven sires are designed to deliver the most important traits linked to economic success, including standouts for the Herd Health Profit Dollars® (HHP$®) index.

Holstein Highlights

Leading the graduating class with elite HHP$ values is 7HO15624 SUPERB (+1,056), 7HO15778 BEETHOVEN (+1,056) and 7HO15821 FROST BITE (+1,032).
Fertility forward sires include 7HO15640 MOONRAKER (+3.1 FI), FROST BITE (+2.2 FI) and SUPERB (+1.3 FI).
250HO15364 HALO-PP adds homozygous Polled power to Select Sires’ already impressive Polled lineup. This 14HO14607 LIMELIGHT-P son creates healthy cows and has earned the Mastitis ResistantPRO® designation (+907 HHP$, 107 Z MAST).
Boost production while improving cow and calf health with 7HO15839 MAGNUM, a 7HO14320 ALPHABET son (+2,143 PTAM, +1,005 HHP$, +1.2 H LIV, +0.5 FI, 106 Zoetis Calf Livability).
Herds with automated milking systems can depend on Select Sires’ genetics to create robot-friendly daughters. MOONRAKER, BEETHOVEN, FROST BITE, MAGNUM, 14HO15582 MASHAK and HALO-PP each qualify for the RobotPRO® designation.
The highly anticipated 250HO12961 DOC son from the heart of the Mogul Cleavage family has joined the daughter-proven Showcase™ lineup. 7HO15634 CADILLAC combines elite conformation (+2.18 UDC, +1.08 FLC) with production power (+1,083 PTAM).
With Udder Composite values above +2.00, HALO-PP (+2.19), CADILLAC (+2.18) and MASHAK (+2.12) are expected to improve mammary systems.

Jersey Highlights

7JE1933 JX ELS {6} ranks within the breed’s top-5 sires for JPI™ (+164) and offers excellent milk production and components (+1,108 PTAM, +121 CFP). He’s A2A2 beta-casein and BB kappa-casein along with strong HHP$ (+711) and DWP$® (+823).
7JE1965 BLIZZARD is the first 7JE1699 JX PINE {6} son to graduate and boasts incredible DWP$ (+1,088) and WT$® (+151) values with extreme CW$™ (+151). He adds strength and dairy character with strong udder attachments.
Jerseyland Sires graduate, 7JE1980 KAMAKAZI, hails from a deep pedigree and offers a customer-satisfaction linear chart. He’s A2A2 beta-casein and BB kappa-casein and transmits important conformation traits without sacrificing milk yield (+1.6 PTAT, +18.9 JUI™, +1,279 PTAM)
14JE2002 VOLANT is an excellent choice for dairy herds that are working to improve heifer completion rates. He’s +157 CW$ and 113 for Zoetis’ Calf Scours trait.
Each of the new Jersey graduates is available with gender SELECTED™ semen to maintain your herd’s strategic heifer inventory.

Brown Swiss Highlight

9BS924 TANK offers a unique combination of high production and elite Type (+1,023 PTAM, +77 CFP, +0.9 PTAT). He hails from a long line of Excellent dams going back to the 2012 Wisconsin Cow of the Year, Cozy Nook Pronto Twylight “4E92 4E93MS” SBC. TANK is expected to improve mammary systems in the next generation (+1.03 UDC, +1.20 RUW).

For more information about individual sires, visit www.selectsires.com and use the Advanced Sire Search to locate and sort sires that match your genetic goals. To access sires conveniently on the go, download Select Sires Mobile from your app store today!

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Source: 12/24 CDCB Genomic Evaluation, AJCA/HA/BSCBA Type Evaluation %Rel: SUPERB FI 86; CADILLAC PTAT 93, Yield 95; MOONRAKER FI 83; FROST BITE FI 85; MAGNUM Yield 95, H LIV 66, FI 83, C LIV 86; MASHAK PTAT 90; HALO-PP Z MAST 61; JX ELS {6} Yield 88; KAMAKAZI PTAT 82, Yield 92; VOLANT Calf Scours 89; TANK PTAT 81, Yield 85. MOONRAKER is not eligible for semen export to Canada. All Jerseys sires are JH1F, JNS-TF and BBR 100, except VOLANT is JH1C. 7=Select Sires; 14=Accelerated Genetics; 250=GenerVations; 9=Universal Marketing Code. Evaluations for Holstein non-conformation traits in this report are Powered by CDCB™ and evaluations for all high-component breed traits are Powered by CDCB.

™gender SELECTED and Showcase are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. Jersey Udder Index (JUI) and Jersey Performance Index (JPI) are trademarks of the American Jersey Cattle Association. ®RobotPRO, Mastitis ResistantPRO, Herd Health Profit Dollars, HHP$, Your Success Our Passion. and the Select Sires logo are registered trademarks of Select Sires Inc, Plain City, Ohio. Dairy Wellness Profit Index (DWP$) and Wellness Trait Index (WT$) are registered trademarks of Zoetis Inc., its affiliates and/or its licensors. All gender SELECTED semen is processed with Ultraplus™ technology. Ultraplus is a trademark of STGen LLC. Calf Wellness Index (CW$) is a trademark of Zoetis Inc., its affiliates and/ore its licensors. Limitations and Conditions of Sale: gender SELECTED semen shall be used only for the single insemination of one female bovine during natural ovulation with the intent to produce a single offspring unless specifically approved on an individual customer basis by Sexing Technologies in writing. As a condition of purchasing gender SELECTED, the purchaser agrees that gender SELECTED semen will not be reverse sorted or re-sorted unless specifically permitted, in advance, on a case-by-case basis by Select Sires in writing. Select Sires intends to monitor the use of the gender SELECTED semen and vigorously enforce these restrictions on use. Please see http://www.selectsires.com/designations/genderselected.html or https://www.accelgen.com/dairy/profit-tools.aspx for additional details.