The Wait Is Over: January 2008 Dairy Proofs (1/15/08)
By Dave Erf, Sire Analyst
This summary brings to close the longest interval between proofs in many years. It has been five months since the last release of information in August 2007. With so much time between summaries, a large amount of data has been added. There is much new with Accelerated Genetics’ lineup with exciting new PACE releases and new data on previous releases.
The PACE program has produced many great bulls over the past years – this summary is no exception. Many top Jersey sires have graduated recently and this proof run produced another one. 014JE00431 Grieves graduates among the Top 10 JPI bulls of the breed. He enters the Accelerated Genetics lineup as our #1 Net Merit bull at +411 NM$. Grieves is an early Jace son from an Excellent dam. At +57 PTAP, he is Accelerated Genetics top bull for protein. The Grieves daughters are tall, strong and wide with outstanding rear udders. He joins an already strong Jersey lineup. 014JE00406 Blueprint increased +50 NM$ mainly on improved health trait information. 014JE00414 Fox made great gains on production and jumped +37 on JPI to +189.
Headlining the new releases in Holsteins is 014HO04438 River. A truly astounding combination of production and type makes River quite unique. At +2841 PTAM, +67 PTAF, +64 PTAP, and +2.46 PTAT, he provides an impressive opportunity to increase production levels in your herd as well as adding a great source of size, depth and strength. River daughters also have outstanding rear udders and at 8% Service Sire Calving Ease (SSCE), he can be used on heifers. At +1758 TPI River will rank among the top 25 bulls of the breed. River is a Morty son from a Very Good Manfred daughter that has produced many outstanding daughters. If you are looking for more milk, River has the ability to make it flow!
Another top production sire graduating from the PACE program is 014HO04452 Grumpy. At over a ton of milk and +56 for both fat and protein, he can definitely transmit profit. Grumpy is a Timlynn Adam from an EX-91 Mtoto daughter. He is positive for health traits at +1.5 Productive Life (PL) and +0.3 Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) and is a nice calving ease sire at 7% SSCE.
The highest Net Merit new release PACE sire for this proof run with +464 NM$ is 014HO04460 Carl. He is a Machoman out of an Excellent Charm daughter. Carl is a health trait and component specialist. At +3.9 PL, +2.7 DPR, and 7% for both sire (SSCE) and daughter calving ease (DCE), he sires trouble-free cattle. Carl is also +.19% fat and +63 PTAF as well as +.03% protein.
Another sire that transmits high fat components and great health traits is 014HO04481 Terminator. An Outside son from an EX-91 Rudolph daughter, he also is nearly two points on type and is 8% SSCE. Terminator is +3.5 PL, +1.0 DPR and is a low cell count sire at +2.83 SCS. He is +.09% fat and +46 PTAF. Terminator daughters are tall, strong and wide with outstanding feet and legs.
Two new high type, calving ease PACE releases are 014HO04470 Doc and 014HO04493 Racer. Doc is an Outside son out of an Excellent Durham. He is +2.55 PTAT and 1.95 UDC along with high ratings for longevity (+3.5 PL) and reproduction (+1.2 DPR). Racer is a Stormatic out of an EX-91 Durham. He is a high type (+2.65 PTAT) sire with high milk and protein.
Three new Alliance sires have been added to the lineup. 210HO00105 Ralstorm*RC and 245HO00075 Royalist*RC are high component red-carrier sires. 202HO00246 Braveheart is a BW Marshall son that is a high type and foot and leg specialist.
Two sires released last run made some nice moves up on type. 014HO04372 Billy Bob increased nicely on PTAT and now is a Top 100 bull for TPI at +1674. He continues to be a great production sire at over +1800 PTAM and over +50 for both fat and protein. 014HO04368 Sage made increases for type, udders and especially feet and legs. He is now among the top udder composite bulls at Accelerated Genetics at +2.68 UDC.
014HO03571 Dutch Score started adding second crop information and made some good increases for both type and production. He increased to +1666 TPI and remains in the elite company of second crop sires on the TPI list.
In Brown Swiss, we added the Italian bull 206BS00021 Prodigo. He is an Even son from an Emory. Prodigo is a high component bull that sires great feet and legs. He will rank in the Top 5 for PPR in the Brown Swiss breed. 014BS00304 Acclaim made great health trait increases. He is now +6.6 PL, +0.7 DPR and +410 NM$. Add 206BS00019 Scipio at +405 NM$ and this gives Accelerated Genetics the most Brown Swiss sires over +400 NM$.
The next sire summary is scheduled for the 1st of April, no fooling, so we will not have a long wait for new data. Accelerated Genetics does have a very interesting group in-waiting, so the future looks bright. A special thank you to our PACE herds, as without their help and cooperation we would not have this outstanding offering of breed leading genetics.
This summary brings to close the longest interval between proofs in many years. It has been five months since the last release of information in August 2007. With so much time between summaries, a large amount of data has been added. There is much new with Accelerated Genetics’ lineup with exciting new PACE releases and new data on previous releases.
The PACE program has produced many great bulls over the past years – this summary is no exception. Many top Jersey sires have graduated recently and this proof run produced another one. 014JE00431 Grieves graduates among the Top 10 JPI bulls of the breed. He enters the Accelerated Genetics lineup as our #1 Net Merit bull at +411 NM$. Grieves is an early Jace son from an Excellent dam. At +57 PTAP, he is Accelerated Genetics top bull for protein. The Grieves daughters are tall, strong and wide with outstanding rear udders. He joins an already strong Jersey lineup. 014JE00406 Blueprint increased +50 NM$ mainly on improved health trait information. 014JE00414 Fox made great gains on production and jumped +37 on JPI to +189.
Headlining the new releases in Holsteins is 014HO04438 River. A truly astounding combination of production and type makes River quite unique. At +2841 PTAM, +67 PTAF, +64 PTAP, and +2.46 PTAT, he provides an impressive opportunity to increase production levels in your herd as well as adding a great source of size, depth and strength. River daughters also have outstanding rear udders and at 8% Service Sire Calving Ease (SSCE), he can be used on heifers. At +1758 TPI River will rank among the top 25 bulls of the breed. River is a Morty son from a Very Good Manfred daughter that has produced many outstanding daughters. If you are looking for more milk, River has the ability to make it flow!
Another top production sire graduating from the PACE program is 014HO04452 Grumpy. At over a ton of milk and +56 for both fat and protein, he can definitely transmit profit. Grumpy is a Timlynn Adam from an EX-91 Mtoto daughter. He is positive for health traits at +1.5 Productive Life (PL) and +0.3 Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) and is a nice calving ease sire at 7% SSCE.
The highest Net Merit new release PACE sire for this proof run with +464 NM$ is 014HO04460 Carl. He is a Machoman out of an Excellent Charm daughter. Carl is a health trait and component specialist. At +3.9 PL, +2.7 DPR, and 7% for both sire (SSCE) and daughter calving ease (DCE), he sires trouble-free cattle. Carl is also +.19% fat and +63 PTAF as well as +.03% protein.
Another sire that transmits high fat components and great health traits is 014HO04481 Terminator. An Outside son from an EX-91 Rudolph daughter, he also is nearly two points on type and is 8% SSCE. Terminator is +3.5 PL, +1.0 DPR and is a low cell count sire at +2.83 SCS. He is +.09% fat and +46 PTAF. Terminator daughters are tall, strong and wide with outstanding feet and legs.
Two new high type, calving ease PACE releases are 014HO04470 Doc and 014HO04493 Racer. Doc is an Outside son out of an Excellent Durham. He is +2.55 PTAT and 1.95 UDC along with high ratings for longevity (+3.5 PL) and reproduction (+1.2 DPR). Racer is a Stormatic out of an EX-91 Durham. He is a high type (+2.65 PTAT) sire with high milk and protein.
Three new Alliance sires have been added to the lineup. 210HO00105 Ralstorm*RC and 245HO00075 Royalist*RC are high component red-carrier sires. 202HO00246 Braveheart is a BW Marshall son that is a high type and foot and leg specialist.
Two sires released last run made some nice moves up on type. 014HO04372 Billy Bob increased nicely on PTAT and now is a Top 100 bull for TPI at +1674. He continues to be a great production sire at over +1800 PTAM and over +50 for both fat and protein. 014HO04368 Sage made increases for type, udders and especially feet and legs. He is now among the top udder composite bulls at Accelerated Genetics at +2.68 UDC.
014HO03571 Dutch Score started adding second crop information and made some good increases for both type and production. He increased to +1666 TPI and remains in the elite company of second crop sires on the TPI list.
In Brown Swiss, we added the Italian bull 206BS00021 Prodigo. He is an Even son from an Emory. Prodigo is a high component bull that sires great feet and legs. He will rank in the Top 5 for PPR in the Brown Swiss breed. 014BS00304 Acclaim made great health trait increases. He is now +6.6 PL, +0.7 DPR and +410 NM$. Add 206BS00019 Scipio at +405 NM$ and this gives Accelerated Genetics the most Brown Swiss sires over +400 NM$.
The next sire summary is scheduled for the 1st of April, no fooling, so we will not have a long wait for new data. Accelerated Genetics does have a very interesting group in-waiting, so the future looks bright. A special thank you to our PACE herds, as without their help and cooperation we would not have this outstanding offering of breed leading genetics.