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Agri-Views - Issue 8

Agri-Views Newsletter
Issue 8 - January 2010

HOLSTEIN
New Release Sires - Here is your chance to tap into possibly the best genetics available from the Supreme of the Breed “Thrulane James Rose EX97 2E” who was recently crowned Grand and Reserve Supreme Champion at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Canada.

Her two sons include Pierstein Talent Rolls Royce (ROSESROYCE) who is sired by Talent and Pierstein Fortune Reset (ROSESRESET) who is sired by Fortune. Both sons will be marketed through our Elite Gold Label program which showcases only the best genetics on the market. Rose has done it all on the tanbark, these two sons truly offer something special for all breeders.

Ronelee Toystory Domain – ET is a new release Toystory son who is the No.3 Genomic tested sire in Canada with an outcross pedigree. No Oman, Shottle, Goldwyn or Durham. GENODOMAIN offers breed leading traits - GTPI +2385, Type +4.30, Production +2258 and Udders +3.85. Four Generations of Excellent Dams EX91, EX93, EX95 , EX91.

Mr Crescentmead ARROW – ET is a new release Durham son out of the much admired Amlaird Lee Alice EX94 who is a full sister to popular sire – ALANTA. He is the No.1 Udder and No.3 Type sire in the USA. He hails from Generations of Excellent Cows as well as Show Champions.

Mer-Gold RL MARLBORO – Red ET is a new release Red & White Genomic tested sire which hails from an All-American cow family. He offers a good USA Genomic Proof, high Milk +941, Type +2.48 & Positive Fat & Protein. His dam - Derrwyn Miss Special Red EX94 is a maternal sister to Agri-Gene Gold Label Specialist – “MAZDA RED” and was crowned Grand Champion 2006 All American Show and Reserve Champion 2006 International R & W Show. MGD is a Brood Cow with 13 VG or EX Daughters.

Showring Highlights – Recent success at the NSW State Holstein Show for a PVPOLICY daughter - Arrallik Policy Meg VG86 who was crowned Reserve Intermediate Champion. In addition to this outstanding achievement Policy Meg was awarded Junior Champion at IDW in 2009 and the NSW State Youth Show in 2008 and was Reserve Intermediate at Sydney Royal in 2009.

Other Highlights – TREGIBBY Gibson daughter - Tregibby TG Lynda is now scored EX93 points. This makes the fourth excellent for Tregibby Gibson who already has Prospect Gibson Beaucoise EX90 points and two bulls scored EX90 and EX91 points.

JERSEY
LTE Highlights - Superb reports on milking FERNJACE and SPARTICUS daughters in the recent LTE Classification run. Fernjace daughters are large framed aggressive herd cows with flat bone, dairy quality and beautiful high wide rear udders.


SPARTICUS daughters are tall, upstanding progeny with beautiful spring and depth of rib with well attached udders and strong ligament. Sparticus also continues to impress farmers milking them having a daughter from the Shirlinn herd – Shirlinn Caesar Starfinch VG87 recently take out the Champion 2 Year Old in the All-Australasian Jersey Photo Competition.


Showring Highlights - A maternal sister “Arethusa Veronicas Comet VG89” to EDVERDICT, GOLDVOLT and SDVALIANT was recently crowned Reserve Grand Champion at the recent Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Canada.

USA Highlights – BW SUREFIRE daughters are proving to be the real deal as they are high in Type and are performing well in the milking shed in the USA. Many of his daughters are starting to calve for the second time and are scoring very well. In the Brentwood herd, USA, there are 31 appraised daughters, 3 are EX and 24 are VG with 13 appraised between 85% and 89%.

One of Surefire’s daughters BW Surefire Jenna M707 produced over 30,000 lbs Milk and 1200 lbs Fat in 361 days. Another daughter BW Surefire Alexia R191 was 3rd in a tough Junior 2-Year Old class at the 2009 Western National Show, USA.

AYRSHIRE
New Release Sires – Brookview Spot On (SPOTLOT) is a new release Gold Label sire with a spot on pedigree. He hails from a leading cow family in New Zealand – Blue Silver with a combination of good Type and Production. This cow family is full of VHC and EX cows.

Showring Highlights – Recent success at the Adelaide Royal Show for TRIDENT progeny saw Geelunga Tri Hilda was crowned Reserve Junior Champion and Roland Lodge American Trixie was crowned Reserve Senior Champion cow.

BROWN SWISS
Showring Highlights - An ageless matriarch again ignites the public’s imagination at the recent World Dairy Expo, USA. Old Mill E Snickerdoodle EX96 2E, dam of Sexed Semen Sire – STARSTRUCK was recently crowned Grand and Reserve Supreme Champion.  

Snickerdoodle is now an eight-time class winner and the only cow in WDE history to be a six-time champion, including Supreme in 2003 and Reserve Supreme in 2008 and 2009.

New Release Sires – Agri-Gene is proud to introduce two new exciting additions to their Brown Swiss listing, SAGITTAIRE and UNION who are both proven sons from France.

SAGGITAIRE is a Hussli son who is the No.1 ISU sire in France who will transmit high Milk Production as well as improve Udders, high and wide rear udders with good fore attachment and Udder Depth. Offers over 1600 Kgs of Milk with a combined Fat and Protein of 110 Kgs.

UNION is a Calving Ease Dominate son who hails from the famous “Nanou” cow family. Daughters have remarkable dairy potential in both Production and Components associated with great Type. Udders are high, well attached and transmit good Feet and Leg composition.

GUERNSEY
New Release Sires –
Sunny Valley Levi BRADMAN is a new Release Levi son who hails from one of Australia’s eminent Guernsey cow families, the Bell’s of Brookleigh Guernseys.  This tremendous cow family is renown for its consistency in the milking shed as well as producing outstanding Show Champions. His dam has four ET sisters which are classified VG & EX. Sunny Valley Levi Bradman offers exceptional strength, spring or rib & excellent feet & leg composition.


Showring Highlights –
Recent success at the Beaudesert Show for two DIVIDEND daughter’s saw Fernybank Dividend Marigold and Fernybank Dividend Belle taking out Intermediate and Reserve Intermediate championships.

ANGUS
January 2010 EBV Highlights – The release of the January Australian EBV’s confirmed LAWSONS DINKY DI Z191’s place as Australia’s Premier Calving Ease Sire. With over 1200 registered progeny, Dinky Di is the only sire in the breed with +2.1 Birth Weight, over +100 for 600 Day Weight and +2.9 IMF. Dinky Di progeny consistently topped sales for 2009 and he is sure to continue this trend into 2010 and beyond.

BT EQUATOR 395M – Equator 395M added a lot of data in the January EBV run and continued to improve by dropping Birth Weight and adding to his already impressive Growth traits which are in the Top 1% of the breed. He also improved for Milk, Scrotal, CW and Long Fed Index.

KAROO W109 DIRECTION Z181 – Karoo continues to offer up a well balanced set of EBV’s. Now with over 500 registered progeny plus many more commercially, he offers moderate Birth Weight with good Growth. He had good Fertility and Carcase traits with excellent Fat Cover. He is attractive to stud breeders and is priced to be also used in commercial operations.

RITO 4L6 OF 2536 208 – One of the standout performers from the January EBV run, Rito 4L6 is a 208 son from the great ‘2536’ cow who has broken all records for progeny sales. With Birth Weight at +3.6 and 600 Day Growth over +100, he improved his EBV’s for both Maternal and Direct Calving Ease, Scrotal, Yield, IMF, $Indexes and had huge increase for EMA which saw him move from +5.8 to +7.9.

BT RIGHT TIME 24J – Farmer Favorite and Popular Cow Maker Right Time 24J was another to impress with his high reliability and well balanced EBV’s. A trait leader for Growth, Carcase and Fertility, he also again increased for Scrotal, IMF and all $Indexes.

GAR PREDESTINED – SEXED SEMEN AVAILABLE -Leading USA sire Predestined is now available in Australia as SEXED FEMALE semen. Predestined also had a huge impact on the January EBV’s where he is the highest USA Angus sire in the breed for IMF at a whopping +3.4. Now with almost 2000 progeny, he improved across the board and it was pleasing to see his Birth Weight drop and 600 Day Growth increase along with his CW, EMA & Fat Cover.

EDGE Update - The first new Australian bull for our 2010 EDGE line-up will be the high selling bull at The Grange Angus Dispersal – THE GRANGE ICONIC D140. Well muscled with very good structure, ICONIC is a GAR Predestined son from a Papa Equator cow out of an imported USA cow family that has already produced breed leading sires such as 5050, Pinacle, Paramount and Everest.

He has a good set of EBV’s with a good spread from Birth to Growth and Top 5% for Carcase Weight, EMA, IMF and all $Indexes. With last years EDGE bulls Invincible and Candybar being fully allocated early in the year, do not miss your chance to get ICONIC while he is available at the EDGE price of $12.50 per straw.

LIMOUSIN
New Release Sire – CYAN PO has already created excitement amongst Limousin breeders with his first shipment arriving in December. The first Polled French bull to be released by Sersia, he is the only French Polled bull recognized by the French Herd Book.

BLONDE D AQUITANE
New Release Sire – BLACKWATER AINSLEY is a new release Blonde bull from the UK who offers Calving Ease with added Muscle and good Fat Cover. He was the record high selling Blonde bull in the UK.

CHAROLAIS
New Release Sire – ALEX is a new Charolais sire imported from Ireland with a full French pedigree. His sire Rodin has been a major show champion in France while his dam was the highest Maternal Index cow in France at +154.

SIMMENTAL
New Release Sire – HOOKS INFINITI – Homozygous Black and Homozygous Polled. Infiniti is an outcross Black Simmental to the Dream In and Lucky lines. Thick, Docile and Phenotypically Flawless, Infiniti offers Calving Ease with Ribeye Area and Marbling in the Top 1%.

SANTA GERTRUDIS
New Release Sire – New Australian Santa Gertrudis bull, WILGAROON KOKODA displays enormous Growth, good Structure, impeccable Temperament and Thickness with an impressive Topline.

 

Newsflash


Holstein Blue Ribbon Specials include:

DOUBLEDUTCH (Shottle x Jocko Besne)

RRP $28.00 + GST          IDW SPECIAL $23.00 + GST

  • New Release No.1 French Sire, Double Dutch will improve overall Type, Production and Udders. His Jocko dam was voted “2011 Global Cow of the Year” for Holstein International.

ERNESTO (Forbidden x Addison)

RRP $30.00 + GST IDW SPECIAL $24.00 + GST

  • Australia’s No.1 Udder Sire. Combines outstanding Type, Production, Udders and Calving Ease. Demand very high for both Sexed and Conventional Semen. Good reports on Australian milking daughters.

PROSPECTOR (Explode x Goldwyn)

RRP $30.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $25.00 + GST

  • New Release Explode son from the much admired “Pacey” cow family in the USA who offers superb Type +3.36, Production +1190, combined Fat & Protein Kgs +112 and Udders +2.65.

CAMERON (Jeeves x Ponitac)

RRP $35.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $30.00 + GST

  • New Outcross Genomic sire who descends from the much admired “Barbie” cow family in the USA who sits in the Top 10 Sires at +2419 GTPI with +3.95 PTAT and +3.26 for Udders, with a different sire stack to most other high ranking Genomic sires.

OHGGOLDINO (Goldwyn x Morty)

RRP $25.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $19.00 + GST

  • Perfect All-Round sire who is the No.1 Australian Proven Goldwyn son. Offers good Type, Production and Positive Components, excels for functional traits such as Udder Heath, Fertility and Longevity and with his excellent Calving Ease rating both in Australia & Germany he is an excellent choice for heifer matings.

GENOABSOLUTE (Talent x Regiment)

RRP $25.00 + GST IDW SPECIAL $20.00 + GST

  • Descends from the world famous Million Dollar Cow “KHW Regiment Apple-Red ET EX94” who was crowned Grand Champion at the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Apple defines the words Style, Balance and Dairyness. Exceptional mammary systems and the will to milk will come from both top and bottom side of Absolute’s pedigree.

BARBWIRE (Shaquille x Talent)

RRP $28.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $25.00 + GST

  • New Red Outcross sire who hails from the legendary “Talent Barbara”, he offers great Type and Udders with a phenomenal pedigree.

VOSAC MAN (O-Man x Jocko Besne)

RRP $28.00 + GST IDW SPECIAL $22.00 + GST

  • O-Man son who offers an all round package, Vosac is receiving high use for his good combination of Health and Fitness traits with breed leading Type and Udders. He would surely have to be one of the best O-Man sons on the market who allows you to improve Functional traits such as Fertility, Longevity and SCC without sacrificing Type or Production.

IDEALPRIDE (Ideal Ags x Gibbon)

RRP $22.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $16.00 + GST

  • Offers good Production with Positive Components, improves Cell Counts and is the highest Overall Type bull for all other Genomic Sires over +210 APR.

STOLJOC (Jocko Besne x Manfred)

RRP $38.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $32.00 + GST

  • International Sire Sons, Stol Joc has confirmed his reputation as one of the world’s leading Jocko sons. He now has over 7,000 daughters milking in France and has maintained his position amongst the best Type and Production sires.

GENOPHOENIX (Goldwyn x Outside)

RRP $32.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $28.00 + GST

  • Hails from the famous “Pala” cow family. Combines good Production, high Components, fancy Type with Calving Ease. Progeny are showing the style you can expect this superb pedigree.

Jersey Blue Ribbon Specials include:

PRIMETEQUILA (Primetime x Sambo)

RRP $38.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $32.00 + GST

  • No.1 Type and Udder sire in the USA dominating the show ring at the recent World Dairy Expo, All-American Jersey Show in Louisville and Royal Agricultural Winter Fair with daughters taking out various championships and classes. Tequila is a Top 10 Sire for 11 individual Type traits and No.1 for no less than 5 of them.

GIGGLESGREAT (Action x Belles Jade)

RRP $16.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $14.00 + GST

  • New Release Genomic-Tested Action son who hails from the much admired RAWF and World Dairy Expo Grand Champion – Alexvale Made Me Giggle – ET EX96 3E who has a good USA Genomic proof - +1.4 Type and +5.93 Jersey Udder Index (JUI).

GRAYSON (Belles Jade x Master C Tops)

RRP $18.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $15.00 + GST

  • New Release Sire who hails from the perfect combination of Jade and Lloyn Jude Griffen - ET EX95. His dam is world renown for her show credentials, massive dairy strength, openness and beautiful capacious Udder.

BW SUREFIRE (Illusion x Centurion)

RRP $28.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $22.00 + GST

  • Illusion son who hails from the much admired BW Centurion Iris K347 - EX95 with over 39,000 Lbs of Milk. He is one of the great Outcross sires with high Type and great Udders.

SPIRITUAL (Avery x Berretta)

RRP $24.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $18.00 + GST

  • Top 20 Australian Proven Sire from the ADHIS Good Bulls Guide where he is one of the best for Type and is the No.4 sire for Longevity with good Workabilities, Cell Counts and Fertility which will see him remain a Farmer Favorite into 2012, Sexed Semen now available.

VALIDACTION (Action x Centurion)

RRP $16.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $14.00 + GST

  • New Release Action son out of one of the best brood cows of the breed “Veronica”, he offers good overall show Type, Production and Udders. A maternal sister “Comet” won the Nasco Type & Production award at the recent World Dairy Expo along with a grand daughter of Veronica who was named Junior Champion Jersey of the show.

SANDBLAST (Flowerpower x Judds Admiral)

RRP $24.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $20.00 + GST

  • Australia’s No.1 APR Jersey Sire, he is the only sire over +300 for APR and is 66 points clear of the No.2 bull. Over +110 for both Overall Type and Udders and Top 1% of the breed for Ligament Strength and Rear Udder Width with great Workabilities, his daughters show tremendous Strength and Capacity and he will also improve Cell Counts.

GOLDDREAMBOY (Augustus x Biestar)

RRP $16.00 + GST          IDW SPECIAL $14.00 + GST

  • New Release Augustus son from an EX92 dam is backed by 4 generations of EX cows from the much admired Daydream family at Jugiong. She was the 2003 IDW Intermediate Champion while his full sister, also EX92 is building an impressive record of her own winning Intermediate Champion 2009 and Supreme Champion Dairy Cow at the Sydney Royal Show and was 1st placed in the 2011 Crazy Cow Photo Competition.

BW THEONE (Governor x Centurion)

RRP $18.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $15.00 + GST

  • New release Sire - BW The One is a maternal brother to popular Agri-Gene outcross sire BW Surefire sired by Governor who offers a combination of two breed greats with a good USA Genomic proof - +1.7 PTAT and +4.17 Jersey Udder Index (JUI).

COCO (Ringmaster x Berretta)

RRP $14.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $12.00 + GST

  • Coco is Ringmaster son descending from one of Australia’s good production & show cows Topshelf B Charo - EX91 who is a direct grand daughter of Hases Babes Lad Charo - EX2 who is a world record holder for Milk & Protein Production in Canada. Superb reports on Coco progeny, Tall, Stretchy, Quality heifers with Style to Burn. Heifers already winning shows. Look to use Coco now that Ringmaster in unavailable.

TBONE (Jace x Lemvig)

RRP $45.00 + GST          IDW SPECIAL $38.00 + GST

  • Tbone is one of the highest Type and Udder Index sires on the market, his first Australian daughters have started to come into Milk now to rave reviews and he is set to make his mark in Australia. Daughters are excelling in the show ring and milking shed. Sexed Semen also available.

Colored Breeds Blue Ribbon Specials include:

FREEBEER (Calimero x Pru Olympic 2)

RRP $20.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $17.00 + GST

  • New Release Calimero son from one of the most decorated cows in the Ayrshire breed “Blackaddar Olympic Model - EX96 4E”.  Free Beer’s MGD is BB Kellog’s full sister.

HARTSTHUNDER          (Vigor x Prestige)

RRP $16.00 + GST          IDW SPECIAL $14.00 + GST

  • New Release Vigor son, Thunder is the No.1 PPR USA Genomic bull in the breed and combines good Milk Production, Components and Type.

PRIDEPROPHET (Handsome Tulip x Jeans Futurion)

RRP $14.00 + GST IDW SPECIAL $12.00 + GST

  • New Release Gold Label bull sired by the popular HPTulip who descends from the 2009 IDW Champ Cow and Int Champ Cow at IDW in 2005 - “Llandovery Futurions GE Pride - EX”.

SCARLET (Stadel x Treasures Trump)

RRP $20.00 + GST        IDW SPECIAL $15.00 + GST

  • Offers Great Type, Udders and Milk Production, one of the best for Protein, Ligament Strength and Teat Placement. Overall Type +113, Mammary +110 with excellent Workabilities.


All other Proven Holstein, Jersey, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, Illawarra, Normande and Montbeliarde sires are available in minimum 25 dose orders at 15% off recommended retail prices.

Please don’t hesitate to contact our Agri-Gene office if you require any other information on all dairy or beef sires, thank you.