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.
