WHOS RULING ROOST?
WHOS RULING ROOST?
By Jessica Buss
ELITE Mountain Donor and Ricecrest Marshall continue to share first position both with £1 less PLI than in Aug. Many of the top 20 bulls scores have changed little this quarter.
Newcomers to the top 20 include Rocker, T Laluffe, Latch and Horst Maisten. Rocker is a Marconi son from Holland with high production and type, according to Avoncrofts David Matthews. He offers 692kg milk, 23.3kg (-0.07%) of fat and 24.8kg (0.04%) protein.
T Laluffe offers 825kg milk, 23kg (-0.14%) fat and 26.6 (0.0%) protein, while Latchs proof shows 993kg milk 25.2kg (-0.2%) fat and 25.9kg (-0.09%) protein.
Further down the list, a number of UK progeny tested bulls have appeared, despite difficulties collecting data this year.
Collecting type classification data for young sires being proven in the UK has been hampered by foot-and-mouth restrictions, so some have fewer daughters than breeding companies would like, according to the Animal Data Centre.
However, two new sires have entered the top 10 proven sires for UK type merit with good PLI figures. Meadowstream Ebony Coni scores 2.72 in his first type merit proof.
This Havep Marconi son is one of only four bulls in the world scoring more than 2.5 for type on legs and feet, udders and overall type merit, but with high production, says Cogent.
Ebony Coni also offers £46 PIN and £46 PLI, at 84% reliability, which ranks him just outside the top 50 on PLI. His semen is available at £15/dose or sexed at £35/dose.
Genus Jayson is also in the top 10 for type merit with a score of 2.8 and a £44 PLI. He offers 651kg milk, 17.8kg fat and 19.3kg protein at 91% reliability. Genus adds that this Bellwood son is also a cell count improver and semen costs £21/straw.
The highest ranking UK-owned newcomer is Cogent Dreadnought with £57 PLI, £54 PIN, at 74% reliability and 2.1 type merit, semen is being sold at £12/dose. *
Available Holstein bulls ranked on PLI (Nov 01)
£PLI £PIN Type merit Supplier Price
Elite Mountain Donor 82 80 -0.2 Semen World £16
Ricecrest Marshall 82 73 1.7 Alta £35
Delta Webster 76 68 1.8 Avoncroft £25
Cogent Fabian 75 78 0.8 Cogent £15
Manat 74 63 3 Dairy Daughters £35
Eastland Festival 74 76 -0.1 Avoncroft £17
Ricecrest Brett 73 76 0.7 Genus £16
Lorak 72 75 1.3 Supersires £25
Monza 71 68 2 Avoncroft £40
Crichel Principal 70 68 1.9 Cogent £18
Ricecrest Lantz 70 70 1.8 Genus £32
Lexvold Luke Hershel 68 63 1.7 Alta £30
Joyce Mountain 67 67 -0.8 Cogent £10
McCloe-Pond Trent 66 68 1.1 Avoncroft £32
Rocker 65 65 1.8 Avoncroft £19
T Laluffe 64 67 1.3 Topline £15
Woudhoeve Russel 64 67 0.6 Avoncroft £14
Dixie-Lee Aaron 64 53 2.1 Alta £25
Peticote US MSC Magley 63 65 0.5 Genus NI £16
Latch 63 61 0.5 Supersires £13
Jesther 63 54 2.1 Avoncroft £25
Horst Maisten 63 67 0.6 Avoncroft £35
* Source: ADC and HUKI