Dairy Daughters have secured 5 new bulls to compliment the existing lineup.  Each bull offers alternative traits to the existing sires, giving farmers a range of choices within the 4 breeding sections of High Type, Health and Fertilty, Type plus Fat & Protein % and PLI Index.

HIGH TYPE

Darita B Marshal PARADE (Marshall x Cash) scores 3.07 for Type merit, 2.65 Udders and 2.50 for Feet & Legs. Daughters are non extreme with 1.17 Stature but do exhibit strength and width without being too angular. Milk is currently 462kgs with 17.3kgs Fat (0.00%) and 16.3kgs Protein (+0.02%). The family is well known for Milk, Protein, Type & Longevity. His dam Pansy is probably the best Cash daughter in the US, classified EX90 and made so far a lifetime production of currently 247,000 pounds of Milk with high levels of Fat and Protein. The next dam is the popular Oscar daughter Quietcove Playmate EX94. He is also easy calving for heifers.

HEALTH & FERTILITY

Ladys-Manor O AUTUMN (O Bee Manfred Justice x Aaron) scores -19SCC, +0.1 Fertility Index and +0.2 Lifespan, making him an ideal bull for farmers concentrating on health and fertility traits. He also transmits excellent production figures, with 459kgs Milk, 28.3kgs Fat (+0.14%) and 16kgs Protein (+0.02%). PLI is £178. He scores a respectable 1.70 Type Merit, 1.04 Udders and 2.18 Feet & Legs. Daughters are breed average for Stature at +0.26 but have the front end power many farmers are looking for with +1.80 Chest width. AUTUMN is also 6% easy calving for heifers.

New Farm Britt PRINCE (Britt x Mtoto) scores -31SCC, +0.2 Fertility Index and 0.3 Lifespan, again a perfect health and fertility sire. He is currently ranked Number 2 in Italy, in addition his phenomenal Cell Count score of -31% ranks him 2nd in the UK.  He currently has 225kgs Milk, 14.1kgs Fat (+0.07%) and 9.7kgs Protein (+0.03%). Type Merit is 1.77, Udders are 1.36 and Feet & Legs are 1.85. Daughters are non extreme with only 0.92 Stature but maintain strength and width with ideal level rumps. Prince is backed by 3 generations of fitness sires.

PLI & INDEX

Art-Acres Just BOB 988 (O Bee Manfred Justice x BW Marshall) scores a massive £200 PLI, ranking him joint 10th of all bulls available. He has 775kgs Milk with 31.5kgs Fat (+0.03%) and 26.7kgs Protein (+0.02%). SCC is -6% and Lifespan is +0.2. He is a type improver with +1.33, 0.86 Udders and 1.86 Feet & Legs. Stature is +2.03, Chest Width is 2.01, Body Depth 1.93, Rumps are wide at 2.40 and of an ideal setting, 0.08. BOB is also 6% easy calving for heifers.

Pine-Tree SPEARMINT (Shottle x Outside) is a new young genomic sire, ranked 4th on the US TPI list. His US Type score is 4.73, 3.90 Udders and 2.84 Feet & Legs. Dairy Co converted production figures give him a PIN of £35 and a PLI of £189. Milk is 577kgs, Fat 32.2kgs (+0.13%) and Protein 14.7kgs (-0.05%). SCC is -18% and Lifespan is +0.6. This proof is the result of the latest advance in DNA research. It offers the opportunity of big progress in breeding at low cost.

For more details, telephone 0800 614904.