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48,000 farmers applied for EU’s milk reduction scheme

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

On the back of the EU’s €150m milk reduction scheme, almost 50,000 farmers have signed up to cut their milk production.

According to figures released by the European Commission, 48,288 dairy farmers from across the European Union have applied to voluntarily reduce their milk production. By the last quarter of 2016 and the end of January 2017, some 861,000t of milk has been taken out of production.

While there was a recovery coming in the global markets even at the time of the launch of the scheme, the European Commission is claiming that the reduction scheme further helped to drive the recovery.

EU average farm gate milk prices have increased by 31% since last summer. The average February milk price was 33c/l across Europe.

Farmers who signed up to the voluntary milk reduction scheme receive 14.1c/l for every litre taken out of production.

Ireland

In Ireland, payments to some 3,500 farmers who signed up to the first phase of the scheme were made at the end of March. Initially, 4,500 farmers had applied to the milk reduction scheme, but according to the Department, 1,000 farmers opted not to follow through with reducing their milk supply.

The average per-farmer payment is €1,850.

The Department confirmed that phase two of the scheme is oversubscribed.

Source: Farmers Journal

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Cityview Goldwyn Adeena GRAND CHAMPION in Cremona!

Monday, November 2nd, 2015

The 64^thedition of the Italian national show in Cremona was held this pas weekend, and once again the Italians proved that they will definitely be a force to watch at the All-European Champions next year. Back again to retain her grand champion crown was last year’s winner, 4-year-old Cityview Goldwyn Adeena, whilst reserve was senior 3-year-old, Wendy by Windbrook. The Italian National Show was judged by Massimo Capra.

Cityview Goldywyn Adeena (Photo by Marco Vanzetti)

Jr. 2yr. Old Class
1. CHIZZOLA JASPER SPANISH
JASPER X ATLAS X PRINCIPAL
BOLLATI ANTONIO E FIGLI SOCIETA’ AGRICOLA – CORTEMAGGIORE
2. GALIVERTA KRUSADER ROANA
KRUSADER X BUCKEYE X MTOTO
MOSCHINI FAUSTO – CARPANETOMOSCHINI FAUSTO – CARPANETO
3. BEL GOLDSUN USINA
GOLDSUN X ASPEN X CHAMPION
ALL.BELTRAMINO DI BELTRAMINO F.LLI E C. = GALLARDE ALEX

Sr. 2yr. Old Class
1. MAGNOLIA ARTES TEQUILA
ARTES X WAIGOO X TKO
AZ.AGR.LA MAGNOLIA DI BALMA & C.-VENARIA-TO = AZ. AGR. BERTA
2. BEL SID URSULA ET
SID X GOLDWYN X PROGRESS
ALLEVAMENTO BELTRAMINO S.S.AGR.DI BELTRAMINO F.LLI E C.
3. M.E.DAL GOLDWYN VIOLET
GOLDWYN X DUNDEE X TRIUMPHANT
M.E.DAL FARM LADINA S.S.-PANDINO-CR = ALL.TO AL.BE.RO.

Jr. 3yr. Old Class
1. DEGHI WINDBROOK 832 ET
WINDBROOK X GOLDWYN X GIBSON
AZ.AGR. DEGHI ALBERTO – GERA LARIO
2. DEBORAH
DEMPSEY X LAURIN X PASSION
SOC.AGR. DOSSO PALLAVICINO S.S. DI ZANETTI FRANCESCO E C.
3. SABBIONA GEVAS
LAVANGUARD X SHOTTLE X ROY
SABBIONA AZ.AGR. DI CISERANI IRENEO E FRANCESCO S.S.

Sr. 3yr. Old Class
1. WENDY
WINDBROOK X BERFIS X DAYTONA
SOC.AGR. DOSSO PALLAVICINO S.S. DI ZANETTI FRANCESCO E C.
2. SABBIONA FUTURA ET
WINDBROOK X MILLION X GOLDWYN
SABBIONA AZ.AGR. DI CISERANI IRENEO E FRANCESCO S.S.
3. ALL.NURE GOLDSUN ANNETTA
GOLDSUN X ZENITH X CAPRI
SOCIETA’ AGRICOLA AL.BE.RO. S.R.L. – PIACENZA – www.eurogenes.com/albero

4yr. Old Class
1. CITYVIEW GOLDWYN ADEENA 1
GOLDWYN X GIBSON X RUDOLPH
SOCIETA’ AGRICOLA AL.BE.RO. S.R.L. -PC = SABRINA SCHLEGEL – www.eurogenes.com/albero
2. CHIZZOLA ATWOOD ALOEE
ATWOOD X ZENITH X OUTSIDE
BOLLATI ANTONIO E FIGLI SOCIETA’ AGRICOLA – CORTEMAGGIORE
3. SABBIONA FRISIA
ATWOOD X SABBIONA ATHENA X SEPTEMBER STORM
SABBIONA AZ.AGR. DI CISERANI IRENEO E FRANCESCO S.S.

5yr. Old Class
1. SABBIONA S.GOLDWYN FIABA ET
GOLDWYN X DERRY X DUSTERSABBIONA
AZ.AGR. DI CISERANI IRENEO E FRANCESCO S.S.
2. PRADAZZO LAURIN DHALIA ET
LAURIN X OUTSIDE X SIKKEMA LEAD
PRADAZZO DI DONINI ETTORE E RICCARDO SOCIETA’AGRICOLA S.S.
3. C.M.E. HAPPY JENNY
HAPPY X VITUS X ORANGE
ERRERA HOLSTEINS DI DAVIDE ERRERA – BORGOFORTE

6yr. Old & Older Class
1. PESS FARM GOLDWYN NERZ ET TV
GOLDWYN X GARTER X MTOTO
ALL.BELTRAMINO DI BELTRAMINO F.LLI E C. = SOC.SEMP. PESSINE
2. ELLE GOLDWYN BLIZAR
GOLDWYN X TRIUMPHANT X STORM
FERRARINI S.P.A. – ALBINEA
3. TWINFELLIE
GOLDWYN X INTEGRITY X RUDOLPH
SOCIETA’ AGRICOLA AL.BE.RO. S.R.L. – PIACENZA – www.eurogenes.com/albero

Junior Best Udder: WENDY
Sr. Best Udder: CITYVIEW GOLDWYN ADEENA 1 – www.eurogenes.com/albero

Champion Jr. Cow: WENDY
Res. Champion Jr. Cow: SABBIONA FUTURA ET
HM. Jr. Cow: DEGHI WINDBROOK 832 ET

Champion Sr. Cow: CITYVIEW GOLDWYN ADEENA 1 – www.eurogenes.com/albero
Res. Champion Jr. Cow: PESS FARM GOLDWYN NERZ ET TV
HM. Jr. Cow: ELLE GOLDWYN BLIZAR

Grand Champion: CITYVIEW GOLDWYN ADEENA 1 – www.eurogenes.com/albero
Res. Grand Champion: WENDY
HM Grand Champion: PESS FARM GOLDWYN NERZ ET TV

Class placings and photos by Eurogenes

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USA – Leading the way in the Dairy Genetics’ World

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Thursday, July 4th, 2013

In honor of Independence Day in the United States, the Bullvine decided to take a closer look at the top USA bred bulls. In the world market, indexes like TPI and NM$ dominate much of the discussion. But, in typical Bullvine form, we decided to look at things a little differently. Instead of ranking them all by TPI (Holstein USA’s national index – Read more Everything You Need To Know About TPI and LPI), The Bullvine decided to rank them by BPI (Read more – Bullvine Performance Index). Note that all animals are percentage ranked compared to the highest bull (Mr. Lookout P Enforcer).

Top BPI Proven Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	NM$	PTAT	Rel	BPI
DE-SU OBSERVER	1602	61	52	792	2.7	0.99	99.8%
BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE	1236	54	43	779	1.57	0.99	98.7%
DE-SU GULF	1489	73	40	549	2.8	0.92	92.9%
MORNINGVIEW LEVI	876	68	54	693	1.4	0.95	91.3%
COYNE-FARMS SHOTLE YANCE	1815	75	54	516	1.9	0.93	89.6%
DE-SU HISTORY	1524	84	58	567	2.41	0.93	89.2%
LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	1262	81	73	588	2.17	0.99	88.3%
END-ROAD O-MAN BRONCO-ET	1770	47	62	512	2.08	0.99	88.1%
O-BEE MANFRED JUSTICE	781	63	46	643	-0.07	0.99	87.4%
VA-EARLY-DAWN SUDAN CRI	1268	82	53	538	1.79	0.92	86.8%

Top BPI Genomic Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	NM$	PTAT	Rel	BPI
MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER	1731	74	67	708	2.75	0.73	100.0%
MR LOOKOUT PESCE ALTA5G	1020	53	46	6.12	3.96	0.72	98.4%
DE-SU JEROD 1223	1610	89	51	847	2.71	0.74	97.5%
COYNE-FARMS JABIR	1441	95	55	885	2.66	0.72	96.7%
RMW ANCHOR	1474	98	47	716	3.04	0.72	94.8%
MR LOOKOUT P EMBARGO	1485	94	56	644	3.38	0.72	93.8%
DE-SU DISTINCTION 11130	1754	97	64	834	3	0.72	93.8%
WELCOME ARMITAGE PESKY	1024	92	63	744	2.3	0.72	93.6%
SULLY MCCORD 269	1413	90	53	780	3.17	0.71	92.9%

Top BPI Polled Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	NM$	PTAT	Rel	BPI
TIGER-LILY LADD P-RED	-40	30	31	477	3.03	0.75	83.8%
SANDY-VALLEY CHIPPER-P	1379	29	46	568	2.6	0.72	81.5%
DA-SO-BURN MOM EARNHARDT P	1557	76	73	598	1.97	0.74	81.0%
PINE-TREE OHARE-P	2073	53	55	682	1.92	0.74	78.7%
KERNDTWAY ELIMINATOR-P	604	58	23	488	2.43	0.73	78.0%
HICKORYMEA PARKER P	191	33	20	542	2.24	0.75	78.0%
RI-VAL-RE OBSRVR DOLO-P	1143	49	36	571	2.78	0.73	76.6%
LIRR SPECIAL EFFECTP-RED	122	39	17	577	1.78	0.73	75.5%
RI-VAL-RE OBSRVR DAVE-P	1367	53	46	539	2.54	0.73	74.9%
SANDY-VALLEY COLT P-RED	705	10	26	468	1.78	0.75	73.3%

It is interesting to see just how closely ranked the top Genomic sires and proven sires in the USA are. Unlike Canada that recently adjusted its LPI formula to bring indexes closer together (Read more: Canadian LPI Rescaling Explained (April 2013)), the US has always had a very close ranking among top sires. Even the most progressive Genomic breeder, should still consider using sires like DE-SU OBSERVER, BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE and DE-SU GULF. Having said that, many may choose to use the highest of their sons in order to stay ahead of the rest.

Another interesting note is how quickly the top polled sires are catching up to their non-polled counterparts. Only a year ago the top polled sires would not have been within 30% of the top non-polled. These days they are within 20% and at this current rate, in another 5 years they will be at the same level.

The Bullvine Bottom Line

There is no question that, when you look at the top bull lists around the world, the USA dominates (Read more: What the Experts Will Tell You about Who Is Winning the Genetic Improvement Race). Between the use of TPI and NM$ US breeders have been leaders in the identification of top bloodlines for health, fertility and profitability. The question now becomes, “Can they stay on top?”

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Canada Eh!

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Monday, July 1st, 2013

In honour of Canada Day, the Bullvine decided to take a closer look at the top Canadian bred animals. But, in typical Bullvine form, we decided to look at things a little differently. Instead of ranking them all by LPI (CDN national index – Read more Everything You Need To Know About TPI and LPI), The Bullvine decided to rank them by BPI (Read more – Bullvine Performance Index). Note that all animals are percentage ranked compared to the highest animal of their gender.

Top BPI Proven Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
CRACKHOLM FEVER	620	56	20	2.63	15	0.93	100.0%
GEN-I-BEQ BRAWLER	910	62	46	2.85	10	0.94	99.8%
GEN-I-BEQ TOPSIDE	1197	72	45	2.75	12	0.92	91.1%
GEN-I-BEQ ALTABUZZER	1417	82	46	2.82	6	0.89	90.2%
DOMICOLE CHELIOS	845	78	41	2.78	14	0.93	89.2%
COMESTAR LAUTREC	1168	72	47	3.06	9	0.9	88.9%
BUTOISE BAHAMAS	1725	52	73	3.18	6	0.9	88.7%
HYLLTOP PRESLEY RED	866	78	56	3.02	6	0.89	88.4%
DELABERGE DEMOCRACY	443	69	47	2.65	9	0.85	86.9%
GILLETTE WINDBROOK	937	62	40	3.06	15	0.85	86.0%

Top BPI Genomic Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
SUNTOR JOYRIDE	2162	87	92	2.72	17	0.66	83.0%
GENERVATIONS LEXOR	1635	90	84	2.89	12	0.72	82.1%
COMESTAR LAUTRUST	1896	90	80	2.75	12	0.67	81.9%
LEOTHE DAUPHIN	1805	88	72	2.74	11	0.66	81.5%
JEANNIESTAR D MILKMASTER	1955	94	88	2.99	11	0.67	79.9%
GENERVATIONS LIQUID GOLD	1546	102	82	2.87	14	0.65	79.9%
BOLDI V S G ANTON	1910	90	72	2.8	17	0.64	79.4%
GENERVATIONS LIMBO	1755	103	75	2.85	10	0.67	79.0%
GENERVATIONS BIG KAHUNA	2167	80	76	2.82	14	0.65	78.8%
GENERVATIONS L1423	2374	76	87	2.91	15	0.65	78.7%

Top BPI Polled Sires

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
WEST PORT ARRON DOON MITEY P	-101	49	16	2.58	4	0.94	80.9%
MEMENTO BENEDICT P	1023	-11	10	2.75	9	0.92	78.4%
VENTURE TRANSFORMER P	928	53	44	2.73	7	0.7	73.7%
LA PRESENTATION BEAR P	567	21	19	2.94	4	0.9	72.6%
WEST PORT ARRON DOON MALTBY P	1363	33	42	2.57	0	0.9	72.4%
OCONNORS BERKLEY	1661	52	51	2.63	8	0.69	71.7%
ERBCREST SATCHEL P	1137	21	40	2.72	11	0.7	70.5%
LA PRESENTATION BROYARD P	1190	51	45	2.67	7	0.69	69.8%
VENTURE MAN O POLLED P	769	37	58	3.06	10	0.69	69.6%
HICKORYMEA-I OKA P	-87	46	16	2.65	9	0.9	69.1%

Top BPI Cows

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
STANTONS FREDDIE CAMEO	1784	108	71	2.81	7	0.71	95.4%
STANTONS MANOMAN EZRA	1607	103	81	2.9	12	0.73	94.5%
MAPEL WOOD M O M LUCY	2174	106	90	2.95	12	0.72	94.5%
VELTHUIS SG MOM ALESIA	1897	91	71	2.84	16	0.72	93.8%
DELABERGE OMAN DOILEE	1604	70	88	2.92	10	0.73	93.4%
STANTONS OBSERVER EXTREME	2731	91	91	2.67	14	0.68	92.2%
BENNER MANOMAN JANESSE	1467	113	78	3	11	0.72	91.8%
OCONNORS PLANET LUCIA	2452	101	99	2.92	15	0.72	91.4%
STANTONS OBSERVER EXPOSE	2200	79	84	2.83	11	0.7	91.2%
COMESTAR LAUTAMAI MAN O MAN	2156	85	93	2.88	12	0.71	90.5%

Top BPI Heifers

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
GILLETTE MOGUL CARREL	1056	107	64	2.67	15	0.66	100.0%
STANTONS MCCUTCHEN 1174 AGREE	2101	103	81	2.59	19	0.65	98.7%
VELTHUIS S G SNOW EVENING	2859	103	95	2.83	16	0.7	97.6%
VELTHUIS SG SNOW EVENT	2859	103	95	2.83	16	0.7	97.6%
LOOKOUT PESCE PONDE KREED	1826	94	84	2.86	14	0.65	97.1%
MAPEL WOOD SUDAN LICORICE	2326	108	97	2.7	12	0.67	96.3%
LOOKOUT PESCE EPIC HUE	1888	93	83	2.88	18	0.65	94.5%
STANTONS SNOW ELAISKA	2268	85	98	2.81	13	0.66	92.2%
STANTONS MCCUTCHEN PROFIT	2203	94	87	2.88	12	0.65	91.5%
OCONNORS LIVING THE DREAM	2228	88	87	2.79	16	0.64	91.0%

Top BPI Polled Females

Name	Milk	Fat	Prot	SCS	Conf	Rel	BPI
MAPEL WOOD LADD LEAH P	1509	81	67	2.92	12	0.65	86.4%
VENTURE MCCUTCHEN SATIN P	1029	72	47	2.72	15	0.61	86.3%
VENTURE EPIC SCARLET P	1189	69	46	2.75	12	0.65	85.5%
BRYHILL ONE SASSY P	1262	96	50	2.58	13	0.63	85.4%
BRYHILL SS SASHA P	2160	100	74	2.72	13	0.61	84.8%

Show Ring Success

RF GOLDWYN HAILEY EX-97-2E-CAN
Show Winnings:
ALL-CANADIAN MATURE COW 2012
RES. ALL-CANADIAN 5-YR 2011
GRAND ROYAL 2012
GRAND QC INTERNATIONAL 2012
GRAND MADISON 2012
RES.GRAND ROYAL 2011

Of course, our look at the top animals in Canada would not be complete without checking out the show ring. The undisputed show Champion would have to be RF Goldwyn Hailey. Her extreme balance has dominated the North American show circuit for the past 2 years. However, there are up and comers including Valleyville Rae Lynn, Ms Pride Gold Invite 761 and Desnette Alexia Roseplex.

VALLEYVILLE RAE LYNN VG-89-2YR-CAN
1ST ALL-ONTARIO SR.2-YR 2012,2012
RES. ALL-CANADIAN SR.2-YR 2012
RES.INT. ON SPRING DISCOVERY 2012
2ND SR.2-YR ROYAL 2012
1ST SR.2-YR ON SPRING DISCOVERY 2012
1ST MILKING 1-YR AUTUMN OPP. 2011

The Bullvine Bottom Line

As Canada seeks to regain ranking as the top source for Holstein genetics, it’s these bloodlines that are going to lead the charge. Happy Canada Day!!!!

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Bullvine Performance Index (BPI) – Top Sires December 2012

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Friday, January 4th, 2013

While there is no doubt that national composite index’s (TPI^TM, LPI, PLI etc.) are great marketing tools, recently there has been discussion about their merits as actual genetic advancement tools. With each index providing “home field” advantage to domestic animals and many out of date with where the industry is headed, we here at the Bullvine have developed the Bullvine Performance Index (BPI).

In the BPI we use direct genomic values instead of parent averages and we also incorporate reliabilities, in order to greater account for animals whose indexes stand the best chance of being stable over time. As far as what traits we looked at, we have used an equally balanced weighting between production, longevity and health and fertility, as we see that emphasis represents where the market is heading. We also include a small component (MPS) that factors in dam, 2^nd dam and 3^rd dam actual performance irrelevant of country of origin, as per our discussion with many breeders who feel that this should have some weight. Instead of trying to be reactionary to the marketplace like most composite indexes, we are trying to be leading and ahead of the market. We also are publishing BPI as a percentage so that it is clear just how far apart each animal is from each other. Since this is a ranking index we felt it was more important to show the range between animals than to give a number that technically means nothing.

Top 50 BPI Sires

Sire Name	BPI	Production	Longevity	Health and Fertility	MPS
MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER-ET	100%	97%	94%	78%	96%
LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN-ET	94%	99%	60%	19%	96%
COYNE-FARMS DORCY-ET	93%	58%	93%	50%	95%
SOUTHERN-HILLS BAYARD-ET	90%	68%	87%	78%	99%
HAMMER-CREEK FRED KRUNCH-ET	89%	74%	77%	84%	96%
GOLDDAY	89%	45%	96%	47%	99%
ZANI BOLTON MASCALESE ET	87%	94%	64%	34%	94%
TEXEL BEAUTY COSMO-ET	86%	77%	81%	54%	98%
AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO ET	86%	65%	92%	70%	96%
CO-OP BOSSIDE MASSEY-ET	85%	79%	48%	59%	92%
UFM-DUBS OLEGANT-ET	85%	48%	66%	70%	95%
BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE	85%	74%	51%	63%	89%
RMW ANCHOR-ET	85%	82%	84%	67%	96%
FARNEAR-TBR-BH CASHMONEY-ET	84%	84%	92%	52%	99%
MOUNTFIELD SSI DCY MOGUL-ET	84%	83%	89%	43%	97%
LIRR DREW DEMPSEY	84%	34%	85%	49%	97%
RMW DORCY AMBROSE-ET	83%	59%	100%	61%	96%
CERVI ALLEMAR ET	83%	39%	74%	79%	94%
WABASH-WAY EXPLODE-ET	83%	58%	87%	28%	96%
MR LOOKOUT P EMBARGO-ET	83%	84%	91%	43%	96%
CRACKHOLM FEVER	81%	33%	85%	42%	96%
STANTONS BOOKKEEPER	80%	84%	86%	53%	95%
SEAGULL-BAY SARGEANT-ET	80%	97%	62%	50%	94%
CO-OP O-STYLE OMAN JUST-ET	80%	66%	40%	66%	96%
CERVI PHONIC	80%	38%	48%	100%	94%
FARNEAR-TBR-BH CASHCOIN-ET	79%	92%	74%	41%	99%
CO-OP BOOKEM YUXI	78%	75%	95%	53%	93%
O-BEE MANFRED JUSTICE-ET	78%	85%	11%	50%	93%
DE-SU JEROD 1223-ET	77%	82%	83%	60%	93%
COYNE-FARMS DORCY YIM-ET	77%	61%	87%	65%	92%
GENERVATIONS LIQUID GOLD	77%	100%	79%	27%	98%
MR LOOKOUT PSC ALTADRUM-ET	77%	99%	55%	57%	97%
COYNE-FARMS BOLTON DOM-ET	76%	70%	70%	21%	95%
COYNE-FARMS JACEY CRI-ET	76%	82%	64%	69%	94%
GEN-I-BEQ BRAWLER	76%	56%	68%	18%	97%
WELCOME BOL LATHAM-ET	75%	93%	50%	7%	99%
SILDAHL JETT AIR-ET	75%	41%	79%	42%	96%
MORNINGVIEW LEVI	75%	86%	35%	35%	96%
DE-SU GILLESPY-ET	74%	72%	77%	0%	96%
COYNE-FARMS SHOTLE YANCE-ET	74%	87%	42%	37%	91%
DE-SU DISTINCTION 11130-ET	74%	92%	83%	40%	96%
REGANCREST ALTAIOTA-ET	73%	68%	49%	36%	97%
SYNERGY ALTAJENKINS	73%	47%	58%	67%	94%
S-S-I PEOTI MOWGLI-ET	73%	86%	61%	66%	95%
SULLY MCCORD 269-ET	72%	93%	69%	44%	94%
TOLLENAARS ALTAQUALITY	72%	54%	48%	67%	93%
S-S-I BOOKEM MORGAN-ET	71%	86%	65%	61%	95%
CROCKETT-ACRES EIGHT-ET	70%	79%	16%	29%	100%
S-S-I PEOTI MANSUR-ET	70%	88%	62%	53%	95%
GENERVATIONS FUZION	70%	88%	55%	52%	98%

Key Findings

One of the neat things we found in developing this index is that it is able to give a realistic comparison between sires from all countries.
Even more importantly it also gives a good comparison of genomic test sires versus proven sires. Four of the top ten sires are proven sires, as compared to most national indexes that, when combining the genomic sires and the proven sires would find that at least nine if not all ten would be genomic test sires.
Outside of MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER most of the sires are very close and really do warrant that you make sure you use the corrective mating for your specific animal as opposed to just using the top 5 or 10 bulls.
Another finding was the ability for second crop sires to also compare favorably with genomic test sires. Besides Man-O-Man (LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN-ET) other second crop sires who come up high are UFM-DUBS ALTAESQUIRE-ET (BPI of 68%) and BRAEDALE GOLDWYN (BPI of 66%). This demonstrates that these high reliability sires very much still have value in many mating programs.

Highlights

There is no question that MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER offers an extremely balanced package. His strong production numbers combined with his extreme type and longevity with good health and fertility traits will have him be a sire of sons worldwide. He may be hard to get your hands on as he is just one year old and he may only be released for contract matings. This Marbri Facebook son has the highest DGVs in the breed. Look for him to sire extreme component yields from strong dairy cattle with great feet and legs. One area to be cautious on using him is his body depth. Both his sire stack and his DGVs would say this area needs protecting.
There is no question that this last proof round Man-O-Man (LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN) stole the show. His outstanding second crop daughter numbers have many top index breeders going back and using him again. His extreme production numbers have him and his daughters in high demand. With many sons like UNO also coming on the scene and offering a more balanced offering, it’s important to make sure you use Man-O-Man or maybe GENERVATIONS LIQUID GOLD when looking for the splash of production for a high type, high health and fertility mating. However hold off, if you are looking to improve those areas. Use a more balanced sire like MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER-ET or maybe SOUTHERN-HILLS BAYARD-ET.
Coming up strong, as he keeps adding daughter numbers, is COYNE-FARMS DORCY. Look for Dorcy to sire balanced dairy cattle that have great udders and very good feet & legs, though he will need to be protected for dairy strength, fat percent and, specifically, for his body depth and chest width.
Also catching our eye are a couple of Freddie sons – SOUTHERN-HILLS BAYARD and HAMMER-CREEK FRED KRUNCH. Both these sires offer a greater type and longevity option over their sire BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE who suffers on our BPI index as his second and third dam’s classification and performance scores are low.
The top non- North American sire on our list is GOLDDAY. Goldday is a Goldwyn son from A-L-H DESTINY VG-87-3YR-USA DOM GMD. Destiny is of course the popular bull mother from Markwell Durham Daisy (Read more – Markwell Durham Daisy – 2012 Golden Dam Finalist), proven in Germany. Goldday is also the full brother to former #1 German sire Danillo. Look for Goldday to sire unbelievable udders and legs as well as long herd life. One area where you will want to protect Goldday is rump angle. Be cautious in using him on cattle that need production improvement.

The Bottom Line

It is difficult to keep track of all the top animals and compare them accurately. Trying to compare genomic sires with proven sires with each country having their own index with apparent bias makes it doubly hard. Having said that, comparisons are instructive for informed decision-making. That is why we developed the BPI formula. Contrary to popular belief that you need to be using 100% genomic sires to accelerate your genetic advancement, our analysis shows absolutely that there are proven sires that should be used in order to minimize your risk and still achieve the greatest results.

Top BPI Heifers From Around the World

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Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Since the DNA revolution (i.e. Genomics) AI organizations worldwide are more and more frequently using heifers as bull dams. With so many different countries and different systems it’s hard to determine just what heifers truly are the best in the world. We here at the Bullvine decided to bring some clarity. The following is our analysis.

There are many different indexes and each index offers “home field advantage” to animals that are tested and developed within that country. It is hard to compare animals from around the world on one single ranking. It seemed logical to develop the Bullvine Performance Index (BPI). In the BPI we use direct genomic values instead of parent averages and we also incorporate reliabilities, in order to account for animals whose indexes stand the best chance of being stable over time. As far as what traits we looked at, we have used an equally balanced weighting between production, longevity and health and fertility, as we see that emphasis represents where the market is heading. Instead of trying to be reactionary to the marketplace like most composite indexes, we are trying to be leading and ahead of the market. We also are publishing BPI as a percentage so that it is clear just how far apart each animal is from each other. Since this is a ranking index we felt it was more important to show the range between animals than to give a number that technically means nothing.

Top 50 BPI Heifers

Name	Country	Sire	MGS	BPI (%)
SANDY-VALLEY NU PENELOPE	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	100.0
DE-SU UNO 2145	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	DE-SU OBSERVER	99.0
S-S-I UNO MARA 8395	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	LADYS-MANOR PL SHAMROCK	95.1
SANDY-VALLEY UNO PAXTON	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	93.1
MS LOOKOUT PSC COBRABRYN	USA	WALHOWDON RUSSELL COBRA	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	92.8
DE-SU 1851	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	CO-OP BOSSIDE MASSEY	91.6
LEVEL-PLAIN GONZO DEMI	USA	CURRAJUGLE GONZO	RIDGE-STAR JAMMER	91.6
SANDY-VALLEY NU PRECIOUS	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	90.1
S-S-I GARROLD MORT 7923	USA	WELCOME GARROLD	RAMOS	90.1
STE ODILE MOON MODEL AMALUNA	CAN	PELLERAT MOON	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	90.1
DE-SU 1451	USA	LADYS-MANOR PL SHAMROCK	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	89.9
DE-SU ECOYNE 2024	USA	ECOYNE ISY	RONELEE TOYSTORY DOMAIN	89.8
LOOKOUT PESCE PONDE KARLA	CAN	GENERVATIONS EPIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	89.5
MS MOVIESTAR SHAKER	USA	ROYLANE SOCRA ROBUST	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	89.5
MS DAYA DAIRY QUEEN	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	RONELEE TOYSTORY DOMAIN	89.0
STANTONS UNO EDDY	CAN	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	DE-SU OBSERVER	88.0
BLUE-HORIZON OSTYLE GEM	USA	BLUE-HORIZON OSTYLE GEM	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	87.8
OCONNORS LAST HOPE	CAN	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	87.4
LOOKOUT PESCE EPIC HUE	CAN	GENERVATIONS EPIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	87.3
DE-SU 1861	USA	VA-EARLY-DAWN SUDAN CRI	CHARLESDALE SUPERSTITION	87.3
S-S-I MOGUL SUPER 7913	USA	MOUNTFIELD SSI DCY MOGUL	CHARLESDALE SUPERSTITION	87.3
FUSTEAD MOGUL LILAC	USA	MOUNTFIELD SSI DCY MOGUL	SANDY-VALLEY BOLTON	87.2
DE-SU LARGE 2128	USA	GLEN-TOCTIN SUPER LARGE	DE-SU OBSERVER	86.6
SANDY-VALLEY HUNTER LUELLA	USA	COOKIECUTTER MOM HUNTER	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	86.3
DE-SU 363	USA	DE-SU OBSERVER	PICSTON SHOTTLE	86.1
OCD IOTA BANDANA	USA	REGANCREST ALTAIOTA	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	86.0
HFP LUCETTE	DEU	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	BRAEDALE GOLDWYN	85.9
SERIC EPIC MAYANA	CAN	GENERVATIONS EPIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	85.6
MAPEL WOOD SUDAN LICORICE	CAN	VA-EARLY-DAWN SUDAN CRI	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	85.4
MS DREARY DELOREAN	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	END-ROAD PVF BOLIVER	85.2
WILLSBRO UNO PLAN EDDA	GBR	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	ENSENADA TABOO PLANET	85.1
LESPERRON UNO DAZZ	CAN	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	RONELEE TOYSTORY DOMAIN	85.0
T-SPRUCE UNO 7165	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	CHARLESDALE SUPERSTITION	85.0
DE-SU PARADISE 2204	USA	REGANCREST PARADISE	DE-SU 521 BOOKEM	84.9
BOLDI V S G SUPERSONIC ALYSSA	CAN	MISTY SPRINGS SUPERSONIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	84.7
EDG DESIRE UNO DELLIA	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	MAPLE-DOWNS-I G W ATWOOD	84.6
T-GEN-AC UNO ROSANA	USA	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	BOSSIDE ALTAROSS	84.4
DE-SU 1918 KOOL	USA	HAMMER-CREEK ALTAKOOL	LAESCHWAY JET BOWSER	84.2
S-S-I MCC EDEN 8290	USA	DE-SU BKM MCCUTCHEN 1174	PINE-TREE BRET MINOS	84.2
SKYREACH N O SANTA MARIA	CAN	AMIGHETTI NUMERO UNO	DE-SU OBSERVER	83.9
DE-SU ECOYNE 1982	USA	ECOYNE ISY	RONELEE TOYSTORY DOMAIN	83.8
OCONNORS LIVING THE DREAM	CAN	GENERVATIONS EPIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	83.5
DE-SU LITHIUM 1960	USA	S-S-I DOMAIN LITHIUM	DE-SU OBSERVER	83.4
S-S-I MOGUL SALTS 8018	USA	MOUNTFIELD SSI DCY MOGUL	CHARLESDALE SUPERSTITION	83.3
S-S-I MOGUL MAYHEM 7963	USA	MOUNTFIELD SSI DCY MOGUL	RAMOS	83.2
BOMAZ ARMITAGE 5668	USA	RMW ARMITAGE	CHARLESDALE SUPERSTITION	83.1
CO-OP SHMRK YOPLAIT 6605	USA	LADYS-MANOR PL SHAMROCK	WA-DEL SEBASTIAN	82.9
CO-OP BLUMEN YANO 4156	USA	CO-OP UPD PLANET YANO	CO-OP TOYSTORY IRONIC	82.9
TAG-LANE 8383 YANO 6767	USA	CO-OP UPD PLANET YANO	REGANCREST-HHF MAC	82.8
KNS REALITY	DEU	GENERVATIONS EPIC	LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN	82.5

Key Findings

By far the leading breeder of the top 50 was De-Su with 11 heifers on the list, followed by Select Sires with 6 and Sandy Valley with 4. There is no question that De-Su has been pushing the genetic accelerator to the max and this dominance of the list demonstrates the success they have been having.
36 of the top 50 animals are from the USA and 9 of the top 10. Canada follows with 11 and Germany with 2. This is mostly an indicator of how the national indexes (TPI and LPI) differ. Since TPI and Net-Merit in the US have more health and fertility in them, and breeders tend to breed towards the national index, it’s understandable that the USA would dominate our list since we have put so much more emphasis on health and fertility.
Numero Uno leads the way with 17 daughters on our list including the top 4 animals. He is followed by Epic with 5 and Mogul with 4. Considering Numero Uno’s ability to consistently leave progeny whose DGV’s are higher than their parent averages and combining that with his high health and fertility and balanced genomic indexes, it’s not surprising that he would dominate the list.
Man-O-Man is the maternal grand sire of 10 animals on the list (Read more – Man-O-Man will he turn platinum?) followed by Planet with 9. It is interestingly to note that the 3^rd and 4^th on the list, Observer and Superstition would have been test sires at time of mating.

Highlights

Topping our list is SANDY-VALLEY NU PENELOPE. Penelope is the Uno daughter of the #12 GTPI cow in the USA PINE-TREE MONICA PLANETA-ET VG-85-2YR. Planeta is starting to become the next genomic superstar to join the likes of Ammon Peachy Shauna. She is consistently able to produce progeny that are chart toppers and well above their parent averages. In fact Planeta has 4 daughters on our list.
2^nd on our list comes from the Sully Shottle May family, DE-SU UNO 2145. 2145’s dam is an Observer daughter of May who just turned 2yrs old herself. 2145 is a great example of how De-Su is pushing the genetic advancement and, if we hadn’t incorporated reliabilities into our index, would have been #1 on our list. But since her dam is yet to score and produce a milk record and she has 2 generations of genomic sires, her reliabilities are lower than Penelope’s.
The top Canadian animal on our list is STE ODILE MOON MODEL AMALUNA. Amaluna recently sold in TAG’s Genomic Power Sale for $110,000 (Read more – TAG’s Genomic Power Sale Averages an Outstanding $30,167). Amaluna is the #5 GPA LPI heifer in Canada. Her Man-O-Man dam is due to calve in January 2013 but her 2nd dam is LES091 BAXTER MODEL RUBIS VG-87-3YR-CAN who is the #27 GLPI Cow in Canada. This heifer has it all – production, durability, health and fertility as well as a very advanced sire stack, Moon x Man-O-Man x Baxter x Goldwyn.
The top European animal on our list is HFP LUCETTE. From Denmark this heifer traces back to the Lou Etta family from the US. Lucette is also the #1 TPI animal from Europe and is actually only 76 gTPI points behind the #1 gTPI animal in the world De-Su 1438.

The Bullvine Bottom Line

With genomic indexes coming out monthly and each country having their own index with apparent bias, it can be very hard to keep track of all the top animals and compare them accurately. Comparisons are instructive for informed decision making. That is why we developed the BPI formula. As is evident from our analysis of the top heifers from around the world, there is no question that the USA is leading the way when it comes to the bull dams of the future and that breeding programs like De-Su, Select Sires and Sandy Valley are at the front of that charge.

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