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VOLUME 33 EDITORIAL
Proof time It is April: time for new sire proofs! For many people in our industry these are exciting times – many things to discover, and many things to check. Do the genomic sires that I used some years ago live up to their expectations? Have new genomic sires or daughter proven sires appeared at the very top? Have new bulls arrived that exactly fit the breeding goals of my herd? Talking about breeding goals: this makes our mission of checking proofs more complicated than it was in the past. Since the turn of the millennia loads of new traits have arrived on the scene. Until then we worked with type and production, so the TPI formula pretty much told us where to go. But now that picture has completely changed: a large number of fitness traits has made it much more challenging for a sire to exactly serve all of your needs. On top of that, we have new criteria such as polled, A2A2 and BB-kappa-casein. If you also require any of these traits, the exploration of the sire rankings is an even bigger adventure. But then again: we all know that the perfect bull does not exist, no matter how hard breeders and sire-analysts try. As always it is a matter of setting your priorities right, so that you are still able to find the bulls that will work best for your herd.
Jan Bierma
APRIL 2022
NUMBER 3
WE ARE ELATED TO ANNOUNCE...
...the acquisition of one of the most cherished names in genetics, Sandy-Valley! Adding their impressive families, Eternity, Paradise, Cokisncream, amongst others to elevate our program to new heights, was unimaginable-just a few months ago. Thank you to the Bauer and Sheppelman families for staying on to manage the day-to-day farming operations, and we look forward to collaborating with them and this impressive herd and legendary prefix for years to come.
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