November 2009 International Horizons

Horizons November 2009

Giving Your Herd a Bright Future ■ Voices of progress p.7

Shining sons p.9 ■ Creating quality calves p.11 ■

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Healthy Futures

T a b l e o f c o n t e n ts

Overview

4 Horizons By The Numbers

GENETICALLY SPEAKING

5 A Genetic Progress Report

GENOMICALLY SPEAKING

7 Putting Genomics to Work

BULL FEATURES 9 TOYSTORY Sons Shine in GENESIS Program

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18 Marcellus: More Than One Dimension 19 Discover the Pizzazz in Penosh

CRI GENCHOICE™ 11 My Herd. My Choice.

FERTILITY FOCUS 15 CRI is Committed to Fertility

IN THE NEWS 20 Guests Embark on Profit Tours Jaeger Logan 2158

O Ma n x B W M arshall x Rudol ph With his August debut, LOGAN is making a name for himself as a health traits leader. He sires fertile daughters with long, productive lives. These daughters improve components while lowering somatic cell score and adding pounds to your tank. At just 6% Sire Calving Ease, LOGAN daughters are born easily, and calve easily (5% Daughter Calving Ease). Set your herd for a healthy future with LOGAN.

+$732 Lifetime Net Merit Fertile Daughters (+1.6 DPR) 6% Sire Calving Ease 5% Daughter Calving Ease

CRI Lineup 22 Sire Index Horizons

November 2009 Vol. 15/No. 4 Published for dairy-producing customers of Cooperative Resources International.

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On the Cover: The cover photo from Pendora Dairy Farm, Moncton, Ontario was taken by Norwell Dairy Systems after installing a 32-head rotary parlor.

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This issue of Horizons…

By The Numbers Take a glimpse at what you can learn in this issue of CRI’s dairy Horizons.

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The average drop in Lifetime Net Merit (LNM) per Holstein sire that will occur in January 2010 with the U.S. genetic base change. It is important to understand the most genetic progress happens in a herd when the most elite sires are used. Prepare for the base change now. Alter (increase) genetic selection criteria. Use an economic index such as LNM to ensure your operation will remain economically viable well into the future. For more information on the base change, see pages 5-6.

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Countries were represented in the 2009 CRI Profit Tour. Dairy producers and dairy industry professionals from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Iran, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Mexico traveled to Wisconsin to attend World Dairy Expo, tour CRI facilities and visit local dairy farms. To find out more about the CRI Profit Tour, see pages 20-21.

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Genomic-proven sires are available through CRI to improve the profit potential of your herd. On pages 7-8, several dairy producers share how they utilize genomic-proven sires and provide recommendations to others. To view the CRI sire lineup which includes these 60+ genomic-proven sires, see the sire index on pages 22-23.

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Sires in the CRI lineup have a Sire Conception Rate (SCR) greater than or equal to +1.5 and are greater than or equal to +$450 LNM. This demonstrates CRI has the largest number of genetically elite, high fertility sires. A breeding to a CRI sire is not only an easy pregnancy, but a high-quality replacement! Read pages 15-17 for information on the sire fertility evaluations and CRI’s leadership in this area.

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1HO08812 Ladys-Manor MARCELLUS-ET *TV has gained well-deserved popularity among dairy producers for his +8.1 SCR; however, there is much more to this bull. MARCELLUS boasts an outstanding balance of strong production, ample fitness traits, and promising initial type data based on genomic evaluations plus 10 milking daughters. Several CRI sires are featured in this issue of Horizons including MARCELLUS, 1HO02571 COLE, 1HO09928 CORY and 1HO08997 PENOSH.

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Lifetime Net Merit (LNM) takes into consideration a variety of production, health and conformation traits. It measures, in dollars, the net profit over the lifetime of a bull’s average daughter. For instance, daughters of +$700 LNM sires are expected to yield $400 more over their lifetime than daughters of +$300 LNM sires.

4. Why have a base change?

The base change serves two basic purposes.

First, it measures the genetic improvement of the dairy population by trait. Second, it adjusts to a more current level of genetics in the dairy population for each breed.

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At present, the genetic base for each breed is based on sire-identified cows born in the year 2000. In January 2010, the genetic base will be determined from sire-identified cows born in the year 2005.

However, each animal’s January 2010 genetic evaluation will change to reflect the impact of additional information (such as additional milking daughters) since the previous evaluation. As is usual, the added information can cause a proof to go up, down or show very little change and may cause bulls to be re-ranked.

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The USDA accounts for genetic change within the dairy breeds by updating the genetic base. This is a simple adjustment of the predicted transmitting abilities (PTAs) of dairy animals for the genetic progress made during the most recent five-year period.

(PTAs demonstrate the rank of one bull compared to others.) PTAs are designated with an average of zero for every trait, with the exception of somatic cell score, calving ease and stillbirth rate, which are centered at a breed average rather than zero.

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While the published genetic evaluations for some traits will decrease significantly, it is important to remember that all animals within a breed are adjusted exactly the same.

Consequently, there will be NO re-ranking of sires according to individual traits because of the base change.

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The accumulated genetic gain calculated for each trait will be subtracted from a bull’s proof. The base change adjustments will be applied equally to all A.I. sires.

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With the January 12, 2010 sire summary, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will update the U.S. genetic base for dairy cattle evaluations. As this practice only takes place every five years, it is important to review what happens during a base change.

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Trait Lifetime Net Merit (Dollars) Protein (Pounds) Fat (Pounds) Milk (Pounds) Productive Life (Months) Somatic Cell Score Daughter Pregnancy Rate (%) Sire Calving Ease (%) Daughter Calving Ease (%) Sire Stillbirth Rate (%) Daughter Stillbirth Rate (%) Udder Composite Foot & Leg Composite PTA Type

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Jersey 119

14 15 417 0.6 −0.01 0.0 0.4 −1.0 0.2 −0.4 0.85 0.65 0.87

12 17 323 0.8 0.00 −0.1 … … … …

0.40 0.20 0.62

PTA Progress (Proposed) Brown Swiss Guernsey Ayrshire 60 50 37 10 10 267 0.3 0.01 −0.5 0.4 −0.5 … …

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6 12 231 0.1 0.02 −0.4 … … … …

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3 3 53 0.3 −0.02 0.1 … … … …

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Milking Shorthorn 71 6 8 199 0.8 0.01 −0.1 … … … …

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Source: http://aipl.arsusda.gov/reference/base2010.htm

5. What is the magnitude of the base change to take place in 2010?

The anticipated impact of the base change will vary by breed, based on the genetic progress made in the last five years. The proposed changes for January 2010, included above, are from the USDA Web site.

Expect a sire’s evaluation for an individual trait to decrease by the amount shown.

For example, expect 1HO08784 FREDDIE to go from his current +8.9 Productive Life to +8.3. As a second example, expect 1HO09208 SHAMPOO to go from his current +1772 PTA Milk to +1355.1

6. Are all trait changes applied equally among bulls?

For the individual traits, all bull evaluations will be adjusted equally. For example, every bull will decrease in Productive Life by 0.6.1 However, in the instance of indexes or composites (Foot & Leg Composite, Udder Composite, Body Size Composite, Lifetime Net Merit) there will be differences.

For instance, take the LNM formula. As indicated in the table, the average Holstein sire is expected to decrease in LNM by $132. Some sires will decrease by more than $132 and some will decrease by less than $132. Here’s why: Some sires rely more heavily on their outstanding health traits to earn their high LNM rankings rather than their conformation and production traits. Since health traits change very little with the base change, expect these sires to have a smaller change in LNM. On the

other hand, some sires rely more on their outstanding production and conformation traits to earn their LNM ranking rather than their less than desirable health traits.

Since both components and conformation traits will be adjusted significantly in the base change, expect these sires to have larger LNM index changes.

7. How do I prepare for the base change?

Dairy producers should prepare for the base change by altering their genetic selection criteria now. If not, the bulls they select for today will rank considerably lower in January. Said another way, if a dairy producer invests in semen from a +$300 LNM sire today, before the cow can even be confirmed pregnant that sire’s genetic value will decrease by an average $132 to +$168 LNM1, leaving little return on investment.

Now, take a look further into the future. In 2015, another genetic base change will occur and all traits will be adjusted accordingly again. Genomics will have a greater impact on the 2015 base change and the changes, or progress made, should be more drastic.

Act now. Alter your genetic selection criteria to ensure future profitability.

It is important to understand the most genetic progress happens in a herd when the most genetically elite sires are used.

Alter (increase) genetic selection criteria now and use an economic index such as LNM to ensure your operation will remain economically viable well into the future.

Pending the impact of additional information.

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Putting Genomics to Work

Participants:

Just a year ago “genomics” was a word not many people were familiar with. Today top herds around the industry are utilizing this cutting-edge technology to improve their bottom line. CRI spoke with producers and industry representatives to learn how this technology is changing breeding programs and the future of their herds.

Dr. Tom Lawlor Holstein Association USA, Inc. Brattleboro, Vermont

Sam Potter Spruce Haven Dairy Auburn, New York

Daniel Hischke Sunrise Dairy LLC Suring, Wisconsin

Why do you use genomic sires in your breeding program?

Potter: I use genomic sires because I know you get the greatest genetic gain from the shortest generation interval. Genomic tested sires also have a higher reliability or confidence level for traits than young sires.”

Vanden Broek: I use genomic sires because I believe in the research that was done to make these sires available. I’ve used young sires in the past, and now they are just more reliable.

Hischke: The genomic-proven method has been scientifically proven and well-researched.

Jasurda: We are going through all the motions on our dairies everyday anyway, so to me it just makes sense to do it with the best cows possible. Genomics is a tool which can enable me to do so. If bull studs such as CRI are using genomic sires to sire the next generation of bulls, why wouldn’t I use them on my cows and heifers?

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Arie Vanden Broek Olds, Alberta, Canada Organic producer

Ed Jasurda United Pride Dairy, LLC GENESIS cooperator herd Phillips, Wisconsin

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G e n o mic a l l y sp e a ki n g Quick Facts: A genomic evaluation is a bull’s proof based on his DNA. A genomic evaluation can be calculated before a bull has any milking daughters.

Genomics has been proven credible through genomicproven sires that have now gained milking daughters.

1HO08784 FREDDIE, 1HO08778 SUPER and 1HO09040 CAVANA are living proof of genomic credibility.

The reliability of genomic-proven sires is slightly lower than that of daughterproven sires so usage should be spread among multiple sires.

What are the benefits of using genomic genetics?

Vanden Broek: There are plenty of options for high-ranking genomic sires. These are the best genetics, from young bulls and they’re more reliable.

Hischke: In the short term, the benefits I get are the use of three to four years of bulls all right now. In the long term, the procurement of sires will be more accurate.

How are you incorporating these sires into your current breeding program?

What advice can you offer other producers in regards to utilizing genomic sires?

Potter: Be as cut throat as possible with genetics. Use only the very best genomic sires. Even if their genetic evaluations go down as they add daughter information, they are still really good genetically.

Hischke: I use high Lifetime Net Merit (LNM) sires whether they are genomic proven or daughter proven. However for genomic bulls, I use less semen from each sire than I do with daughter-proven bulls.

Vanden Broek: My advice is that everyone should utilize genomic sires. They are not as cheap as ‘young sires’ but they are worth so much more genetically. I expect to use more genomic sires in the future.

Vanden Broek: I use a mating guide with a certain percentage of genomic sires and percentage of daughter-proven sires that rank high for health traits, milk and components.

Lawlor: The bottom line is genomics is simply another way to better the breed. Ten years from now, we will see big gains from this technology in that we’ll be milking better cows in our herds.

Potter: I am currently using 30-40 percent genomic sires for our flushes and embryo transfers. We use genomic sexed semen when it is available on the sires we want.

Jasurda: If the A.I. studs are using genomic sires to sire their next generation, I feel confident using them on my own herd.

Because we are dealing with approximately 70 percent reliabilities, go for the best available with as much genetic variation as possible.

Lawlor: By pairing a group of elite genomictested heifers with a group of genomic-tested young sires, you are able to make more rapid genetic gain. Young animals will benefit the most from genomics.

In the future, do you see yourself using genomic testing on the female side of your herd? How? Why or why not?

Have you made any changes in your breeding program due to the lower trait reliabilities of genomic-proven sires?

Jasurda: United Pride Dairy females were used as some of the early test animals for the program. That gave me a chance to watch this from its early stages and gain confidence in it. The use of genomics in our females has already identified certain cows that may provide bulls for CRI that maybe wouldn’t have otherwise. Genomics can take a group of sibling females and identify which ones are elite. This enables one to concentrate embryo transfer efforts on certain individuals with more confidence. There will be more and more marketing opportunities for females as this progresses.

Jasurda: The biggest change to our breeding program is in semen usage. In the past, I used lots of semen from my favorite proven

Potter: We are looking forward to our first results soon! We plan to do more testing as we can afford it as a means to jumpstart our genetic program, especially if we can identify an elite animal early.

Jasurda: LNM is still the starting point on bull purchasing decisions. After that udders, feet & legs, productive life, calving ease and daughter pregnancy rate would be used to select bulls. We have been using a combination of daughter proven, genomicproven, genomic CRI GenChoice™, and young sires. The usage would probably work out to about a quarter of each category.

Potter: I don’t get carried away with one high sire by varying the intensity of multiple sires.

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bull. We still use a lot of certain proven bulls, the difference now is we are also using more genomic-proven bulls. The approach with genomic sires is to use more sires with fewer units of each sire.

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TOYSTORY Sons Shine in GENESIS Program 1HO02571 Co-op Toystory COLE-ET and 1HO09928 Co-op Toystory CORY are most recognized as sons of the well-known sire 1HO07235 TOYSTORY. However, what makes these sires truly great is a little farther back in their maternal line.

Products of the GENESIS program, their maternal granddam, Wa-Del Orion Cass CRI-ET is where the story begins.

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The story of COLE and CORY begins with an embryo purchase in 2001. Wa-Del Orion Cass-CRI-ET was purchased as part of the CRI GENESIS program. The vision was for this embryo to one day be an elite bull or bull dam. That has come true as Cass is in the family of multiple elite bulls in the CRI lineup.

What made Cass and her genetics so sought after was the time she was born. In 2000, the genetic disorder Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM) was identified as a lethal gene inherited as a simple recessive. Her sire, Orion, was *CV, a carrier of the gene. However, Cass was *TV, a non-carrier.

“It was perfect timing to work with Cass, as she offered an opportunity to work with the sought-after Orion genetics with the knowledge that she was not a carrier,” stated Steve DeWall, CRI Dairy Genetics Specialist. DeWall went on to comment, “Cass had a flawless udder and great components!”

She was flushed to both Shottle and O Man as these sires complemented her stature and production capabilities well. Resulting from the O Man flush was Co-op Oman Calida-ET, dam of COLE, and resulting from the flush to Shottle was Co-op Shottle Creighton-ET, dam of CORY. Continued on page 10…

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+$816 74%Rel Fluid Merit

+$708 Daughters

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+1502 78%Rel Fat

+113 +0.22% Protein

+64 +0.07% Prod. Life

+3.2 SCS +2.79

HA-USA PTA 08/2009 Type +3.28 70%Rel Udder Comp. +2.53 Feet & Legs Comp. +3.16 TPI™ +2237 Sire Calving Ease

7% 70%Rel Dau. Calving Ease 6%

65%Rel Sire Stillbirth

6.1% 60%Rel Dau. Stillbirth

5.9% 60%Rel FERTILITY USDA, CRI 8/2009 Sire Fertility (SCR) +2.8

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Calida, described by DeWall as a “tall, dairy cow,” was flushed to TOYSTORY twice as a virgin heifer.

From those flushes, six embryos resulted and were sold to cooperator herds across the United States. From those embryos, one heifer and one bull have continued to garner interest from the CRI program.

Calida’s bull calf is the first-released TOYSTORY son, COLE. COLE offers many of the same strengths of his sire, with outstanding type (+3.28 PTA Type) and +1502 PTA Milk production as well as impressive +2.8 Sire Conception Rate. At +$776 Lifetime Net Merit, he shows he’s from a profitable mold.

Sire JENNY-LOU MRSHL TOYSTORY-ET Dam CO-OP OMAN CALIDA-ET, GP-80, DOM

2-00 3x 305d 12,029m 5.2 627f 3.4 414p Kgs. 231 DMS 135123

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“Creighton reminded me more of Cass. She had a good udder and good dairy strength. She was a nice balanced cow,” commented DeWall.

As a heifer, Creighton was flushed to 1HO06721 HOSEA and Zenith. The HOSEA flush resulted in three bull calves and one heifer. The heifer calf was flushed to 1HO08784 FREDDIE resulting in five pregnancies (three heifer calves and two bulls) that have just recently calved. These animals are all awaiting their genomic test results.

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The heifer calf, Co-op Toystory Coco-ET, GP-82, is currently at a GENESIS cooperator herd where she calved with her first calf by Planet. With genomic testing, it was discovered that she is among the highest ranking genomic cows for fat at 100 pounds. CRI is capitalizing on this strength and she has recently been flushed to Cassino.

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+$722 Daughters

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+83 +0.00% Protein

+67 +0.00% Prod. Life

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HA-USA PTA 08/2009 Type +3.36 70%Rel Udder Comp. +3.14 Feet & Legs Comp. +2.34 TPI™

+2223 Sire Calving Ease

9% 66%Rel Dau. Calving Ease 7%

61%Rel Sire Stillbirth

8.5% 56%Rel Dau. Stillbirth

6.7% 56%Rel FERTILITY USDA, CRI 8/2009 Sire Fertility (SCR) +1.2

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Genetics from this family are also making their mark on the rest of the world. All embryos resulting in Creighton’s flush to Zenith were exported to Japan.

After being flushed as a virgin heifer, Creighton was bred to TOYSTORY, resulting in CORY. CORY combines the best of both his maternal and paternal lines. At over +3.00 for both PTA Type and Udder Composite, he reflects the great udders his dam was known for and the outstanding conformation his sire has come to represent.

With over a ton of milk, CORY daughters fill the milk tank and look good doing it.

Sire JENNY-LOU MRSHL TOYSTORY-ET Dam CO-OP SHOTTLE CREIGHTON-ET, GP-84, VG-MS, DOM

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CRI GenChoice™ sexed semen is available in both 90 and 75 percent heifer products! This gives producers even more choices for creating profitable, replacement heifers. Here’s how: ✘ Choose the number of replacements needed: Look at your long-term plan to determine how many springing heifers will be needed in coming years. ✘ Choose your heifer ratio: GenChoice 90™ produces a 90 percent heifer ratio while GenChoice 75™ produces a 75 percent heifer ratio. Both products contain 2.1 million sperm cells per straw and have similar conception rates. ✘ Choose your breeding plan: Produce the most significant number of heifers by using GenChoice 90 for multiple services. For a more moderate quantity, consider first service to GenChoice 90 and secondary services to GenChoice 75, or utilize GenChoice 75 for all services.

CRI GenChoice allows producers to choose to replace less profitable animals with superior, promising replacements; to create heifers from your best maternal lines; to increase merchandising opportunities; to reduce calving difficulties; to have more flexibility in culling; and to grow from within.

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My Herd. My Choice. CRI GenChoice.

“We have chosen to incorporate the CRI GenChoice product into our breeding program to become more sufficient in raising our own replacements while expanding our herd. We have gone with CRI due to the very diverse selection of high fertility and high Lifetime Net Merit sires.” ~ Rick and Ingrid Portena, Moncton, Ontario, Canada

My Herd. My Choice. CRI GenChoice.

“We understand that producing heifer calves from our current heifers is a great way to speed up the process of increasing genetic gain so we use CRI GenChoice on the first two services for heifers. Looking at this year’s average, the conception rate in heifers with CRI GenChoice has been about six percent lower than the conception rate with conventional semen.” ~ Mike Verhasselt, Verhasselt Dairy Farm, Wisconsin

My Herd. My Choice. CRI GenChoice.

“The advantage of using CRI GenChoice semen is having a surplus of heifers when making a selection for selling or culling. Another advantage is having more heifers from a good genetic sire in a shorter period of time than usual.” ~ Tienie Durr, Preekstoel Boedery, South Africa

More Choices on the Horizon

Significant improvements are underway at CRI facilities in Shawano, Wisconsin. The semen laboratory has been updated and expanded with new processing capacity for both European Union (EU) qualified and non-EU qualified semen. In addition, a new collection area was constructed at the Stony Hill facility (pictured here), which will handle both EU and non-EU qualified sires.

The renovation also includes lab space for Sexing Technologies to process CRI GenChoice™ semen.

Semen sorting machines should be in place by December. This will allow CRI GenChoice 90™ and CRI GenChoice 75™ to be processed in Shawano as well as at CRI’s Ithaca, New York, facility. In early 2010, expect the CRI GenChoice lineup to expand with more elite dairy and beef sires!

1HO09208 SHAMPOO

1HO09040 CAVANA

1HO09092 LAZARITH

Full Sister: Pine-Tree Martha Sheen-ET, VG-85

Dam: Wa-Del Orion Cass CRI-ET, VG-86, EX-MS

Dam: Muranda Mrshal Lizy CRI-ET, VG-88, VG-MS

1HO08764 LOTTA

1HO09673 MONTA

1HO08812 MARCELLUS

Vanslyke Lotta 5962

Sire: Jenny-Lou Mrshl Toystory-ET

Glick Marcellus Ginger

1HO02543 TASTIC

1HO08562 HOLMAN

1HO08824 DESPAIR

Dam: Welcome Duce Penn-ET, VG-88, EX-MS

Genesee Holman 4537

Mammoser Despair 6699

1JE00666 VERMEER

1JE00604 GANNON

1JE00670 JOULE

Dam: Cave Creek 879 Lemvig Vetch, EX-91%

Drinkall Gratitude Class, VG-87%

Dam: Den-Kel Roulette Jewel, EX-90%

Shottle x O Man

Ramos x Winchester

Billion x Duce

Artist x Lemvig

O Man x Orion

Toystory x Lynch

O Man x Mtoto

Jace x Gordo

Shottle x BW Marshall

Boliver x BW Marshall

Ramos x Addison

Artist x Roulette

Available in CRI GenChoice 90, 75 or both.

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Fertility

CRI stands far above competitors when it comes to fertility from genetically elite sires. Although competitors claim to have the largest quantity of highly fertile sires, one look at the CRI lineup proves that quality is clearly in our favor.

Check out the next pages to see where the CRI fertility advantage truly shows!

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GenCheck™/SCR 1HO08761 DELLA 1HO09137 SLY + 1HO08910 MATRIX-RED + 1HO08778 SUPER + 1HO09315 ALABAMA 1HO08812 MARCELLUS +8.1 1HO08997 PENOSH +4.8 1HO08305 BINKY +4.6 1HO06833 TRES +4.2 1HO09092 LAZARITH +4.2 1HO08534 LO +4.1 1HO09659 ARMY +3.9 223HO00135 GAVOR +3.8 1HO08654 LOYDIE +3.7 1HO09040 CAVANA +3.6 1HO07947 PEN +3.6 1HO07828 MUNSTER +3.6

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For fertility without genetic compromise, look to the CRI lineup.

At CRI, sire fertility is indicated through three different rankings, GenCheck™, Sire Conception Rate (SCR) and SynchSmart™.

A GenCheck ranking is given to CRI sires after they reach 300 services recorded by CRI technicians. This preliminary ranking is given before a sire receives an official fertility ranking from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). GenCheck rankings give an early indication of which sires will be elite SCR sires in the future.

Familiarize yourself with the rankings below so you can recognize high fertility sires in the CRI lineup: Excellent + Very Good Average to Above Average - Average to Below Average.

SCR, calculated by USDA, indicates sire fertility based on confirmed pregnancies. Evaluations are expressed as deviations from the overall average. For example, a bull with a +2.0 SCR is expected to have a two percent higher conception rate than the average bull at +0.0.

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CRI representatives have recognized that certain sires perform better when used to breed synchronized females. SynchSmart™ evaluations rank sires for their fertility when part of a synchronization program.

These rankings are given on a numerical basis with sires in the current lineup ranging from -2.0 to +3.0. Each positive SynchSmart point indicates an expected one percent increase in conception rate compared to an “average” sire.

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By adding a genetic component (sires over $450 Lifetime Net Merit) to the data, CRI stands number one for the most high fertility sires. The same is true with sires ≥ +2.0 SCR and ≥ +$500 LNM, +$600 LNM or +1800 TPI™. A breeding to a CRI sire is not only an easy pregnancy, but a high-quality replacement animal in the next generation.

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f e rti l ity f o c u s

1HO08631 LES 1HO08784 FREDDIE 1HO02683 SEBASTIAN 1HO09167 O-STYLE 1HO02590 KASEY-P-RED 1HO09103 CABHI 1HO09137 SLY 1HO02684 RETAIL 1HO09673 MONTA 1HO02457 ANNEX 1HO07691 COBRA 1HO08654 LOYDIE 1HO09040 CAVANA 1HO08534 LO 1HO07832 BUSINESS 1HO07169 LOTTO 1HO09130 AXLE 1HO08642 GARNETT 1HO08824 DESPAIR 1HO06845 LETHAL

DPR +3.6 +3.5 +2.8 +2.8 +2.5 +2.4 +2.3 +2.3 +2.0 +1.8 +1.8 +1.8 +1.8 +1.7 +1.7 +1.7 +1.7 +1.7 +1.7 +1.7

Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) measures the fertility of daughters of a specific bull. Calculated by the USDA, DPR is a percentage of nonpregnant cows that become pregnant during each 21-day period. A DPR of “1” implies that daughters of this bull are one percent more likely to become pregnant during that estrus cycle than a bull with an evaluation at zero.

Take a look at the graph below.

You can see CRI has over two times the number of high DPR sires compared to the other major U.S. artificial insemination studs. This shows CRI values a pregnancy now as well as easy pregnancies in the future.

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CRI is focused on helping your herd achieve a profitable future. For this reason the CRI lineup is filled with elite genetics with high fertility.

Through high fertility sires, you can achieve more pregnancies in this generation. By utilizing high DPR sires, you are also ensuring your herd fertility in the future through cows that are easier to breed back.

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Marcellus: More than One Dimension -

Glick Marcellus Ginger

Glick Marcellus Mima Although 1HO08812 Ladys-Manor MARCELLUS-ET *TV has gained well-deserved popularity among dairy producers and marketing staff for his +8.1 Sire Conception Rate (SCR) ranking, there is much more to this bull. He has an outstanding balance of strong production (+1881 PTA Milk, +56 pounds Fat and +55 pounds Protein), ample fitness traits (+2.4 Productive Life and +2.89 Somatic Cell Score) and promising initial type data (based on genomic evaluations plus 10 daughters).

1HO08812 MARCELLUS 10 Dtrs.

HA-Trait Profile -2

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Short Stature Frail Strength Shallow Body Depth Tight Rib Dairy Form High Pins Rump Angle Narrow Thurl Width Posty Rear Legs-Side Vw. Rear Legs-Rear Vw. Hock-In Low Foot Angle Low Feet & Legs Score Loose Fore Udder Attach.

Low Rear Udder Height Narrow Rear Udder Width Weak Udder Cleft Deep Udder Depth Wide Front Teat Place.

Wide Rear Teat Place.

Short Teat Length -2

Tall Strong Deep Open Rib Sloped Wide Sickle Straight Steep High Strong High Wide Strong Shallow Close Close Long -1

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A Sire from a Familiar Place

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1.4 1.2 1.8 2.4 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.7 1.6 1.2 2.4 2.5 3.4 3.1 0.8 3.1 3.7 0.3

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The Ladys-Manor prefix is nothing new to the CRI lineup.

All current Ladys-Manor members in the CRI lineup can be traced back to Ladys-Manor Ruby Jen, EX-94-2E, EX-MS, second dam of MARCELLUS. This phenomenal brood cow has earned the designations of Gold Medal Dam and Dam of Merit. In her lifetime, she milked for 1416 days and produced a lifetime record of 61,670 Kgs. milk, 4.6%, 2849 fat and 3.2%, 1977 protein. Her highest lactation record came at four years and two months with 21,282 Kgs. milk, 4.6%, 971 fat and 3.0%, 646 protein.

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Family Ties Throughout the Lineup

Among the offspring of Ruby Jen currently in the lineup is 1HO07467 JUMBALIA, the product of a flush to Webster. This popular components and calving ease sire showcases Ruby Jen’s strength at creating fertile sons as JUMBALIA also exhibits positive fertility.

New release 1HO02680 MALVO also has ties to the Ruby Jen family as she is his maternal granddam. With a +1.6 SCR rating, he too works towards creating pregnancies.

Impressive Maternal Line

Ruby Jen was also flushed to popular sire, BW Marshall, resulting in Ladys-Manor Ruby Marcie-ET, VG-87, GMD, DOM, dam of MARCELLUS. Ruby Marcie completed her record high production at one year and 10 months. In 365 days, she produced 15,286 Kgs. milk, 4.0%, 616 fat and 3.2%, 488 protein.

“MARCELLUS’ maternal line is impressive,” stated Paul Haskins, CRI Dairy Procurement Specialist. “His dam, Ladys-Manor Ruby Marcie-ET, calved in at one year and 10 months, scored VG-87 at two years, and went on to produce over 15,000 Kgs. milk with 4.0% fat and 3.2% protein in her first lactation. MARCELLUS has two Very Good (86 & 88) full sisters, one of which (Ladys-Manor Marcie Babie-ET, VG-88) recently had a Colby son sampled (1HO02736 CODY).”

In addition to conventional availability, this well-rounded sire is also available in both CRI GenChoice 75™ and CRI GenChoice 90™ for more heifers in the next generation!

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Discover the Pizzazz in 1HO08997 Welcome

PENOSH

Style:

*TV

A rising star from a prominent family, PENOSH sires the glamour and appeal many dairy producers desire. His +3.72 PTA Type reveals his ability to transmit improved conformation. His daughters will captivate audiences with their tremendous udders, as PENOSH is positive for all udder linear traits. He’s especially notable for outstanding rear udders at +5.1 rear udder height and +4.7 rear udder width.

Production:

Production is a positive feature passed on from PENOSH’s paternal side. With a +1917 PTA Milk and positive components percentages that translate to +78 Fat and +66 Protein, daughters will fill the bulk tank and fulfill their owners’ expectations.

Profitability:

PENOSH is proudly poised in the top three percent of the breed for profitability at +$634 Lifetime Net Merit (LNM). In other words, PENOSH daughters are expected to yield $634 more over their lifetime than daughters of +$0 LNM sires. He’s equally as elite at +$649 Lifetime Cheese Merit and +2148 TPI™.

Fertility:

Fantastic fertility puts PENOSH on a pedestal compared to other sires.

PENOSH is the #2 Sire Conception Rate (SCR) sire in the lineup and the #4 SCR sire in the breed at +4.8 with 89 percent reliability.

Behind the Scenes …

PENOSH hails from a well-known cow family at Welcome Stock Farm in Schuylerville, N.Y. His prestigious granddam, Welcome Aaron Penel, VG-87, DOM, is a true brood cow. She currently has sons and grandsons in the active lineups of several U.S. studs, her daughters are causing excitement throughout the industry, and her embryos have been marketed globally.

CRI sampled a number of Penel’s sons including one particular Teamster son - the CRI active sire 1HO07947 Welcome Tmstr PENel CRI-ET *TV. PEN combines appealing PTAT with solid production and, like PENOSH, is a standout for SCR at +3.6.

Dam: Welcome Teamster Penny-ET, EX-90, EX-MS

The mating between Penel and Teamster also resulted in an elite female - Welcome Teamster Penny-ET EX-90, EX-MS, dam of PENOSH. Penny finished her first lactation with an excellent production record: 1-11 3x 365 days, 13,105 Kgs. milk, 4.0%, 531 fat and 3.2%, 426 protein.

1HO08997 PENOSH HA-Trait Profile -2

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Short Stature Frail Strength Shallow Body Depth Tight Rib Dairy Form High Pins Rump Angle Narrow Thurl Width Posty Rear Legs-Side Vw. Rear Legs-Rear Vw. Hock-In Low Foot Angle Low Feet & Legs Score Loose Fore Udder Attach.

Low Rear Udder Height Narrow Rear Udder Width Weak Udder Cleft Deep Udder Depth Wide Front Teat Place.

Wide Rear Teat Place.

Short Teat Length -2

Tall Strong Deep Open Rib Sloped Wide Sickle Straight Steep High Strong High Wide Strong Shallow Close Close Long -1

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3.2 1.6 2.5 3.8 0.3 2.4 1.7 2.7 2.0 2.4 3.7 5.1 4.7 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.5 0.1

Following in the famous footsteps of his family, PENOSH carries on the tradition of transmitting style, production, profitability and fertility.

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I N T H E NE W S

International Guests Embark on Profit Tours with CRI This October, Cooperative Resources International (CRI) hosted over 75 visitors from 10 different countries including Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Iran, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Mexico. The 2009 Profit Tour began with the World Dairy Expo at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. While in Madison, guests participated in the trade show and viewed many of the industry’s elite show cows.

The second half of the Profit Tour focused on the CRI advantage at herds in central and northeastern Wisconsin. Herds visited include: Tidy View Dairy, Kaukauna, Wis., MilkSource Genetics, Kaukauna, Wis., Harmony-Ho Holsteins, Stratford, Wis., Hall’s Calf Ranch, Kewaunee, Wis., Tilkens Dairy, New Franken, Wis., S&S Ag Enterprises, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Dallmann East River Dairy, Brillion, Wis. While visiting these herds, participants saw firsthand the results of utilizing high Lifetime Net Merit sires and programs such as CRI Mating Appraisal for Profit (MAP). Visitors also had an opportunity to learn from the owners and managers as they explored farming practices in the United States.

In addition to the farm tours, guests participated in educational seminars to learn more about CRI, genomics and CRI GenChoice™. International visitors also witnessed the expansion projects at the Genex facility in Shawano, Wis., and met with various company representatives.

At left: Visitors learn about all aspects of Tidy View Dairy, from the milking parlor to the freestalls and the feed.

At right: Guests get to know the elite genetics of MilkSource genetics as they view the heifers, calves and milking cows. After a stop at the Genex headquarters, the group posed for a photo.

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“I was very surprised with the size, “This has been the best Profit Tour ever! seriousness and genetic values I enjoyed the contrast of Tidy View Dairy and MilkSource Genetics. Seeing Lifetime reached by CRI. The trip was Net Merit at work in the commercial herd great, with good company and a of 6,500 cows as they outperformed the good itinerary. I think the ‘top genetic show herd’ by 2,000 litres system of North American milk of milk per year was eye opening!” prodution should serve as an example -Lumir Dvorsky, Czech Republic (participated in the past six Profit Tours)

“A big thank you to everyone on the CRI “We were all extremely team. We learned a impressed by the GENESIS lot during the 2009 cows at Harmony-Ho Holsteins. It was an important Profit Tour and the experiences are very lesson in the value of genomics as these genetically valuable. We will put in practice what we superior cows significantly learned and try to outperformed the commercial adjust it to our system.” cows by 12 percent.”

-Ardeshir Nejati-Javaremi, PhD, Iran

-Modesto Lezcano, Panama

to be followed by us Brazilians.”

-Mauro Beraldo Filho, Brazil

“The trip was fantastic in knowledge terms. What most caught my attention was the genetics used in the farms visited and the quality and quantity of feed given to animals.

What comforted me was to know that these same genetics are being used on my farm through CRI.” - Marcelo Mascarenhas, Brazil ©2008 CRI

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Holstein Sires

1HO02454 1HO09315 1HO02457 1HO02584 1HO09659 1HO02460 1HO08777 1HO09130 1HO08747 1HO02462 1HO02464 1HO02468 1HO08305 1HO02473 1HO09528 1HO07832 1HO09103 1HO02480 1HO02481 1HO02486 1HO09040 1HO02489 1HO02490 1HO08987 1HO02491 1HO02495 1HO02498 1HO07691 1HO02621 1HO02571 1HO09928 1HO03007 1HO03018 1HO03020 1HO06827 1HO08824 1HO06738 1HO09225 1HO09276 1HO08328 1HO03030 1HO07900 1HO06943 1HO08784 1HO08239 1HO08642 223HO00135 1HO02531 1HO09554 1HO09192 1HO08562 1HO06721 1HO09309 1HO08919 1HO08782 1HO08415 1HO07467 1HO09493 1HO09544 1HO09952 1HO09543 1HO08579 1HO09092 1HO08631 1HO06845 1HO08534 1HO08658 1HO08764 1HO07169 1HO08654 1HO08220 1HO09560 1HO02680 1HO08812 1HO07153 1HO09527 1HO08910 1HO07635 1HO07973 1HO08423 1HO09259 1HO09673 1HO07828

ACREPIN ALABAMA ANNEX ANTON ARMY ARTHUS AWESOME AXLE BEACON BENGEE BEREST BINAS BINKY BOUTLAND BUCKO BUSINESS CABHI CAMARY CAMVIL CARPIN CAVANA CELOIN CHARL CHARLES CHART CISION CLITON COBRA COCOMO COLE CORY COUDAS CROP CYROS DEANN DESPAIR DON DON JUAN DOUGHTY DREAMY DUTOIT EARNIT EVERETT FREDDIE GALEN GARNETT GAVOR HEFTY HICLASS HILL HOLMAN HOSEA IAN INFINITE INITIATE JACKSON JUMBALIA KAMIN KAMPMAN KARSTEN KOLTON LANDRY LAZARITH LES LETHAL LO LOGAN LOTTA LOTTO LOYDIE LUKE-RED LYLE-RED MALVO MARCELLUS MARSH MASSEY MATRIX-RED MAXIMA MELVIN MIGHT MISCHIEF MONTA MUNSTER

PTA Milk

PTA Protein

1911 2078 1008 1324 1028 2190 766 1540 1165 1477 1464 2010 1748 1193 1408 993 1029 1750 1540 1089 699 2230 2375 2126 2091 2448 2011 585 295 1502 2290 1529 2183 1806 1098 5 1315 1301 1495 1004 2075 2173 972 1549 1496 346 1873 2442 640 2517 1249 833 714 1306 471 1263 1466 1044 1409 2248 1248 1118 2301 889 1782 987 1709 1027 774 1554 612 919 1588 1881 1105 1777 1852 729 1073 1309 1623 997 574

46 65 42 31 46 64 43 23 51 48 51 71 55 61 49 24 36 65 48 50 45 44 65 48 66 74 74 14 24 64 67 48 82 62 28 23 32 36 57 29 60 55 32 57 43 37 61 66 24 65 40 17 20 52 31 15 51 50 42 63 41 24 66 40 39 42 64 44 29 72 9 32 48 55 40 70 55 23 42 34 41 42 31

-0.04 0.01 0.05 -0.03 0.06 0.00 0.08 -0.09 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.10 0.03 -0.02 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.07 0.09 -0.08 -0.02 -0.06 0.01 0.00 0.05 -0.01 0.06 0.07 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.03 -0.02 0.09 -0.03 -0.01 0.05 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 0.01 0.04 -0.01 0.10 0.02 -0.02 0.02 -0.04 0.01 -0.03 0.00 0.05 0.07 -0.09 0.03 0.07 0.00 -0.01 0.01 -0.04 -0.01 0.05 -0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.10 -0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.04 -0.02 -0.03 0.05 0.05

PTA Fat

97 78 56 40 72 113 98 39 80 93 71 100 75 58 35 34 53 81 43 55 86 60 70 67 104 77 74 19 61 113 83 58 102 67 32 18 19 48 59 48 76 96 40 73 79 61 36 97 50 83 58 40 34 73 28 8 85 91 70 50 83 48 79 37 30 70 91 76 49 85 62 46 53 56 35 64 34 26 66 39 65 59 64

0.10 0.01 0.07 -0.03 0.13 0.12 0.27 -0.06 0.14 0.15 0.07 0.10 0.04 0.06 -0.06 -0.01 0.06 0.06 -0.05 0.06 0.23 -0.08 -0.06 -0.04 0.10 -0.04 0.00 -0.01 0.20 0.22 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.00 -0.03 0.07 -0.11 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.09 0.19 -0.12 0.03 0.10 -0.03 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.10 0.04 -0.14 0.12 0.20 0.07 -0.12 0.14 0.03 -0.02 0.02 -0.13 0.13 0.11 0.15 0.08 0.11 0.15 0.05 -0.02 -0.05 -0.02 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.10 -0.03 0.02 0.09 0.17

Conf. LNM$

PTA Type

Udder F & L Conf. Comp. Comp. TPI™

75 78 80 76 76 75 90 73 92 75 79 75 94 72 71 95 77 65 75 75 81 69 73 78 73 72 70 95 71 78 74 76 74 75 99 87 99 74 76 94 74 95 98 89 94 76 80 75 77 73 93 99 76 78 90 96 96 73 76 75 77 90 79 92 99 90 91 92 90 83 96 66 75 89 96 75 76 95 79 94 74 71 81

3.10 1.60 1.51 2.97 3.47 2.78 1.43 1.68 1.20 3.39 2.77 2.80 1.10 2.04 1.74 1.92 1.64 2.09 2.29 2.43 2.04 2.68 2.49 3.68 2.66 2.26 1.74 1.52 3.18 3.28 3.36 2.21 2.55 1.93 2.72 1.91 2.25 2.84 3.00 1.25 3.01 1.75 1.49 2.07 1.92 2.51 3.15 3.74 3.60 3.75 1.83 1.28 3.80 1.65 2.31 2.31 1.53 1.61 4.39 2.67 4.74 2.67 3.30 1.71 1.26 1.18 2.25 1.48 1.00 2.08 1.56 1.78 2.45 2.53 1.72 2.63 1.52 1.38 1.60 2.06 4.23 2.66 1.69

68 70 71 69 71 68 86 70 87 70 69 68 91 68 68 91 70 66 68 68 70 67 68 70 68 68 67 90 69 70 70 68 68 69 97 76 94 69 68 91 68 91 90 77 90 72 79 69 70 68 89 98 71 71 80 93 91 71 70 70 70 86 71 88 95 86 84 87 80 71 92 69 70 75 80 69 71 91 78 91 70 68 81

$491 $710 $629 $564 $559 $722 $689 $481 $587 $566 $441 $757 $442 $622 $604 $281 $658 $732 $564 $422 $718 $467 $708 $544 $502 $487 $571 $388 $501 $776 $718 $550 $628 $518 $486 $525 $359 $576 $537 $416 $527 $579 $284 $911 $306 $569 $383 $670 $584 $780 $540 $427 $503 $665 $502 $176 $397 $676 $599 $748 $620 $296 $626 $672 $479 $641 $732 $581 $512 $691 $347 $259 $614 $507 $327 $762 $560 $296 $567 $263 $519 $615 $392

Calv. GenCheck™ Synch Ease SCR Smart™

2.39 1.60 1915 7% 2.23 0.73 2053 6% 1.89 1.19 1927 5% 3.55 2.27 1972 7% 2.98 2.77 2047 9% 1.96 1.73 2148 6% 0.69 1.47 1979 7% 2.33 0.69 1734 3% 0.84 1.28 1842 5% 3.30 2.86 2027 9% 2.67 2.83 1870 8% 2.49 3.05 2203 4% 1.26 2.05 1680 9% 1.85 2.33 2005 7% 2.21 1.51 1932 8% 1.65 2.69 1624 9% 1.92 1.50 1960 7% 1.87 1.86 2094 8% 2.51 2.04 1918 5% 2.53 2.37 1820 8% 2.43 2.23 2098 7% 1.92 3.09 1861 9% 2.51 2.22 2106 4% 2.90 2.55 2044 9% 2.29 1.65 1916 9% 1.79 1.32 1881 8% 1.47 0.65 1897 5% 1.98 3.34 1653 6% 3.03 1.68 1898 7% 2.53 3.16 2237 7% 3.14 2.34 2223 9% 1.55 1.92 1913 7% 1.73 2.17 2051 6% 1.69 0.77 1836 4% 2.68 2.47 1863 7% 2.77 1.44 1812 5% 2.07 1.17 1691 7% 3.26 2.81 1995 9% 2.66 3.83 1965 7% 1.46 0.86 1634 5% 2.33 2.24 1993 7% 0.81 1.91 1883 12% 1.83 0.82 1539 9% 2.67 2.36 2303 6% 1.77 1.59 1620 9% 2.41 1.81 1977 5% 2.16 1.83 1830 8% 3.32 2.19 2174 9% 3.44 2.26 2026 8% 3.76 2.75 2303 8% 1.54 1.24 1867 7% 1.25 1.05 1648 8% 3.94 2.34 1965 10% 1.54 1.94 2001 5% 2.24 2.42 1881 9% 3.19 2.34 1474 9% 1.00 1.11 1655 6% 1.68 2.31 2006 8% 3.74 2.70 2142 9% 2.72 2.25 2160 6% 3.87 3.24 2190 9% 3.02 1.87 1668 9% 2.71 2.34 2119 7% 2.42 0.99 2011 8% 1.33 0.76 1740 6% 0.86 2.75 1906 6% 1.77 2.57 2159 6% 1.48 1.03 1849 6% 1.19 1.71 1730 7% 1.58 2.96 2122 7% 2.28 -0.02 1567 9% 1.28 2.51 1561 10% 2.74 1.44 1985 6% 1.87 1.24 1879 8% 2.39 1.98 1621 5% 3.19 1.62 2203 9% 2.07 1.98 1909 10% 1.39 1.24 1522 7% 1.92 1.32 1834 7% 2.11 1.90 1558 8% 3.89 3.84 2076 9% 2.67 2.03 2017 6% 1.90 2.76 1666 7%

NA ✓+ NA -0.7 3.9 NA 2.6 1.2 NA NA NA NA 4.6 NA 3.1 2.3 2.2 NA NA NA 3.6 NA NA 0.8 NA NA NA 3.1 0.3 2.8 1.2 NA NA NA 0.7 2.1 3.1 -0.2 1.1 2.5 NA 2.5 0.9 0.5 2.7 NA 3.8 1.8 0.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 0.7 NA 2.1 3.4 0.8 -0.8 0.4 1.1 1.9 NA 4.2 ✓ 0.6 4.1 ✓ NA 2.0 3.7 3.2 0.9 1.6 8.1 1.9 -1.8 ✓+ 3.5 NA NA -1.9 2.2 3.6

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.5 NA NA 2.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.0 NA 3.0 NA NA 0.5 NA NA 0.5 NA 0.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.0 NA NA NA NA 0.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.5 NA NA NA 0.5 1.5 0.5 NA NA NA 1.5 NA NA 1.5 NA NA NA NA 0.0

Pedigree

SHOTTLE X DUTCH BOY O MAN X TEAMSTER O MAN X MTOTO MAC X SHOTTLE JET STREAM X BW MARSHALL SHOTTLE X CHAMPION O MAN X ZADE TYREL X WIZARD O MAN X CHARM SHOTTLE X BW MARSHALL BUCKEYE X FREELANCE TOYSTORY X O MAN MR SHIPS X WINCHESTER MASCOL X LANCELOT BOLIVER X WIZARD GARTER X CONVINCER POTTER X RUDOLPH ROUMARE X MANAGER BUCKEYE X O MAN TOYSTORY X JUROR FORD O MAN X ORION JOSE X SHOTTLE BUCKEYE X O MAN SHOTTLE X BW MARSHALL TOYSTORY X TITANIC BUCKEYE X V EATON ROTHENEUF X O MAN CAPRI X MANFRED BAXTER X LANCELOT TOYSTORY X O MAN TOYSTORY X SHOTTLE BILLION X O MAN BUCKEYE X O MAN BOLTON X O MAN MTOTO X DUSTER RAMOS X ADDISON AMEL X ELTON DON X LUCENTE BURT X BW MARSHALL MACHOMAN X MTOTO BAXTER X SHOTTLE ZENITH X OUTSIDE EMERSON X BELLWOOD O MAN X DIE-HARD GARTER X RUBYTOM O MAN X PATRON CHAMPION X AARON BOLTON X SHOTTLE GOLDWYN X MTOTO SHOTTLE X BW MARSHALL O MAN X MTOTO MTOTO X RUDOLPH SHOTTLE X ITO O MAN X ITO O MAN X RUDOLPH MORTY X STORM WEBSTER X RUDOLPH LYNCH X GARTER SHOTTLE X DURHAM RAMOS X LANCELOT SHOTTLE X DURHAM OUTSIDE X BW MARSHALL SHOTTLE X BW MARSHALL BRET X MANFRED MTOTO X DUSTER O MAN X HERSHEL O MAN X BW MARSHALL RAMOS X WINCHESTER LYNCH X TERRY O MAN X BW MARSHALL PARADOX-RED X PATRON CLASSIC-RED X SEPTEMBER STORM ZENITH X WIZARD BOLIVER X BW MARSHALL BW MARSHALL X PATRON MASCOL X BRET MARMAX X RUDOLPH MAGNA X WINCHESTER RAMOS X RC MARSHALL MORTY X MANFRED SHOTTLE X BW MARSHALL TOYSTORY X LYNCH CAPRI X MANFRED

Holstein Sires

1HO09167 O-STYLE 1HO08878 PALM 1HO07794 PARA *RC 1HO08664 PARADISE 1HO07760 PARADOX2-RED 1HO07947 PEN 1HO08997 PENOSH 1HO09593 PILOT 1HO07918 PING 1HO09188 PLATE 1HO06987 POMEROY 1HO06666 POP 1HO07052 PRIMER *RC 1HO08430 PY *RC 1HO02684 RETAIL 1HO08523 RONNIE 1HO08407 ROZEL 1HO08554 SADIN 1HO08786 SAILOR 1HO06959 SATIRE 1HO02683 SEBASTIAN 1HO02611 SEQUOIA 1HO02421 SERPLAN 1HO09208 SHAMPOO 1HO07127 SHARKY 1HO09204 SHOT 1HO08749 SIDNEY 1HO09248 SIGNIF-P 1HO09137 SLY 1HO05663 SOLO 1HO05588 SOSA 1HO09184 SPA 1HO07604 SPIRIT 1HO07094 STOPPER 1HO09160 SUCCESS-RED 1HO08778 SUPER 1HO02682 SUREFIRE 1HO02543 TASTIC 1HO07235 TOYSTORY 1HO06833 TRES 1HO05702 TYREL

Jersey Sires

1JE00598 1JE00552 1JE00619 1JE00524 1JE00536 1JE00533 1JE00604 1JE00581 1JE00522 1JE00576 1JE00670 1JE00506 1JE00571 1JE00601 1JE00370 1JE00634 1JE00589 1JE00666 1JE00633 1JE00636

ABNER ACE AHLEM AURORA BORDEN FIESTY GANNON HOLLYWOOD HONOUR-P JARRETT JOULE LIEUTENANT LOGAN MVF 1172 ROULETTE STONE TOP BELL VERMEER WARRIOR WETUMPKA

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Pta Milk

1645 1595 1763 928 1357 1229 1917 2001 1420 994 858 1116 978 2111 1062 319 2019 1229 1729 1781 1360 1402 1600 1772 2267 1854 2443 2976 1136 1363 1926 2570 2473 629 520 2114 1516 842 1689 620 1180

PTA Protein

61 54 47 31 30 53 66 49 50 37 33 19 34 39 41 16 58 32 44 60 51 52 42 60 74 51 62 72 34 40 38 67 73 23 29 63 60 40 50 11 23

PTA Milk

969 789 939 1223 1298 726 2245 1058 1301 1659 1123 6 545 1323 635 1228 1398 941 1930 737

0.04 0.02 -0.02 0.01 -0.04 0.06 0.03 -0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 -0.05 0.02 -0.09 0.04 0.03 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 -0.02 0.03 0.02 -0.02 -0.04 -0.06 0.00 0.00 -0.07 -0.03 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00 -0.03 -0.05

PTA Fat

69 36 43 20 49 52 78 51 75 66 74 48 62 36 34 52 51 22 76 75 71 51 31 97 69 70 53 104 70 33 28 87 56 38 68 51 56 43 62 46 55

0.03 -0.08 -0.08 -0.05 0.00 0.03 0.03 -0.08 0.09 0.11 0.16 0.03 0.10 -0.15 -0.02 0.16 -0.08 -0.09 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.00 -0.10 0.12 -0.05 0.01 -0.13 -0.02 0.11 -0.06 -0.15 -0.02 -0.12 0.06 0.19 -0.09 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.09 0.04

PTA Protein

23 21 30 34 33 28 58 33 33 50 35 30 17 32 17 50 27 43 51 35

Conf. LnM$

-0.06 -0.04 -0.02 -0.05 -0.07 0.01 -0.11 -0.02 -0.07 -0.04 -0.02 0.17 -0.01 -0.08 -0.03 0.04 -0.12 0.05 -0.09 0.05

78 78 93 89 99 93 74 74 94 81 97 99 97 93 75 90 93 89 92 99 78 73 80 77 99 73 93 77 75 99 99 75 86 96 70 91 75 74 99 99 99

$793 $412 $451 $536 $393 $410 $634 $529 $576 $524 $479 $240 $186 $410 $677 $423 $443 $435 $539 $423 $824 $704 $414 $829 $524 $540 $400 $593 $689 $368 $271 $596 $146 $307 $408 $797 $632 $590 $477 $450 $272

PTA Fat

40 33 42 25 28 24 81 65 29 41 49 54 38 25 27 66 29 84 59 62

-0.02 -0.02 0.00 -0.16 -0.16 -0.05 -0.11 0.09 -0.16 -0.18 -0.01 0.30 0.07 -0.18 -0.01 0.05 -0.18 0.22 -0.15 0.15

Pta Udder F & L Calv. GenCheck™ Type Conf. Comp. Comp. Tpi™ Ease SCR

1.92 3.14 1.49 2.17 0.84 1.83 3.72 2.51 1.59 3.17 0.74 1.23 1.52 1.62 2.61 1.96 1.72 1.77 1.71 1.08 3.39 2.10 1.34 3.34 1.28 2.63 1.85 2.87 2.45 0.46 0.91 3.38 1.21 1.10 1.96 3.19 2.83 3.16 3.06 0.99 1.21

70 71 90 82 98 89 70 70 91 71 91 98 91 90 70 85 89 85 86 95 69 69 69 70 96 70 89 71 70 98 99 70 80 89 70 83 70 69 99 97 98

2.35 3.47 1.15 2.30 1.00 1.65 3.28 2.15 1.86 2.47 1.33 0.81 1.06 1.06 2.79 2.54 0.87 1.60 1.27 1.91 3.31 2.86 1.84 2.77 1.32 1.85 2.08 1.92 2.37 1.03 1.02 2.33 1.58 1.35 1.83 3.00 1.99 3.04 2.98 1.17 1.71

1.30 1.59 0.96 1.49 -0.09 0.17 2.04 3.17 1.85 2.58 0.81 2.04 0.52 1.74 2.70 2.05 1.07 2.05 2.14 0.72 3.74 0.86 1.22 2.21 1.97 2.36 -0.03 1.48 1.32 2.06 -0.46 2.96 -0.77 1.35 2.40 1.69 2.22 3.34 2.11 0.80 0.41

2168 1868 1741 1835 1548 1696 2148 1933 1877 1941 1681 1481 1406 1675 2084 1704 1764 1732 1832 1680 2332 2048 1688 2314 1848 1924 1741 2078 2062 1542 1490 2075 1426 1513 1696 2277 2084 2024 1919 1590 1482

7% 8% 7% 5% 9% 7% 9% 5% 9% 8% 6% 9% 6% 7% 7% 8% 8% 7% 6% 8% 5% 8% 9% 7% 8% 9% 9% 9% 8% 5% 7% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 9% 8% 7% 6% 6%

1.4 3.5 1.9 0.4 2.5 3.6 4.8 0.8 3.1 2.2 2.5 1.0 1.3 NA NA NA -0.1 NA ✓ 2.3 NA 0.6 0.1 3.0 3.4 ✓ NA 1.6 ✓✓ 2.6 -4.0 ✓ NA 0.6 2.6 ✓+ -0.2 1.0 3.4 4.2 0.0

Conf. Cheese Merit PTA Type Conf. JUI™

84 92 85 93 94 93 92 89 95 87 55 99 90 89 98 71 90 56 80 75

$282 $283 $377 $144 $304 $229 $519 $286 $275 $326 $537 $132 $328 $291 $302 $461 $152 $533 $453 $369

0.8 1.5 1.9 0.5 1.0 0.2 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.7 1.4 1.6 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.3

AUGUST 2009 USDA Production and US Breed Association Type, unless noted.

Interbull and/or MACE 6 1HO7770 Paradox3-Red and 1HO7780 Paradox4-Red are also available. *RC=Red Carrier EFI=Expected Future Inbreeding (%) SCR=Sire Conception Rate GenCheck: 44 Excellent 4+ Very Good 4 Average to Above Average 4- Average to Below Average

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70 88 75 86 85 83 88 82 82 76 53 97 84 77 97 60 78 52 66 61

2.18 6.07 5.45 1.81 3.62 0.40 5.09 3.18 5.44 5.79 3.75 1.34 4.10 5.45 1.71 5.33 4.24 4.87 1.30 1.49

Synch Smart™

NA 2.5 0.5 NA NA NA NA NA 0.5 NA 1.0 0.0 NA NA NA NA 0.0 NA NA 0.0 NA NA NA NA 1.5 NA NA NA NA 0.5 -2.0 NA NA 1.0 NA NA NA NA 1.5 1.5 -0.5

Pedigree

O MAN X TEAMSTER BOLIVER X BW MARSHALL PARADOX-RED X MTOTO RAMOS X BW MARSHALL JOHNSON*RC X MOMENTUM-RED TEAMSTER X AARON SHOTTLE X TEAMSTER BUCKEYE X TITANIC MR SHIPS X EMERY GOLDWYN X RUDOLPH EMERSON X BELLWOOD MARTY X AIRLINER MARATHON X JOHNSON*RC PARADOX-RED X BW MARSHALL RAMOS X DURHAM WIZARD X MOE FINLEY X DECISION RAMOS X MTOTO O MAN X MORTY ADDISON X PATRON MAC X O MAN BOLIVER X RAMOS HERSHEL X MANFRED SHOTTLE X O MAN BRETT X EMERY SHOTTLE X WIZARD SOSA X GARTER MARION X RUDOLPH POTTER X ORION MANFRED X JABOT MANFRED X BELLWOOD SHOTTLE X TRENT *MF SATURN X ADDISON BW MARSHALL X CHARM AMERICA-RED X ADDISON BOLIVER X O MAN RAMOS X O MAN BILLION X DUCE BW MARSHALL X PATRON MTOTO X ELTON MANFRED X MANDEL

JPI™

SCR

EFI

Pedigree

124 150 189 101 152 102 272 154 163 196 232 92 150 159 127 248 107 261 218 180

NA 0.6 NA NA NA NA 3.1 0.7 1.1 -0.8 NA 2.8 -1.9 NA 2.5 NA NA NA NA NA

7.2 8.9 8.4 7.4 7.8 8.1 8.5 7.8 8.6 8.6 4.9 7.4 9.3 7.9 6.6 5.4 8.8 5.2 4.9 4.6

MOR X BOLD PARAMOUNT X BARBER JACE X LEMVIG MANNIX X ALF BOLD X BERRETTA BOLD X PITINO JACE X GORDO BARKLY X PITINO HALLMARK X BERRETTA BILL X BOLD ARTIST X ROULETTE LEMVIG X ALF PARAMOUNT X MONTANA MOR X BOLD AVERY X RIGHT RESULT IMPULS X HALLMARK JENETTA BILL X MANNIX ARTIST X LEMVIG ARTIST X FAIR IMPULS X MOR

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