FORMULATED TO SUPPORT YOUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. Genetic progress equates to greater environmental sustainability. Select Sires’ Herd Health Profit Dollars™ (HHP$™) is the premier index to enhance your dairy’s sustainability. It is designed to create healthier, longer-living cows that reduce your herd turnover while lowering your carbon footprint. Let’s break down the HHP$ index to better understand each component and showcase its ability to improve cow health and improve sustainability without sacrificing genetic merit.
Fat 45% Combined and Protein
Health and 16% Cow Calving Ability
Resistance, 15% Mastitis Somatic Cell Score
BOOST COMPONENTS
LIVE LONGER, LESS HEALTH EVENTS, EASY CALVING
RESIST MASTITIS AND IMPROVE MILK QUALITY
More pounds of Combined Fat and Protein (CFP) is key to improving sustainability and also equates to more lifetime profit per cow.
Reduce culling, raise fewer replacements and spend less time and money treating sick cows.
Cows with clinical mastitis have 6% higher carbon footprint per unit of milk.
9% Fertility
Size, Relative -4% Feed Efficiency
11% Conformation
BREED BACK QUICKLY
FEED EFFICIENT
CONFORMATION FOR LONGEVITY
Improving pregnancy rate from 19% to 25% reduces total herd methane by 10% and increases profit by $49 per cow per year. 8 u
Moderate body size and improved feed efficiency means less feed and less water per pound of milk.
Create balanced and robust cows that are easy to milk, easy to manage and built to last.