Mr Samuelo is not only proven - he is also a proven fertility specialist
Regancrest-Mr Samuelo
(Durham x Emory)
Regancrest-MR Samuelo (HOSamuelo) arrived in Australia backed by iron-clad second-crop success and high reliability.
The Durham x Emory son is described as a true all-round sire which improves yields, type and functional traits. With high fat and protein percentages for a higher milk price and extra income Samuelo is hole-proof - suitable for almost any cow and easy to use across the herd.
He is also described as the best Durham son to improve type and components and he comes with the Repromax guarantee (see below).
Born December 9, 1999 to Sher-est Emory Swanny EX-90, Mr Samuelo now has 1482 daughters in 1066 herds and he is backed by six generations of Excellent dams.
Emory Swanny, produced (in three lactations) 41,604 litres, 1797kgs of fat (4.3%) and 1448kgs of protein (3.5%). Behind Swanny is an EX-91 Prelude x EX-90 Southwind x EX-91 Chief Mark x EX-91 Elevation Tony and an EX Marquis King.
Semexs Vaughn Johnston saw a number of Mr Samuelo daughters during a recent farmer tour in Canada, giving an Australian stamp of approval to this international glamour sire.
There is no doubt in my mind that Mr Samuelo fits into second-crop success now, Vaughn said. He offers many benefits and breeding options with his well-balanced proof and a pedigree to match, which is what today's dairy producers are looking for.
Mr Samuelo also features high fat and protein percentages that make him an easy choice to preference across any cow or herd. He is also a Repromax (high fertility) sire.
We were able to see a large number of second-crop daughters throughout Quebec and Ontario, Vaughn said. His consistency was one of his best points, siring the type of cow that you can see maturing into large-framed dairy cows that are going to last the distance with scores of 109 for herd life.
Mr Samuelo daughters had good overall size and scale to them with plenty of width throughout. His rump structure is most definitely one of his strong points the daughters had a good amount of pitch to their loins and the ideal slope from hip to pin with more than adequate width to their pins.
Feet and legs were also very sound with a good amount of heel depth and foot angle. From the rear view they tracked very well but from the side view they tend to be fractionally posty, as his proof suggests.
For cows to last the distance they must have a strong, well-attached udder and Mr Samuelo daughters certainly didn't lack in that area. Their udders were snug and fitted well into the body wall with good udder texture and strong median suspensory ligaments.
They have a tremendous amount of width to their rear udders and can be used on cows whose rear teats are too close because Mr Samuelo sires daughters that tend to have their teat placement more to the centre of the quarter.
Vaughns observations were confirmed by South Australian breeder Jack Bramley, of Paravale Holsteins, who was also on the Canadian tour. Jack considered Mr Samuelo a bull to improve udders, feet and legs, rump structure and components.
"What impressed me was the overall consistency of his daughters and, for me, Mr Samuelo was a bull that ticked all the right boxes," Jack said.
"In this day and age we are getting too many cows with the rear teats that are too close. Mr Samuelo is a bull that can improve that problem in my herd."
Mr Samuelo is a moderate milk bull with strong components at +0.36% for fat and +0.14% for protein. He is also above average for somatic cell score, milking speed, milking temperament and calving ease.
Vaughn said Mr Samuelo was a bull which could have been used earlier in Australia, but his second-crop proof means Australian dairymen can now use him with complete confidence.
It is never too late to use a highly reliable second-crop bull and one of the interesting things was that whenever our tour members saw Mr Samuelo daughters, they kept asking: Who is Mr Samuelo and can I get some semen? They were words that, I think, speak for themselves.
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