Semex Dominates PTAT Race
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If you’re looking for variety and type in your tank, Semex’s August 2010 active line up is your answer, offering more sires exceeding +2.00 PTAT than any other AI unit. In August, Semex posted 20% more bulls exceeding +2.00 than the next closest competitor, offering a grand total of 26 bulls over +2.00 PTAT, including the #1 PTAT Goldwyn son and the #1 PTAT Mr Sam son! Semex’s wide variety of bloodlines has your type solution whether you are looking for the tanbark winner, long-lasting correct cow, easier-keeping healthy cow, or the high producer.
If type is your focus, Semex has the most sires in the top 5, 15 and even in the top 35 bulls among top PTAT sires with daughters. Semex does not just dominate in type however… Looking at the top 10 PTAT bulls with daughter information and positive production, Semex once again leads the way, having the most sires represented, underscoring Semex’s Balanced Breeding philosophy. If health and fertility, or sire conception is of prime concern, Semex can boast that of the 26 bulls in their active lineup over +2.00 for type, 14 are designated as Semex Health$mart™ and 15 are Repromax™ sires. Regardless of your breeding philosophies, the August sire summary proved that Semex sires can meet your needs… anyway you look at it.
0200HO05588 Comestar Lauthority is not only Semex’s highest new release PTAT bull, but he is the breed’s #1 PTAT Goldwyn son and #2 PTAT sire at +3.61. Lauthority will sire high-producing cows with good components. His daughters have the perfect amount of dairy strength, coming from his Igniter dam, with ideal udders and a great set of feet & legs. Lauthority is ranked #8 for LPI, #5 for Conformation in Canada and is a Semex Designer Series™ and Health$mart™ sire.
0200HO05606 Ralma Confirm is the breed’s #5 PTAT sire at +3.25. Being a Goldwyn son from the famous Durham daughter, Ralma Christmas Fudge VG-88-2YR-USA GMD DOM, he draws the strengths of both sides of his pedigree, offering strong udders and exceptional feet & legs with a FLC of +2.60. He is also one of the breed’s lowest for SCS at 2.46. Another Goldwyn x Durham cross offering production is 0200HO05567 R-E-W Seaver. Seaver sires exceptional udders at +2.68 UDC and is +3.08 PTAT, earning him the Designer Series™ status. Seaver daughters have a beautiful dairy frame and with low SCS, high DPR, high PL and strong sire conception rates, Seaver’s recognized as being both a Health$mart™ and Repromax™ sire.
Semex is also home to the #1 Mr Sam son in the breed, 0200HO02137 Pine-Tree Sid, at +3.02 PTAT. As a Mr Sam from a tremendous Finley dam, Sid delivers exceptional dairy strength making him the perfect cross for any Goldwyn daughter. On the Canadian system he debuts strong, being the #3 Conformation sire and does not disappoint at +2.61 UDC in his US proof. Designated as a Health$mart™, Repromax™ and Designer Series™ bull, Sid is proving popular worldwide.
0200HO05565 Regancrest Longtime is Semex’s highest ranking Shottle son. From the Regancres-PR Barbie family, Longtime does not disappoint with a PTAT of +2.74 creating strong daughters with beautiful udders with an extreme will to milk at +1571 lbs, and being designated as a Health$mart™ proves that Longtime daughters are functional, profitable cows. Get your cows pregnant with the Repromax™ sire 0200HO02167 Stantons Achiever, Semex’s second highest-ranking Shottle son with a PTAT of +2.70. High volumes of milk over +1000 lbs and extreme fat of 66 lbs, +0.11%, means Achiever will make you money. With a low SCS rating and good productive life, Achiever is very deserved of his Health$mart™ status.
The industry’s most talked about sires are two Goldwyn sons that can do it all, each being Repromax™, Health$mart™ and Designer Series™ sires… 0200HO05592 Crackholm Fever and 0200HO05575 Gillette Jordan. For the type enthusiast, Fever will breed the next generation of extremely correct cows. Fever’s combination of dairy strength, exceptional feet & legs and show ring style is sure to make him a favorite. Fever is +2.59 PTAT in the US and is a +19 Conformation, making him the #2 Conformation bull in Canada! They are sure to be easy keepers with low SCS, good PL and shallow udders earning him the Health$mart™ status. Jordan is Canada’s new #1 LPI sire, siring a strong combination of production, type, and as a Health$mart™ bull he offers calving ease, extremely low SCS (2.64), and high productive life at +3.2. Jordans are easy to spot out, having the best udders and feet & legs in any barn. His identical twin brother, 0200HO05577 Gillette Jerrick, shares the same breeding pattern and is available as a SEMEXX™ sire.
