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Direct from GOLDWYN BLISS
Selling now are three #1 grade IVF SEXED AWESOME-RED (+2.08PTAT +3.25UDC 0.88FLC) from the beautiful Goldwyn daughter who goes back to Unanimous All-American and All-Canadian female, EX-95 Rainyridge Talent Barbara.
Make the next full sister to... Garay Awesome Beauty VG-88 - All American & Res. All-Canadian Jr. Calf 2016 and All-American & All-Canadian Jr 2-YR 2018 OR the next Maternal sister to... Garay Doorman Blind Date VG-88 - 1st Milking Yearling, Supreme Latier 2019 and All-American & All-Canadian Sr. Calf 2018.
POLLED Embryos
Selling now on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are embryos sired by the POLLED RED bull, REDEYE-P-RED. Bid now on this offering of five #1 grade non-sexed IVF embryos out of a unique RED Hawai daughter with NO APPLE in her pedigree. VIEW OFFERING
August 2020 Calving Traits Will Reflect Lower Breed Averages
By John B. Cole,1 Sophie A.E. Eaglen,2 Thomas J. Lawlor,3 and Ezequiel L. Nicolazzi4
Historically, the PTA calculations for calving ease have been centered on a breed average phenotypic base of 8.0% for Holsteins and 5.0% for Brown Swiss. In April 2020, the calving traits, along with all other traits, were adjusted to a new genetic base to account for the genetic improvement over the last five years. As calving difficulty has been steadily decreasing, dairy producers were surprised to see higher PT As for calving ease for some familiar bulls. Some bulls had PTAs of 8% to 10%, yet producers saw only 2% to 3% difficulty after many calvings on their own farms.
The word quickly spread after the April evaluations that there was a mismatch between the calving trait PTAs and the actual rate of dystocia and stillbirth on most farms. The article in the May 2020 CDCB Connection, "What is Going on with Calving Ease?." assured breeders that the bull rankings were correct and that the industry was discussing the best way to express the PT As.
This article explains the new breed average phenotypic bases that will be implemented in August 2020. For brevity, we will focus on calving ease in Holsteins, and briefly comment on changes to Brown Swiss calving ease and Holstein stillbirth, too.
Backed by the UNLIMITED Cow Family
Two offerings on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are direct from a VG-87Millenium daughter that scores a PTAT+3.14 and is a direct daughter to an EX-94 MAX Doorman daughter to UNLIMITED! Both non-sexed offerings, sired by two sires of bulls.
ARTIST x Our-Favorite Confession - Current Bid: $525/embryo
DRIFTER x Our-Favorite Confession - Current Bid: $525/embryo
AFFORDABLE Offerings
Adding new genetics to your herd, doesn't have to break the bank. Check out these offerings on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction starting at $300 per embryo or less.
SEXED TWITCH x Winstar Decker 4754 - Embryos from a Decker daughter with high production potential - Current Bid: $300/embryo
SEXED TWITCH x Winstar Pinnacle 4665 - Embryos from a high indexing Pinnacle daughter out of a Hotshot daughter with multiple sons going to AI and backed by the VG-86 Halogen daughter - Current Bid: $300/embryo
SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Myraid Cnchi 20438 - Embryos from the Chinchi daughter with tremendous production potential and a solid index - Current Bid: $300/embryo
SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Ovation Duke 20550 - Embryos backed by a tremendous line from the Clear-Echo Hershl D-Rac family - Current Bid: $300/embryo
IVF SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Cookie Htln 20486 - Embryos from the +2778 GTPI Hotline daughter backed by the Cookiecutters - Current Bid: $250/embryo
IVF SEXED ANALYST-RED x Tri-Vision Amelia-Red - Embryos from EX-90 Tri-Vision-Amelia-Red and backed by the Chief Adeens - Current Bid: $250/embryo
RALLY RC x Parkhurst Modesty Samarie - Embryos from the former No. 2 GTPI RC Female in the world, Parkhurst Modesty Samarie. She is currently scored VG-85 and due back in October. - Current Bid: $150/embryo
A2A2 OFFERING!
Selling now are embryos from a Huey daughter with +2830GTPI, +723NM$, and tremendous production and components! This A2A2 donor combines solid health traits with impressive index numbers including being a high ranking DWP$ female. Don't miss this A2A2 offering of SEXED FORTNITE embryos out of BGP SLF Huey 18590. VIEW OFFERING
MAKE RED CALVES
Don't miss your chance to make RED calves from some of the TOP ranking RED cow families.
IVF SEXED AWESOME-RED x Willowhaven Goldwyn Bliss RC - Make the next full sister to... Garay Awesome Beauty VG-88 - All American & Res. All-Canadian Jr. Calf 2016 and All-American & All-Canadian Jr 2-YR 2018 OR the next Maternal sister to... Garay Doorman Blind Date VG-88 - 1st Milking Yearling, Supreme Latier 2019 and All-American & All-Canadian Sr. Calf 2018
IVF REDEYE-P-RED x Midas-Touch HW Royal-Red - Embryos from a unique RED Hawai daughter with NO APPLE!
IVF SEXED ANALYST-RED x Tri-Vision Amelia-Red - Create a sister to Junior Champion of World Dairy Expo, ANNIE-RED, or Reserve All-American, AVERY-RED. Tremendous RED SHOW TYPE by one of the hottest Red Type Bulls.
HIGH PRODUCTION PARENTAL AVERAGES
Bid now on these embryos with high production parental averages. Sired by some of the top production bulls, you won't want to miss these offerings.
Lot 10: SEXED TWITCH x Winstar Decker 4754 - PA of nearly +1,300 lbs of milk
Lot 12: SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Myriad Cnchi 20438 - PA of over +1,700 lbs fo milk
Lot 13: SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Ovation Duke 20550 - PA +1,700 lbs fo milk
Lot 14: IVF SEXED DYNAMO x Peak Cookie Htln 20486 - PA of over +1,300 lbs of milk
Lot 16: RALLY RC x Parkhurst Modesty Samarie RC - PA of over +1,000 lbs of milk
BACKED BY GOLD BARBARA
Lot 1 on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction includes SEXED KING ROYAL embryos from the EX-90 Solomon daughter to 2019 WDE Grand Champion Holstein, EX-96 3E Butz-Butler Gold Barbara. Barbara is a 4x All-American female in milking form. This is a pedigree that continues to make the great ones from Barbie to Brasilia to Gold Barbara and now Bernadette! VIEW OFFERING
DONOR OVER +2800 GTPI
BGP SLF Huey 18590 scores +2830 GTPI and over +700NM$. She is a high ranking DWP$ female in the breed, haplotype free, and A2A2. A tremendous Fat donor, Huey 18590 scores +0.14% Fat.
Her SEXED FORTNITE embryos are selling now as lot 3 on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction. VIEW OFFERING NOW!