ࡱ> .0- bjbj .jj l       tttt s $e   P  -PPP.  PPP   0ɴwVt"C0s 4 P    MINIMUM STANDARDS IN BULL SELECTION OFFER BEST ROUTE TO A PROFITABLE, PROBLEM-FREE HERD Guaranteed minimum standards for the three key proof parameters of milk production, type merit and PLI apply to all 27 Holsteins in Bullsemen.coms latest sire catalogue. According to managing director Nick Kirby, his companys no holes approach to dairy genetics is unprecedented and creates a clear distinction in the cattle breeding market. We are only marketing Holstein bulls with a minimum 130 PLI, +200kg milk, and +1.0 of type, and that should give dairy farmers confidence that they are not breeding any significant weaknesses into their herds, he says. If these minimum standards are applied to all of the Holstein bulls currently available to UK dairy farmers, a staggering 80% fail to meet at least one of the three criteria. There are plenty of bulls available above the 130 PLI level, so there really should be no need to consider bulls of a lower standard and therefore risk inheriting significant negative traits. Bullsemen.coms latest catalogue, called The Bull Book, includes ten bulls ranked in the top 40 ranked by PLI, which is twice as many top ranking bulls than any other single supplier. These include the highest new entry to the latest proof listings, the German-proven Gibbon son Gibor, who is one of several to benefit from increased emphasis on functional traits in the new type merit formula. Gibors figures have reassuringly climbed consistently and, with over 7,000 second crop daughters now influencing his indices, a leap from 130 to 189 PLI is significant, and places him at 14 in the latest rankings. V. Eaton, now with 9,000 daughters in his second crop proof, is another to benefit from the positive changes to the type merit system, climbing to +2.37 from +1.85. With a PLI of 174 and milk of +224kgs, Eaton comfortably meets the minimum standards criteria applied by Bullsemen.com. Typically priced in the 10 - 20 bracket, Bullsemen.coms sires offer great value as well as guaranteed minimum standards, and this is exemplified by the Jesther son Jurus. At 168 PLI, +2.47 type merit and +429kg milk, Jurus offers outstanding value for a bull priced under 20. - Ends - Picture caption: A daughter from Bullsemen.com sire V.Eaton March 6, 2008 Further information from: Nick Kirby or Aimee James Bullsemen.com ( 02920 747020 Website: www.bullsemen.com Issued by Matt Mellor, ABC Limited ( 01694 731777 E-mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:matt@abccomms.co.uk" matt@abccomms.co.uk The text from this news release can be downloaded directly from the Agriculture/News section of the ABC Press Centre at www.abccomms.co.uk X q r 3 K L s>*B*^JaJph0J^JaJmHsHjU^JaJjU^JaJ^JaJmHsH j(^JaJCJOJQJ^JaJ5CJOJQJ\^JaJmH sH ^JaJ^JaJ 5^JaJXZ r s 3 F Z z { $a$T`T7$8$H$$T`Ta$$a$ $a$,1h/ =!"#$% DyK matt@abccomms.co.ukyK 6mailto:matt@abccomms.co.uk i@@@ Normal CJOJQJ_HaJmH sH tH J@J Heading 2$$@&a$CJOJQJaJmH sH <A@< Default Paragraph FontF^@F Normal (Web)dd[$\$ CJOJQJTC@T Body Text Indent$T7$8$H$`Ta$^JaJO a.U@!.  Hyperlink >*B*ph,B`2, Body Text$a$ XZrs3 F Z z { 000000000000000000000000000   X OLE_LINK1  > 3  Helen SmithAT:\Bullsemen\Releases 2008\Minimum standards in the Bull Book.doc@ x  `@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial;Wingdings"qh"F2Æ#Fb!20  2QHP#Draft press release for approval (4mmellor Helen SmithOh+'0 (4 P \ h t$Draft press release for approval (4rafmmellormelmel Normal.dot  Helen Smith8leMicrosoft Word 9.0 @ @yX}@x}@v՜.+,D՜.+,\ hp   Agribusiness@  $Draft press release for approval (4 Title 8@ _PID_HLINKSApkmailto:matt@abccomms.co.uk  !"#$&'()*+,/Root Entry Fw1Data  1TableWordDocument.SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8%CompObjjObjectPoolww  FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q