|
|
Bulls
|
Milk
|
Fat
|
Fat%
|
Prot
|
Prot%
|
F+P
|
SCC
|
PLI
|
GMI
|
Origin
|
|
Genus
|
46
|
-118
|
-4.85
|
0.01
|
-4.54
|
0
|
-9.39
|
3
|
-38
|
-107
|
(15 US)
|
|
Others
|
46
|
155
|
6.56
|
0
|
5.51
|
0
|
12.07
|
0.5
|
35
|
118
|
(31 US)
|
|
EGCS
|
50
|
167
|
11.3
|
0.07
|
7.2
|
0.02
|
18.5
|
-4.5
|
62
|
192
|
25( US)
|
The above figures represent the last 142 bulls with UK Proofs and have been sorted into 3 Groups, those marketed by Genus, those marketed by Others, mainly Bovex, Semex, Avoncroft and Western Cattle Breeders and finally those chosen by the EGCS Breeders, all of whom bar one (Sagittarius) were selected for use as young sires based on Average of their Parent Production Information.
I think the figures demonstrate that the "dictators" or should that be "true believers" have delivered real progress for the breed, and this has been done on a very finite budget with every group of bulls having to be self financing as well as providing significant financial support for EGCS.
Comments
Rob maiklem
29 Jan 2008, 08:48
This only serves to highlight the strong position of the modern,more milky
guernsey cow. The breed is improving and becoming more interesting to
farmers requiring an alternative to the holstein. Now is the time the breed
should make most headway, feed is becoming more and more expensive and the
guernsey will live and milk off grass. The society must not miss this
opportunity.
Chris Watson
08 Mar 2010, 09:38
Rob of cause you are right, but not everyone agrees that GMI is the major
cause AND sights individual bulls that have let us down. They forget all
th0oe that they are thriving on.
Now must be the time to add a fertility element to the index, or if not
that take serious considerstion of the trait when bull selecting. We are
only second worse to the Holsteins in calving interval by 4 days the next
worse is 8 days better than us.
With new GMI about 135 points lower that before the base change we can
still find enough sires of sires who can score 200+ even when we have used
the fertility PTA X 40. This is the amount needed to holt the icrease in
cslving interval let alone strongly reduce it.
The GGBP Committee would like to know all peoples opinions.
