Top Heifers Ranked by £PLI Aug 2010

Written by Digby Gribble

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 05:48

The new £PLI figures were released by Dairy Co on Friday 20th August but were not posted by CDI until Monday afternoon.

There are 14 heifers with a £PLI of better than £100 and they are headed by Bourton Clover 24 who with a £PLI of +£169 is the highest ranked female in the breed, she has just had a Laredo heifer calf and her dam Bourton Clover 3 is also ranked in the top 25. Philip and Caroline Cox have the four highest ranked heifers in the Bourton herd at Lifton, Devon.

The 12 heifers Classified average 83 points and Boskenna Junes Royal Oak with 5 daughters all at Briddlesford is the leading sire, but there are 7 different sires feautured.

Name	Sire	Breeder	£PLI	GMI	Class
Bourton Clover 24	E.M Tiller Yogibear	P & C Cox	169	378	H87
Bourton Maypole	RiverwoodTiller Khan	P & C Cox	126	327
Bourton Lily 13	R. Tiller Khan	P & C Cox	125	326	H 82
Bourton B Fiona 5	R. Tiller Khan	P & C Cox	121	286	H 84
Beechgroves Nikita 4	E M T Yogibear	Lacey Bros.	117	285	VG 86
Briddlesford Deltas Violet	Four Winds Royal Delta	R & P Griffin	116	328	H 83
Briddlesford Oaks Daffodil	Bosk. Junes Royal Oak	R & P Griffin	114	348	H 78
Briddlesford Chiller Lily	Spring Walk Icy Chiller	R & P Griffin	112	329
Briddlesford Deltas Daffodil	F W Royal Delta	R & P Griffin	111	348	H 80
Briddlesford Oaks Bluebell 2	Bosk.Junes Royal Oak	R & P Griffin	105		H 79
Trevider E H Harebell	Trevider Evas Holiday	K Hosking		272	H 85
Briddlesford Oaks Daffodil 2	Bosk. Junes Royal Oak	R & P Griffin	103	267	H 82
Briddlesford Oaks Violet	Bosk.Junes Royal Oak	R &P Griffin	103	301	H 83
Leighgrange Icebergs Echo	Spring Walk Icy Iceberg	E Durose	101	285	H 87