10 Top Heifer Calves August 11

Written by Digby Gribble

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 10:11

The August proofs for cows were published yesterday by Dairy Co and the CDI website was also updated, whilst reviewing the top 1000 cows, I looked to see which had daughters that may/should in time appear at the top of the list.

I have used the PLI rankings as all of these 10 have a PLI calculated where as those sired by young US bulls have no GMI calculation. I have tried for more than two years to get EGCS to address this problem, but unfortunately the individual responsible has no interest in breed development and has failed to to get the problem resolved.

Name	£PLI	GMI	Sire	MGS
Brymor Peggy 33	£132	402	Pedro	Helium
Brymor Cedar 15	£122		Grumpy	Yogibear
Tredinney Aarons Lynne	£114	406	Aaron	Alacrity
Briddlesford Herc. Foxglove	£113	297	Hercules	Mr Luck
Brymor Graceful 17	£112	306	Pedro	Helium
Brymor Westward 40	£109		Mint	River
Brymor Freda 39	£103		Mint	BE Tradition
Briddlesford Pedros Daffodil	£97	357	Pedro	Junes Oak
Bourton Harriet 18	£97		Mint	Holiday
Bourton Clover 36	£97		Laredo	Yogibear

The Brymor herd of Diane and Robert Moore has half of the 10 heifers listed and it would seem that the system at Brymor with robotic milking and a TMR on offer for 12 months of the year is delivering the goods.

Six different sires and 8 different maternal grand sires give variety for the future.