HOLSTEINS
Australian-proven sires
- At 539 BPI, Carenda PILBARA is Australia’s top daughter proven Holstein sire. PILBARA comes from the acclaimed Carenda herd of the Kitchen family in WA. He is a high Protein transmitter with more than 200 daughters in his proof.
- Redmaw Fedora LASTIN moves into second position with a BPI of 523 based on 127 milking daughters in 20 herds. He was bred by Jared and Courtney Ireland of Lockington, Victoria.
- With a BPI of 511, another Carenda bull, SONDALO comes in third on the daughter proven list. This Jeronimo son has solid ratings for most of the health traits.
Genomic bulls
- Making it a double for the Carenda herd (top genomic bull and top daughter proven bull) is Carenda AUSTRALIND. At 581 BPI this Westcoast Rocknroll son is from the breed’s number one BPI cow, Carenda Jeronimo Vida VG87. This double marks an amazing achievement by Carenda Holsteins and the Kitchen family.
- A new face on the list and a newcomer to the bull breeding game. Jelbart POLMAX bred by Tim Jelbart and family of Leongatha South, Victoria is a polled bull with a BPI of 565. The Jelbart family have bred many high BPI cows of late and this is their first bull to go into AI.
- With more than 2000 overseas daughters contributing to his ABV 7HO13981 – Sandy-Valley BD Freeborn slips from number two to number three BPI sire coming in just 1 point behind POLMAX at 564 BPI.
JERSEYS
Australian-proven sires
- The number one Jersey ABV herd, White Star, owned by Con and Michelle Glennen, are also the breeders of the number one Australian Proven Jersey. DOUGGAN continues his reign at the top of the list with a BPI of 3864. DOUGGAN now has 827 milking daughters in Australia and rates well for health and fertility traits. DOUGGAN is also the top Australian Proven Sustainability Index bull with an ABV of 820.
- With a BPI of 328, CSCJAMIEO holds down second position. This newly proven sire was bred by Paul and Adam Lenehan of Crossley, Victoria.
- PIXSTARP, the polled sire, is in third spot at 315 BPI. PIXSTARP has sons and grandsons in the top genomic Jersey list.
Genomic bulls
- Brookbora BORUNG has some early milking daughters but not enough to move him off the genomic list. At 463 BPI, BORUNG is a clear leader.
- CSCBRADY bred by the Sprunt family, Karimba, Victoria is the number two genomic Jersey with a BPI of 435. He has good ratings for ASI, survival and Type. CSCBRADY is also the number one SI Jersey with a Sustainability Index of 929.
- OULETTE (429 BPI) and PICKEM (417 BPI) are next on the list.
AUSSIE REDS
- Three Norwegian Red sires fill the top positions in the Aussie Red list: 252NR12068 – Klopstad, 252NR12073 – Alme and 252NR11921 – Krovoll. These three bulls have daughters milking in Europe and this data has been combined with their Australian genomics to produce their final breeding values. 252NR12068 – Klopstad is also the number one Sustainability Index Aussie Red bull at 891.
- ARBSKEETA – Johville Park Skeeta, bred by Greg and Kris Goulding, Cohuna, Victoria is the leading Australian bred sire with a BPI of 316 (4th on the list). ARBSKEETA is an exceptional production sire with good ratings for Type and Workability. He is a son of Onstad P.
- VIKRVIMO is the top daughter proven sire with a BPI of 254 based on 126 daughters in 19 herds.
OTHER BREEDS
- Ayrshire: The leading Ayrshire sire is NZGSUPASONIC – Iwa Super Sonic with a BPI of 309.
- Illawarras: The new genomic sire Cluain Lyons – CNLYONS is a clear leader at 336 BPI. This superior production transmitter was bred by Graeme and Michelle Hamilton, Mt Gambier, South Australia.
- Brown Swiss: GGIVIP is the top Brown Swiss sire at 243 BPI narrowly edging out 93SBJ03 Hercules at 242 BPI.
- Guernsey: The top Guernsey bull is BLMAFIA, Brookleigh Rep Mafia at 215 BPI. In second spot is BLBULLET, Brookleigh Bullet at 198 BPI. Both were bred by the Cleggett family of Glencoe, South Australia.
For more information about the Balanced Performance Index (BPI), Health Weighted Index (HWI) and Sustainability Index get the ABV Pocket Guide at: https://www.datagene.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ABVs-Pocket-Guide-2022-WEB-Version.pdf
To see DataGene’s latest release of Australian Breeding Values and indices such as the BPI, visit: https://www.datavat.com.au/abv-list-reports