Semex sires once again linked profitable production with balanced type in the April 2011 proof round. New release sires, high-ranking sires, second crop sires and genomic young sires underline Semex's commitment to our customers' profits.

Semex is pleased to release several new sires including:

• 0200HO03559 Vioris Sleeman, a Marion from a VG-85-2YR-CAN Freelance dam that goes back to the famous Spottie cow family, delivers breed leading production in an outcross package. Sleeman debuts with the highest production in the top 100 LPI at +2657 Milk, he is the #2 Protein bull at +92 kgs Protein, and nets a +2098 LPI and the #18 slot. Sleeman meets the needs of dairymen looking for extreme production with pleasing conformation, delivering hard-working daughters built to last.
• 0200HO05548 Kerndt-Premier Butze and his full brother 0200HO05611 Premier-Kerndt Sailing, arrive with initial proofs in Canada and the USA respectively. Goldwyn sons from an EX-90-4YR-USA Morty with a record over 14,000 kgs tracing back to the Saturday family, these brothers offer exceptional type traits with Goldwyn's great udders.
• Butze is a Semex Health$mart™ sire that ranks #17 overall and is the #1 Goldwyn son on the Top 100 Int'l TPI listing. In Canada he's #26 LPI, making him one of the highest new release bulls at +2013 LPI, over 120 kgs combined Fat and Protein, with +11 Conf, +11 Mammary System and great health traits. In the USA, he's +2063 TPI with a +.04% Fat, +2.0 PL, +2.87 PTAT, +2.55 UDC with a great breakdown of +3.23 FUA, +4.24 RUH and +3.94 RUW.
• Sailing is USA proven and offers very special type traits to dairymen, with +3.33 PTAT, +2.16 UDC, +4.02 Stature, and extremely capacious udders at +4.43 RUH and breed leading +6.39 RUW!

Numerous high-profile, high-ranking sires continue to prove they are among the best in the business including:

• 0200HO05588 Comestar Lauthority, the #1 PTAT Goldwyn son, #2 PTAT bull and #3 Conformation bull of the breed. Lauthority's proof was virtually unaffected by the Canadian rollback, but saw increases in his USA rankings to +3.66 PTAT, +2.84 UDC and +2.27 FLC, placing him #31 on the Top 100 Int'l Sire ranking. Lauthority also offers +2.2 PL, positive deviations and an overall +2015 TPI, and as a Semex Designer Series™ and Health$mart ™ sire makes him a great choice for dairymen everywhere.
  
• Outcross sire and #2 LPI sire, 0200HO03501 Gillette Windbrook, is an FBI son continues to rank among the very best in the breed. This Designer Series™ sire offers a solid type package of +17 Conformation, +12 Mammary System, +18 Feet & Legs and +15 Dairy Strength. He's got positive deviations of +0.22% Fat and +0.05% Protein,with positive Herd Life, positive Dtr Calving Ability and is +2436 LPI, making him very attractive. In the USA his numbers are solid at +2.90 PTAT, making gains to +2.07 UDC and +2.73 FLC. Looking closer, he posts positive deviations and a great +2.91 Foot Angle, +2.90 FUA, +4.08 RUH and +3.77 RUW.
  
• High profile sire 0200HO05592 Crackholm Fever was one of Canada's sires with the biggest LPI increase, adding 110 LPI points and gaining 11 LPI positions to rank #15 overall. This Semex 'triple threat' sire is a high fertility Repromax™, Designer Series™ and Health$mart™ sire. He remains an extreme conformation sire at +16 Conf with +14 Mammary System and +14 Feet & Legs. All this comes with a high +111 Herd Life, positive deviations, low 2.64 SCS and gains in milk, fat and protein.
  
• Dairymen looking to increase their fat figures know 0200HO03523 Gillette Watch Out is their choice. This high fertility Repromax™ sire is Canada's #2 Fat bull at +101 with a +0.40% deviation. By Goldwyn, Watch Out delivers positive health traits, and an overall increase in LPI to +2250 making him a profitable Health$mart™ and Designer Series™ sire.
  
• Canada's #2 Second Crop Sire, 0200HO05024 Dudoc Mr Burns *RC, added over 1000 daughters since December, resulting in an increase of 155 LPI points positioning him in the #16 LPI spot. No small feat, these increased daughters saw this Designer™ and Master Series™ sire gain in milk and protein, while maintaining all other traits, making him an excellent choice for dairymen looking for a great, high reliability sire.

Certainly as exciting as the proven sires are Semex's Genomax™ sires. Semex is the proud owner of six of the top 10 GPA LPI sires in Canada and four in the top seven top GPA TPI sires in the USA.

Contact your Semex representative for more information on Semex Genomax™ sires or for more details on any of Semex's proven sires.