Bullseye May 2015

Pinkman: Pure Pedigree Power

Over the last decade, the Apple cow, a 96 point Regiment daughter that was successfully cloned and won many shows, has dominated the R&W Holstein breed. Long before Apple became the international star of her maternal line though it was known as the August family, and what a family it is! D-R-A August EX-96-4E-USA was a Riley daughter with over 86,000kg lifetime. Her Jubilant daughter Augy-Star EX-94-4E-USA DOM had lifetime production over 90,000kg and was the dam of a Prelude daughter Alisha EX-93-3E-USA who surpassed the 100,000kg milk milestone. Then came Altitude, the 95 point Durham who marched her way into the history books as the dam of Advent and Apple. While Apple may be her best known daughter, she also had a pretty special Goldwyn daughter Aiko who scored EX-91, and is a 3* DOM leading the branch of the family that’s delivered one of our newest stars – Cangen PINKMAN.

KHW Goldwyn Aiko produced 3 VG daughters by Baxter that are all making their mark on the breed. KHW-I Aikame Baxter VG-86 delivered a son by Super when she calved for the first time and he was selected to join the Semex Genomax program, as a high indexing young bull with an outcross sire from a respected cow family. Shortly after being sampled, Pinkman was one of the early bulls to be labelled as Immunity+. He graduated onto the proven list with an impressive debut at 2951 GLPI, ranking 10th overall, and as the #2 LPI Immunity+ sire in the breed.

In addition to Immunity+, Pinkman also earned the Health$mart designation as a sire that transmits what dairymen are looking for when it comes to Herd Life (112), Daughter Fertility (106) and Calving Ability (108). The balanced transmitting pattern his family has demonstrated generation after generation continues with Pinkman. He’s the third highest milk bull amongst our proven offering, at 1665kg, along with 96kg combined fat and protein. At 13 for conformation, Pinkman is the best type transmitter amongst the Super sons. His type proof is highlighted by 14 for mammary system with outstanding double digits on Udder Depth, Texture, Median Suspensory Ligament, Fore Attachment and Rear Attachment Height. These youthful uddered cows get around the barn on functional feet and legs (7) that are correctly set (7 RLSV) and straight from the rear view (6 RLRV).

When looking for a new proven addition to your breeding program, you’ll be hard pressed to find a bull that ticks more of the boxes than Pinkman .It’s a bonus that he’s backed with the confidence provided by a tremendous transmitting cow family.