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Select Mating Service "We have spent the past 20 years working with the Select Mating Service to develop a herd of cows with correct feet and legs, great udders and the longevity to continue producing quality calves. Before we started with SMS evaluators Jim Day and Chuck Harmon we had feet and leg problems and our herd was becoming inbred. Working with SMS has improved our genetics so much that soundness and production aren't even issues anymore." The Select Mating Service provides corrective mating for 15+ type traits and is designed to follow your breeding philosophy and goals. Last year, Select Sires evaluators performed more than three million corrective matings, making it the most widely accepted mating system in the world. With the adoption of on-farm computers, evaluators are able to generate mating reports and leave them on-farm during the visit. |
Features/Benefits
- Screens for inbreeding.
- Provides three mating choices, which can be in any order you prefer- i.e. price, increase averages, outside semen or clean-up sires.
- Helps manage semen inventory.
- Emphasis can be weighted on the traits you desire most - i.e., milk components, feet/legs, and udders.
- Provides road map to measurable genetic progress.
- Links with PCDART
- Open to use all Active A.I. Sires
Accelerated
Progress with Pedigree Mate
Your heifers are the most valuable animals on your dairy operation. They
possess the best genetics. They have the potential to make a tremendous
impact on your herd’s future. On the average, 30 to 40 percent of
all herd replacements that come into your milk string eventually come
from first calf heifers. You can't afford to overlook the importance of
a mating plan for this elite group.
The Select Sires Mating program, SMS II Pedigree Mate, helps to maximize the genetic investment you make on these heifers. It combines the best genetics with corrective matings that are based on each heifer’s parentage. The program uses the heifer’s sire and maternal grandsire, plus her dam’s linear breakdown, if her dam has been evaluated. SMS II takes this information and formulates an estimated linear for each heifer, much like a Parent Average (PA).
Sire recomendations are based on the maximum percent of calving ease and the number of bulls you prefer. Pedigree Mate allows you to choose top production sires. At the same time, you can use your heifer’s pedigree to make significant type improvement in the next generation. That’s maximum genetic progress.
- Utilizes top genetics for
production and type improvement based on your goals.
- Helps you establish an organized
mating plan for the most valuable animals on your farm, your heifers.
These heifers will have an enormous genetic influence on your future
milking herd.
- Controls inbreeding based
on pedigree data.
- Saves you time. Demands
on your time can often be greater than availability. With your direction,
your SMS Evaluator does the matings, saving you time to make other important
decisions.
- Identifies strengths and
weaknesses of each heifer based on her parentage.
- Controls semen inventory.
With a plan in place, you buy only the semen you need.
- Prioritizes special matings. Heifers from certain cow families require special matings to reach their fullest potential and your goals. Select Sires’ Evaluators add cow sense and industry knowledge to make these matings very elite.