K.I. SAMEN, THE SCORES FROM YOUR BARNS

It's amazing to see that K.I. SAMEN bulls do what we promise in practice: Perform. 
 
The Dutch average as fallen and is now 25% at 60 months. There are naturally multiple reasons to explain this drop, but it is strange that -on paper - the average bull breeds cows that produce a year longer than five years ago. Based on the results in practice, this seems very unlikely. 
 
The survival scores indicate the percentage of animals still present on a farm so many months after the first calving. This means that the last column under 60 months shows the percentage of cows still lactating on a farm five years after giving birth to their first calf. This is independent to the age at which the cow calved for the first time and concerns the fact that the cow has been able to lactate for five years. 
 
So what does this mean? The average bull still has 25% of all the cows that have calved on the farm five years after the first calving. This converts to a quarter of all average daughters. MAIK daughters continue to produce for much longer than the average and 41% score no less than 16% higher than the national average. 
 
A notable newcomer is SUPERSHOT. This Cogent bull has very high scores even though he breeds cows with larger than average stature. However, he scores very well on fertility especially given the enormous urge to produce milk shown by his daughters. In addition to their above average stature, they also have good chest width, and these cows seem to be performing well at the moment. We will still have to wait of course to see if Supershot can maintain this great score. 
 
In the red-and-white segment, TIMELESS Pp has retained his position and chalked up a good score with 43 daughters still alive five years after calving. Unfortunately, no data was available for the young red-and-white bulls at 24 months because 12 months is too early to make any worthwhile statements. Hopefully this data will be available in a year's time.
 
We are pleased to share the results achieved by our bulls in practice and to give you some practical information about what you can expect to see in your dairy parlour! 
 
If you have any questions about breeding on your farm or generally, please contact us. We will try and answer you as fully and quickly as possible Call: + 31 (0) 77- 3586789, or send an e-mail to: ki@ki-samen.com
 
 
Table: Survival score and survival rates K.I. SAMEN bulls  (*= NVO survival score)
Name NVO score*

Lvd BW

 Lvd RW 12 mths 24 mths 36 mths 48 mths 60 mths
Ave. % Nederland (NVO) HF     88 72 55 39 25
MAIK 110 615   92 84 69 54 41
SUPERSHOT 110 601   96 89      
JUNO 108 274   89 78 67 52 40
SHOGUN PS 106 548   93 83 68 49 33
REWARD RF 106 -74   89 77 64 50 35
MANIAC PS 106 134   93 82 65 48 32
RADON 105 373   89 76 63 48 32
JORRYN 105 69   90 78 63 49 33
SHUFFLE 105 472   88 78 61 50 31
ENFORCER 105 219   91 82      
NIVEAU 104 25   90 78 63 46 31
REPAIRMAN 103 335   91 76      
CLIMAX 103 115   90 77 61 43 28
BIG MALKI 102 509   87 75 60    
COGENT TWIST 102 25   89 75 58 41 27
MENTOR 102 185   87 76      
SHERIFF 101 42   88 73 53 42 29
CRACKER W 101 52   89 72 56 40 28
ASHBURTON 100 -16   85 74 55    
SANTANA 100 -40   87 71 54 38 26

 

Name NVO score* Lvd BW Lvd RW 12 mths 24 mths 36 mths 48 mths 60 mths
Ave. % Nederland (NVO)   RHF   88 72 55 39 25
TIMELESS Pp 108   590 89 77 65 49 43
LAWRENCE 107   521 92 81 69 49 33
WAIKATO 106   260 91 80 64 51 34
RED SUNRISE 105   251 93 79 65 48 31
JACCO 105   395 89 76 61 49 33
RED REFLEX 104   43 89 77 62 46 29
RED IMPULSE 103   403 89 76 57 42 31
LUSTRUM 103   76 89 76 60 44 28
RED MYSTERY 103   112 86 73 58 46 29
MALANDO 101   62 88 72 56 40 28
FIREBALL 100   -91 92 75 59 36 22
LARIX 100   -324 88 72 53 40 26
THUNDER W 99   -163 87 73 55 38 23
OUTLAW 98   -195 87 71 54 34 23

 

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