Accelerated Genetics

By Dave Erf, Dairy Sire Analyst

Accelerated Genetics has a strong commitment to the Jersey breed. Over the past few years a concentrated effort was put forth to obtain more first crop daughters on all of our Jersey PACE young sires. The results of the past years speak for themselves. Accelerated Genetics has a Jersey lineup that is well respected in the industry. Let’s take a look at some of the more popular bulls of the program and review the unique qualities that each brings to our lineup.

When talking about putting the Accelerated Genetics Jersey lineup in the spotlight, we must start with 014JE00365 O.F. Mannix Rebel. Rebel charged onto the scene with his first crop and ascended to the #1 JPI position. Now with over 1400 daughters in his proof, Rebel still sires the high production from the quality udders that we saw in his 1st crop. Rebel is a Mannix son from an Excellent-90% Berretta that has many successful offspring in the Owens Farm herd in Wisconsin. With many sons in different A.I. programs around the country, Rebel will continue to have much influence over the Jersey breed for years to come.

Another second crop sire that helped to establish Accelerated Genetics as a Jersey source is 014JE00366 Sil-Mist Montana Blair. His additional daughters have confirmed his ability to sire great type and high components. He joins a short list of highly reliable sires that are siring extreme type. A Montana son from an Excellent 92% Berretta daughter, Blair has two full siblings that also returned to active service. With second crop information, Blair is a health trait improver, showing impressive figures for Productive Life, Daughter Pregnancy Rate and Somatic Cell Count. Blair also has many sons sampled in A.I. and will have the opportunity to pass his great type, udders, and components to the next generation.

The PACE program cannot rest on past success, we must continue to bring in progressively better bulls to keep moving your genetics forward. This past January 014JE00431 Omsdale Jace Grat Grieves graduated into the active lineup. He ranked in the top 10 for JPI and is an early Jace son from the Excellent- 90% Gratitude cow of Oomsdale Farm in New York. This family had an astounding three bulls in the Top 10 JPI sires of the breed.

Grieves brings a source for high production, great size and strength. He ranks among the breed leaders for pounds of milk and protein. This combined with great information for strength and width makes him a rare source of improving production without sacrificing frames. Look for his maternal brother 014JE00509 Liam, by Lexington, that was recently released for sampling through the PACE program.

Jersey breeders are continually looking for outcross options when breeding their cows. The PACE program has not overlooked this need for different bloodlines. 014JE00406 Wilderness Blueprint provides a low inbreeding source to Jersey breeders without sacrificing total performance. At 5.1% EFI, Blueprint ranks among the best JPI bulls with low EFI that were bred in the U.S. He combines high components and great frames. Blueprint is the result of taking the high component, outcross Danish genetics found in his sire, Heino; and combining that with the modern style U.S. Jersey bloodline that backs Blueprint. His dam is an impressive Very Good-88% Berretta backed by an Excellent-92% Barber while the third dam is also scored Excellent. He has received quite extensive use as a sire of sons, so look for Blueprint sons to join the PACE program in the future.

014JE00408 Forest Glen VD Jades Jimmie hails from the heart of the Havs Chief Berretta Jade family. When examining the strong points of Jimmie, he follows in his maternal lines ability to transmit flawless udders. He is a Jenks Barber Bill from an Excellent-90% Bold daughter that has had much success in returning bulls to active service. The next dam is the well known Excellent-95% Jade cow. The Jimmie daughters are moderate sized cows but have exceptional mammary systems. They are the trouble free kind of cows that dairymen are looking for today. Jimmie rates well for longevity, reproduction and cell count.

The staff at Accelerated Genetics is committed to continue to bring you the best Jersey genetics possible. It is our constant goal to keep sampling better and better bulls. However, we must extend our sincere appreciation to those herds that trust us the most, our PACE herds, for without their help we would not be able to identify bulls like those in this article.