Captain sons, bred by Diamond Genetics, in Global Top 200 GTPI!

Diamond Genetics is proud on the fact that they have three bulls in the Top 200 GTPI Genomic Young Bulls (December '22). The Global #2 GTPI sire in the breed is DG Space @Ai-Total at +3166 GTPI! He is a Captain son out of Charl daughter DG DV Sika! This Captain sons excels in high production traits (+1212 Milk / +0.24% Fat / +0.09% Protein) in combination with amazing health traits (2.71 SCS / +5.0 PL) cows which are easy to bred back (+1.6 DPR) and Beta-Casein A2A2. He is suitable to use on heifers with just 1.2%!! Sire Calving Ease. Another great sire we find in this Top 20 is Gen Percival @Ai-Total, he is a Captain son at +3114 GTPI and is out of Col DG Peggy GP-DE 2yr.! He excels in extreme high production figures (+2127 Milk / +0.13% Fat / +0.03% Protein), Beta-Casein A2A2 in combination with healthy udders (2.77 SCS / +1.6 Mastitis Index) and great type (+1.56 PTAT) with medium stature, positive teat length and a very balanced profile. This bull comes from an OUTCROSS German-branch of the Dyks Durham Candy cow family. 

Furthermore we find in this great ranking another Captain son: DG Peace at +3054 GTPI out of Peassens Jezebel VG-86-NL 2yr.! He is a perfect production improver: +1861 Milk / +0.14% Fat and +0.07% Protein. He adds genetic gains with outstanding +1118 NM$ and +191 Combined Fat + Protein. This Beta-Casein A2A2 sire is also a calving ease specialist with his 1.5% SCE. Peace is ROBOT ready with providing a wider teat placement and optimum udder depth. DG Peace is in this ranking followed by his full brother: DG EL Completo at +3049 GTPI and he shows us great figures to! He is a real production specialist (+1740 Milk / +0.11%F / +0.03%P), Beta-Casein A2A2 with healthy udders (2.78 SCS / +1.7 Mastitis Index) and cows which are also easy to bread back with +1.5 DPR. El Completo will deliver sustainable cows with +5.7 Productive Life and +1.7 Livability. This bulls comes from a VG-86 2yr. Redrock dam backed by Simple-Dreams MD Candi VG-89. 

Click here for the complete list of the Top 200 TPI Genomic Young Bulls by Holstein USA.

Photo credits: Jane Steel ©
 

DG Space (PEDIGREE)
Captain x DG DV Sika (s. Charl) x De Volmer Sabine (s. Jedi) x Tramilda-N Kingboy Sage VG-87-USA 2yr. 

• He is the #2 Global Genomic Young bull worldwide at +3166 GTPI!
   

Gen Percival (PEDIGREE)|
Captain x Col DG Peggy GP-DE 2yr. (s. Gymnast) x Col Candycrush GP-DE 2yr. (s. Battlecry)

• Top 20 Global Genomic Young bull worldwide at +3114 GTPI!
• Great DWP$: +1122 
   

DG Peace (PEDIGREE)
Captain x Peassens Jezebel VG-86-NL 2yr. (s. Redrock) x Simple-Dreams PH RUW Cookie VG-85-USA 2yr. (s. Kerrigan)

• Fantastic young GTPI genomic bull at +3054 GTPI
• Also the #4 gPLI bull in the world at gPLI £ 962
• He scores in his Italian index: +4670 PFT (12/22)
   

DG El Completo (PEDIGREE)
Captain x Peassens Jezebel VG-86-NL 2yr. (s. Redrock) x Simple-Dreams PH RUW Cookie VG-85-USA 2yr. (s. Kerrigan)

• Full brother to DG Peace @ Ai-Total
• Zoetis Dairy Welness Profit: 12/22 DWP$ 1258