New sire summaries available

An incredible six-year stronghold of O-Bee Manfred Justice-ET holding the top position as the highest Net Merit Holstein bull came to an end with this April's sire summary. Known to many in the industry as O Man, he now ranks fourth on the Top Net Merit list with a score of 773. And that Net Merit score is quite impressive given the fact he has 45,257 daughters in 7,967 herds around the globe.

It isn't like the apple fell far from the tree this April. A pair of O Man sons overtook their sire for the top spots on the list. Sons Freddie at Genex and Man-O-Man at Accelerated have scores of 905 and 779, respectively, for Net Merit. Look for more O Man sons this August and in forthcoming USDA sire summaries as Freddie and Man-O-Man are just some of the early sons.

To view the complete Hoard's Dairyman Bull List, turn to pages 293 to 296 in the April 25 issue or go to April 2009 Bull List. under Dairyman Extras.