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AHDB Dairy reports sons of Genosource Captain secure top Holstein rankings.

New genetic evaluations will be available April 2, 2024, with the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) publishing updates for 50 traits and four selection indices on 82 million dairy animals.

Sons of Genosource Captain now dominate amongst young genomic Holstein bulls, securing the first four positions in the ranking for £PLI.

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Genosource Captain has been a long-term leader within the Holstein breed both as a young, genomic sire and now that he has daughters of his own.

Dairy breeds other than Holstein saw continued stability in the latest genetic evaluations.

A change to the top spot in the daughter-proven sire, sees Wilra Knowhow make his debut in the August genetic evaluations.

The new August Young Sire Genomic Index Rankings for Holstein bulls, sees a new No.1 in Denovo 2776 Leeds.

Denovo 2776 Leeds is the new number one young sire in the genomic index rankings for Holstein bulls, published today by AHDB.

A new number one daughter-proven sire makes his debut in the August genetic evaluations, published today by AHDB.