Sire Release

New Sire Release

Brandy Star FR8884

Brandy Star falls as Ireland’s highest EBI coded sire for 2023 with an EBI of €401 all the while offering up different blood lines. Brandy Star was bred by Francis & Eilish Stafford of Ballygrangans, Co. Wexford from a VG86 dam.

Along with his high EBI, Star brings with him 29 kg of milk solids at +0.27% fat & +0.15% protein while combining improvements to both health at €11 & €16 maintenance. His pedigree make up is also very interesting with FR5803 out of an LHZ X HYD X RUU all bred out of VG86 cows, highlighting generations of great stock.

His dam Brandy Hyd Adela 1 is a very well proven cow in her 6th lactation who’s a medium output cow with 5.04% Fat & 3.9% Protein. Brandy Star is also suitable for pedigree registration.

Ballintossig Startrek FR8862

Ballintossig Star Trek is encompassing 3 generations of Dovea Genetics breeding. Star Trek is from Antony Flavins famous Amber family where modern genetics is designed to deliver high component milk.

With an EBI of €369 Star Trek delivers over 37 kg of milk solids with great components at +0.41% fat & +0.23% protein with positive milk kgs. His pedigree is made up of our own Saintbrigid Frank Joseph FR5860 X Glenaboy Ronald FR4785 from a GP82 dam X FR2249 out of a VG85 cow.

Star Treks dam is a medium sized, very square cow who averaged over 550 kg milk solids at 4% protein combined with a snug udder built to last.

Glenaboy Hero FR8908

Lastly with an EBI of €317 Glenaboy Hero transmits 32 kg of milk solids, +0.38% fat & +0.24% protein with an outcross protein pedigree. Out of the same dam as Glenaboy Ronald, Glenaboy HDJ Daisy has produced on average 5.23% fat & 4.25% protein out of 6 lactations.

Along with this, Hero can be used to improve the health traits related to lameness & mastitis with a subindex of €19 for health. His pedigree is made up of FR6469 VG86 X HDJ EX90 X HMY VG88. Highlighting the fact that Hero has 4% protein cows directly on both sides of his pedigrees.

Hero has a very unique aAa of 156 meaning his daughters will add clean dairy strength & capacity as well as delivering balanced offspring with a greater intake capacity to maintain production while having better body condition score. Along with this Hero transmits positive strength, udder traits & feet and legs.

Our full list of sires can be seen in our 2023 dairy directory