Dairy

12 September 2023

The daughter fertility improver, Catlane Caleb maintains his long-held lead in the British Friesian ranking on Profitable Lifetime Index, with a slight increase in his £PLI.

12 September 2023

Inch Persistent tops today's British Friesians PLI rankings with River Valley Cece Chrome and VR Alatalon Flame Feton remain as number one for Jerseys and Ayshires

12 September 2023

Stability is once again the theme amongst Jersey, Friesian and Ayrshire breeds in today's £PLI rankings

3 December 2024

The new Jersey Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) ranking represents something of a reshuffle, with all former top 10 bulls remaining in the top 12, making way for just two newcomers high on the AHDB-published list.

2 April 2025

A newly available British Friesian sire from the award-winning Inch herd in Northern Ireland, has claimed the top spot in the breed Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) rankings, published today by AHDB.

2 December 2025

All appears to have changed amongst Jersey sires in the December AHDB rankings, but this reflects a switch of focus to young bulls with genomic indexes, which are now widely used by UK farmers.

20 August 2025

In the AHDB Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) rankings for the Jersey breed, VJ Outrup Luxi Luxplus (PLI £472) climbs into number one position.

21 August 2025

Exceptional daughter health and high-quality milk production have earned the newly proven bull, Peak AltaSeverus, number one position for both seasonal calving indexes – Autumn Calving Index (£ACI) and Spring Calving Index (£SCI) – in the AHDB genetic evaluations, published this week.

2 December 2025

Those using the recommended Spring Calving Index (£SCI), which has been updated this month by AHDB, will find plenty of choice across the Jersey and black and white breeds.

2 April 2025

The latest AHDB Spring Calving Index (£SCI) ranking published today may provide the opportunity for a last-minute upgrade to genetics breeding decisions.

3 December 2024

With breeding choices complete in most autumn calving herds, attention is turning to herds calving next spring, who can look to the new Spring Calving Index (£SCI) ranking to make their breeding choices, particularly if using mixed breeds.

12 September 2023

New names in today's spring and autumn calving genetic rankings

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