Livestock
12 September 2023
Stability is once again the theme amongst Jersey, Friesian and Ayrshire breeds in today's £PLI rankings
12 September 2023
High percentage fat bulls stir Jersey rankings in today's £PLI update
12 September 2023
Each of the main non-Holstein breeds has a new leader in the April genetic evaluations, published today.
12 September 2023
The dairy breeds other than Holstein see strong stability across the rankings in the latest genetic evaluations
6 December 2023
Dutch-bred Bloemplaat Hoeve Ewoud continues to move up the Friesian rankings to take the lead in this breed’s evaluations
2 April 2024
Transmission of high health and efficiency are hallmarks of a new wave of leading Jersey bulls, as AHDB publish the Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) rankings for all dairy breeds today (2 April, 2024).
13 August 2024
A UK-bred bull has risen to the top of the Ayrshire Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) ranking, usurping the Scandinavians which regularly maintain a stronghold for this breed.
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.
