FERTILITY TOOLS

You can be confident that Select Sires delivers the highest-quality semen for your herd. To help simplify breeding decisions and highlight sires with the best fertility, we recommend referring to these three genetic tools: Fertility Index, Elite Sexed Fertility and FertilityPRO.

Fertility Index

Fertility Index (FI) combines several reproductive components into one overall index: Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR), Heifer Con ception Rate (HCR) and Cow Conception Rate (CCR). By utilizing three measures, FI can provide a more accurate evaluation of daughter fertili ty rather than relying solely on DPR or CCR.

The Elite Sexed Fertility icon designates sires that can help you achieve the highest sex-sorted semen conception rates, enhanc ing the return on your investment! This designation identifies gender SELECTED ™ sires with above average conception performance for sex-sorted semen in both 2M and 4M products.

Elite Sexed Fertility says it all - Achieve the highest sex-sorted semen conception rates, enhancing your return on investment.

Backed by actual field-test data - Sires must have greater than 500 sex-sorted semen inseminations and maintain a two percentage point advantage in conception rate over the average of all their peers.

Stringent requirements safeguard from inferior products - Sires must earn fertility designations based on the performance of each product (conventional, 2M or 4M).

Transparent marketing is a priority - Select Sires was the first in the industry to identify sires that achieve superior fertility in sex-sorted products.

FertilityPRO identifies sires with semen that will likely improve pregnancy rates. This designation is assigned by examining in dustry Sire Conception Rate (SCR) values, along with intensive in-house semen quality evaluations.

Your best chance of a pregnancy - Identifies sires with superior fertility

Considers all possible fertility data sources - Combines extensive laboratory data with actual field fertility data

A tradition of putting fertility first - Select Sires has always placed semen fertility at the top of the priority list. We’re not afraid to look at all data and put marginal performing semen where it belongs — in the trash!

Proprietary extender makes the difference - Superior fertility of all semen products begins with Select Sires’ proprietary semen extender.