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Bull proofs: New genomic Jersey list highlights young sires

All appears to have changed among 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

Katie Jones
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VJ Outrup Luxplus Leander - new number one young genomic Jersey sire ranked on £PLI
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VJ Outrup Luxplus Leander - new number one young genomic Jersey sire ranked on £PLI

Dominating this genomic list – as they do among proven sires – are the Scandinavian countries, which take all of the top five (and nine of the top 10) positions when ranked on Profitable Lifetime Index...

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