 Kingsmill Farm II to Profile Sale Consignments with IGENITY® MultiMARK
Kingsmill
Farm II, LLC, has just announced that through collaboration
with global animal health leader Merial and North America’s
largest AI company, Select Sires, IGENITY® DNA profiles will
be made available on all Kingsmill consignments in the Summit
at Kingsmill Sale.
“Our vision at Kingsmill
is to produce industry-leading genetics, and we will use all available tools
and technology to help us achieve our goals faster,” says Mitch Hockett,
partner at Kingsmill Farm II and assistant professor at North Carolina State
University. “We have been watching the development of DNA technology with
enthusiasm and have confidence that it can help — both breeders and buyers — make
better-informed selection, management and marketing decisions throughout an animal’s
lifetime.”
IGENITY
MultiMARK is a comprehensive DNA profile involving a wide range
of genetic markers that evaluate traits of economic importance.
By profiling every Kingsmill consignment with IGENITY MultiMARK,
Kingsmill can maintain its competitive edge in the industry
and provide buyers greater confidence in their purchasing decisions.
“Select
Sires is pleased to be working with Kingsmill Farm,” says
Chuck Sattler, genetics program vice president at Select Sires. “Kingsmill’s
vision has helped it develop an outstanding set of elite Holstein
genetics, and now it can take its breeding program to the
next level by using advanced DNA technology — available
only through IGENITY MultiMARK profiles.”
Buyers
will have a chance to be a part of Holstein-breed history at
the Summit at Kingsmill Sale on June 9 at the farm in Durham,
N.C. The sale is set to be a celebration of international genetics
that progressive buyers of elite Holstein genetics will not want
to miss.
“We
believe that in order to achieve our goals and help the industry,
DNA technology should be used along with traditional selection
tools,” Hockett
says. “This allows us to know more than we ever have before
about the genetic potential of the animals we market and gives
buyers confidence as we help them build their own herd with industry-leading
genetics.”
Hockett
adds that the farm chose IGENITY MultiMARK to profile all consignments
because it is simply the most comprehensive DNA analysis in
the industry. The inside information revealed by IGENITY is
a powerful and increasingly important complement to existing
on-farm selection and management tools.
“Results of IGENITY MultiMARK are reported in a simple, easy-to-use way,
which helps producers easily understand and manage this advanced information,” Sattler
says. “To get started with IGENITY MultiMARK, producers should talk to
their Select Sires representative today.”
Formed
in 2003, Kingsmill Farm II, LLC, is a partnership between David
Falk, Sharon Norton and Mitch Hockett. With approximately 900
milking cows and 80 ET donor dams, the farm focuses on elite,
industry-leading, registered Holstein genetics. Kingsmill II
strives to bring production and type together in the animals
it owns, breeds and markets. By taking the best genetics available
and using bulls that are not only in demand, but provide corrective
matings, it produces highly sought-after offspring. Kingsmill
II is involved in all parts of the dairy industry, from state-of-the-art
technology and research to industry-leading production and show-winning
type. |
