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3 December 2024

Stability through the other dairy breed rankings

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

Top British Friesian from Northern Irish herd

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

New genomic Jersey list highlights young sires

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.

7 April 2026

Health and efficiency improve across dairy breeds

An exceptional package of health traits sees young sire VJ Husted Splash Sultan reassert his lead in AHDB's young genomic Jersey rankings.

20 August 2025

Vikings excel at top of the Jersey rankings

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

Clean sweep by AltaSeverus for seasonal calving herds

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.

7 April 2026

Bulls ranked on new £SCI show production efficiency

The April release of AHDB's dairy genetic evaluations is the first using the updated Spring Calving Index model and the revisions have produced a shake‑up at the top

2 December 2025

Spring Calving Index brings choice across the breeds

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

New spring calving sire ties at the top

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

Top Holsteins hard to beat when compared across breeds

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.

13 August 2024

Autumn Calving Index reveals high milk solids transmitters

Producers calving in a tight block in autumn, with a focus on genetic improvement, are advised to consider basing their sire selection on Autumn Calving Index (£ACI).

2 April 2024

New blood in the rankings for spring and autumn block calvers

With inseminations now in full swing in spring calving herds, and autumn calving some months away, breeding decisions for block-calving herds may be either made, or on the distant horizon.