| On 3 September 2003, Maughlin Storm, owned by CIAQ, was eliminated at age 12 because he had not produced semen over the last years.
Here are the achievements of that extraordinary sire whose first proven sons now make the headlines within the artificial insemination industry.
Storm now stands among the great sires in the breed and he will have an important impact thanks to the inheritance he left through his sons who rank among the best in the world and thanks to his daughters among which several rank among the best according to the indexes of the countries where they are and who can also take a standing at shows.
History
When he got his first proof in July 1996, Storm enjoyed such popularity across the world that his semen production could not meet the very high demand. This Aerostar son had all it took to please breeders : he had one of the best Canadian indexes for type at +16 and he came from a very sound cow family with origins that were almost exclusively Canadian (dam by Inspiration, grandam by Fairlea Royal Mark and 3rd dam by Downalane Reflection Emperor).
His testing results spoke for themselves. Among his test daughters, six were classified Excellent, among which four were classified in Canada and two in the USA. With his 2nd generation daughters, the craze for Storm is still as high but his semen reserves are still under the comfort zone.
While Maughlin Storm was on the verge of becoming one of The Semex Alliance's millionaires, he unfortunately ceased to produce semen at age 10 with 956 869 doses produced to his credit.
Today
Now proven in several countries across the world, Storm still has one of the best proofs among proven sires with a 99 % reliability for type : on the US TPI list (August 2003), he ranks 5th with 1514 and for LPI in Canada (August 2003), he stands in 6th place with 1415. In September 2003, he has 34 457 classified daughters (67 % GP or better) in Canada and 172 Excellents. Among the top 1000 cows for LPI, Storm ranks 2nd behind Rudolph with 9,9 % of cows..
Storm sons
Storm, who got his first proof at the same time as his paternal brother Rudolph who was superior production wise, had to work slightly in Rudolph's shadow. About 30 Storm sons were progeny tested in the USA and, in Canada, 52 sons were proven compared to more than 200 for Rudolph. Despite a limited use of Storm as a sire of sons, several of his sons appear on the list of available proven sires.
Storm's success rate as a sire of sons is simply out of the ordinary :
- 36 proven sons in Canada have an average LPI of 1064, with 39 kg of fat, 33 kg of protein and an average type rating of +7.
- 126 proven sons all over the world have an average LPI of 1025 with ratings of 5.8 for type, 5.2 for mammary system and 5.0 for feet & legs. He also particularly stands out for somatic cell score with 2.88.
- Among the top 100 LPI sires in Canada, there are seven Storm sons with an average LPI of 1820, ranking him in 2nd place among the top sires of sons.
- Three of his sons rank among the top 10 sires for type in Canada, including Ladino Park Talent who shares 1st place with a rating of +19.
- Among Storm's best sons, there are three sires that are red factor carriers, Ladino-Park Talent, Pursuit September Storm and Granduc Tribute.
Hereafter is a table grouping the top Storm sons available from The Semex Alliance.
| |
LPI |
Type |
Milk |
Fat |
Protein |
SCS |
| Hartline Titanic |
2400 |
14 |
2045 |
57 |
67 |
2,91 |
| Comestar Stormatic |
1994 |
16 |
1650 |
29 |
45 |
3,04 |
| Pursuit September Storm |
1807 |
15 |
1379 |
72 |
36 |
2,71 |
| Ladino Park Talent |
1771 |
19 |
1191 |
11 |
45 |
3,28 |
| Braedale Spy |
1757 |
10 |
1665 |
88 |
53 |
2,80 |
| Granduc Tribute |
1494 |
10 |
1489 |
37 |
46 |
2,98 |
| Average |
1871 |
14 |
1570 |
49 |
49 |
2,95 |
The new star of the STORM vintage is Hartline Titanic, VG-Extra, who in August 2003 was propelled to 2nd place in Canada with 2400 LPI points. His maternal line presents well-known sires : dam by Leadman,, 2nd dam by Chief Mark and 3rd dam by Bell. His daughters show a nice combination of strength and dairy character, their udders are well attached and they move on good feet & legs.
We are now allowed to say that, thanks to the success of his sons, the name Storm will appear more and more in pedigrees across the world
Written by Jean-Denis Vermette, agrologist
Head of Service Development, CIAQ
Collaboration : Robert Chicoine, The Semex Alliance
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