ELANO PP: the proven Angus sire combining calving reliability and beef value

A homozygous polled Angus PP sire that combines calving reliability and beef performance, giving dairy farmers greater security when producing high-value crossbred calves.

Alizée Sauron, Project Manager International

In Beef on Dairy strategies, choosing the right Angus sire is not about one single trait. Today, breeders are looking for a clear combination: manageable calvings, vigorous calves and strong returns in finishing. In this context, 🔗ELANO PP confirms his position as an attractive progeny-tested Angus sire in the Swissgenetics range.

Calves with weight, carcass yield and good fat cover

The progeny-tested Angus sire 🔗ELANO PP, a son of COLUMBUS, delivers excellent performance in calf finishing. 🔗ELANO PP also offers interesting complementary figures for livestock finishing, with 123 for calves deadweight and 114 for calves carcass yield; as a result, 🔗ELANO PP produces high-value calves. This underlines his profile for well-finished animals, a criterion that is becoming increasingly important throughout the beef value chain.

These values place him in a well-balanced area of use: reliable enough for practical use in dairy herds, while still delivering the performance expected of a beef sire. With 102 for calving ease on dairy cows and 104 for birth weight on dairy cows, he sits in an optimal range.

With an IBB of 1,145, his Beef on Beef index is clearly above the breed average. He also confirms his beef value with an IGN (birth index) of 121 and an ISC (carcass index) of 111, (see the article on the 🔗new index breeding values for beef breed sires).