Progressive Breeder's Registry Award (PBR)

 Progressive Genetics Herd Award (PGH)

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 Gold Medal Sire

 Lifetime Production Certificate

 National & State Production Leaders

• Herd owner must be a member of both national and state associations, and enrolled in the Deluxe or Premier TriStar service options and Herd Classification programs.
  
• Awarded to approximately 10% of herds enrolled in the Deluxe or Premier TriStar service options.
  
• Percent B.A.A. for Herd Classification must be in the top 25% of herds classified during the 18 month time period just prior to March 1 of the current calendar year.
  
• Minimum of 20 87% RHA and higher cows in the milking herd of which at least 75% bear the herd owner’s prefix.
  
• TriStar Herd Mature Equivalent Lactation Averages are adjusted by each state’s average production. A milk component cutoff is based on combined fat and protein, which is calculated by multiplying the milk cutoff by 3.6% for fat and 3.1% for protein and totalling the two components.
  
• Annual automatic evaluation.

• Herd owner must be a member of both national and state associations, and enrolled in the Deluxe or Premier TriStar service options and Herd Classification programs.
  
• Minimum of 20 87% RHA and higher cows in the milking herd with CTPI. No minimum requirement for number of young stock.
  
• Awarded to the 500 herds with the highest average TPI of all females in the herd, both young and mature. Animals used in the evaluation are derived from February Genetic Herd Report and Youngstock Genetic Herd Report inventories.
  
• Annual automatic evaluation following the February genetic update.

• A cow and at least three of her daughters must have been classified. The cow herself must also be milking in a herd participating in TriStar service option. TriStar published records are used in the evaluation.
  
• Automatic evaluation twice a year of all cows of 87% RHA or higher born in the past 25 years.
  
• Equal emphasis is placed on production and type. In addition, equal emphasis on progeny and dam performance, based on dam’s own age adjusted final score, dam’s average 2X - 305 day M.E. production records, average of daughters’ age adjusted scores, and average of daughters’ M.E. production records. Separate cutoffs are determined by birth year of the dam. (M.E. will only be calculated on actual records of 270 days in length or greater for the cow and her progeny.)
  
• Alternatively, if the cow (herself) does not qualify on a mature equivalent basis, she may qualify on either one of the following lifetime credits; 200,000 pounds milk or 7,200 pounds fat or 6,400 pounds protein.
  
• Permanent recognition.

• Automatic evaluation twice a year of all cows of 87% RHA and higher born in the past 25 years and milking in a herd participating in one of the service options.
  
• A cow must have a TPI exceeding year of birth cutoff and at least three offspring with a PTA for production and type (need not be the same offspring) to qualify.
  
• Permanent recognition.

• Automatic evaluation twice a year of all sires 87% RHA and higher.
  
• Minimum TPI level, updated semi-annually, to recognize approximately 25 new bulls per year.
  
• Minimum reliability of 90% for PTA Fat and PTA Type.
  
• Bulls must be free of undesirable recessives and enzyme deficiencies.
  
• Permanent recognition.

• Given to Deluxe and Premier herd owners for cows that reach lifetime production credits of 200,000 pounds of milk or more and have been coded as having a terminal record.

• New production leaders are determined monthly for individual cow records.
  
• Cows in herds enrolled in the Premier option of TriStar are eligible for leader recognition. This enrollment must cover the entire lactation. A cow’s record must meet the minimum data collection requirements for this program.
  
• National and State Leaders are summarized for the following categories based on the animal’s age, milking frequency, record length, milk, fat, and protein:

Ages	Milk Leaders
Junior two-year-old Senior two-year-old Junior three-year-old Senior three-year-old Junior four-year-old Senior four-year-old Mature cow Senior aged cow	305-day; 2X milking 305-day; 3X milking 365-day; 2X milking 365-day; 3X milking
Fat Leaders	Protein Leaders
305-day; 2X milking 305-day; 3X milking 365-day; 2X milking 365-day; 3X milking	305-day; 2X milking 305-day; 3X milking 365-day; 2X milking 365-day; 3X milking

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