ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../Home.css"> <TITLE>Alta Programs</TITLE> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 7.1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_reloadPage(init) { //reloads the window if Nav4 resized if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) { document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }} else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload(); } MM_reloadPage(true); //--> </script> </HEAD> <BODY Class=Home> <div id="Layer2" style="Z-INDEX: 2; LEFT: 15px; WIDTH: 412px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 245px; HEIGHT: 116px"> <table width="620" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <p><font color="#cc6600" size="5" face="Tahoma">What is FutureStar?</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>FutureStar</b> is an Alta product brand introduced in 2007 that capitalizes further on the power of <b>Alta Advantage®</b> testing. The program offers Alta s best future candidates to clients sooner. Bulls selected for <b>FutureStar</b> are 3 and 4 year-old bulls whose combination of genomic parent average with actual Alta Advantage® progeny test results for sire calving ease, sire stillbirth and sire fertility make them, as a group, of significant interest to clients in advance of being fully proven. <b>FutureStar</b> bulls represent Alta s strongest candidates for successful future graduation into the proven lineup. In fact, since the program s inception, those achieving proven status have enjoyed a 56% graduation rate to the proven marketing lineup, and the expectation is for this number to remain at around 50% long-term.</font></p> <ul> <font size="2"> <li><font face="Tahoma"><b>Alta Advantage®</b> tested</font> <li><font face="Tahoma">Known <b>Concept<i>Plus</i></b> fertility results from <b>Alta Advantage®</b> data - used both to select strong fertility performers and to disqualify below average performers from admission</font> <li><font face="Tahoma">Real calving data from <b>Alta Advantage®</b> partner herds combined with genomic data that makes <b>Calving Ease</b> a selection focus and a discrimination opportunity</font> <li><font face="Tahoma">The highest genomic NM$ bulls that meet <b>FutureStar</b> criteria for <b>Concept<i>Plus</i></b> and <b>Calving Ease</b></font> <li<font face="Tahoma">>Hard and fast thresholds for individual traits will not be applied. Instead, the focus will be to maximize and balance the genetic value and diversity of the group.</font> </font> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="175" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan=2 nowrap> <p><a target="_top" href="http://data.altagenetics.com/Dairy/DairyG-AlList.aspx?SearchAll=FutureStar%3d1&Breed=HO&Site=A&Language=E&Group=FutureStar&CiaGroup=Y&List=P&Order=cNAABCD&PA="> <img alt=Click src=images/FutureStarLogo.png border=0><br> <font color="#993333" size="5" face="Tahoma"><b><u>FutureStar Bull List</u></b></font></a></p> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="620"> <tr> <td> <p><font color="#cc6600" size="4" face="Tahoma">How is FutureStar <font color="navy">different</font> from other products and programs?</font><br><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><font size=2>There s a tendency to group all unproven bulls the same - from the day they are sampled until the day they are officially proven. In fact, over this three year period their indexes are continually gaining reliability  and for calving traits and fertility some early proof information too which is the reason for establishing the <b>FutureStar</b> program. As 1st crop proven sires, reliabilities continue to rise as daughters provide additional lactations and survivability information. And reliability continues to improve when second crop daughters arrive. It is useful to imagine a sire s career and the proving process as a continuum that a bull steadily passes through. </font></p> <p><font size=2>The continuum concept is important as it ends the traditional black and white thinking that is attached to  proven vs  unproven . It also gives rise to out-of-the-box thinking and programs like <b>FutureStar</b>. Others may market their own version of a genomic tested sire-in-waiting product, but remember: they are not <b>Alta Advantage®</b> tested. Extra accuracy from <b>ConceptPlus</b> fertility data and calving trait data continues to ensure that <b>FutureStar</b> cannot be duplicated.</font></p> <p><img src=images/Influence.jpg border=0 hspace=20></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><font color="#cc6600" size="4" face="Tahoma">What does your herd gain with <i>FutureStar</i>?</font></p> <font size=2> <ul> <li>Highly fertile semen <li>Known Calving Ease & Sire Stillbirth information <li>Pedigree diversity <li>Access to Top Quality Genetics 1-2 years ahead of traditional usage timelines. </ul> </font> <p><a target="_blank" href="FutureStarQandA09.pdf"><font color="#cc6600" size="3" face="Tahoma">FutureStar Q&A (Click)</i>?</font></a></p> <br /><br /> </div> <table border="0" bgcolor="white" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="628"> <tr> <td colspan="5" height="1500" valign="top"> <a target="_blank" href="GenomicsAndFutureStar.pps"><img src="images/WebSplashFutureStar.jpg" alt="Genomics And FutureStar (Click)" border="0"/></a></td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-13077060-3']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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