Saratoga was farrowed in a litter of 16 born, 16 live and 14 leaned with an incredible 235 lb 21-day litter weight. A long bodied, massive boar; he has the proportional balance desired in maternal line. His dam has averaged 14.3 born alive and 13.6 weaned in three litters with a 204 lb litter weight average. With EPDs of 0.49 NBA, 9.61 LWT, 113.26 MLI and 114.81 SPI; she has consistently gotten the job done! Saratoga‛s heritage makes him an excellent source of ultra sow productivity. His stages EPDs for number born alive and litter weight rank with the best at 0.32 and 5.15 respectively. The maternal granddam of Saratoga, Lucielle 34-9, is still in production and has an outstanding production record of 11 parities with a 147 day farrowing interval. She has averaged 12.1 born alive and 10.8 weaned with a consistent 162 lb 21-day litter weight average. Saratoga‛s paternal great grandsire (Ulf 166), and maternal great grandsires (Ruger and Jens 448) are all renowned reproductive trait leaders on stages. The presence of three genetic shots of Ulf 62-6, who ranked 2nd on MLI, 3rd on SPI, 4th on born alive EPDs, 14th on litter weight EPDs and 7th for backfat out of over 7000 Yorkshire sires in the January 1994 Yorkshire Cross Herd Sire Summary adds to Saratogs’s superior credentials. Ulf 62-6 also lived a very sound and productive life to the grand old age of nine. Other lines represented in Saratoga’s family tree are Lars 97, Champion Turk, Jeriko, Gustason, Olavi and Old Joe. Saratoga’s pedigree combines top ranking sires for both litter size and litter weights that will result in extreme levels of reproductive prolificacy and performance. When you ask about confinement adaptability, Saratoga strides gracefully with maximum flexibility and agility. His daughters will stand the test of time and produce more pigs to count at birth and at market time; this spells Sow Production Improvement.
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