Sires Report
Focus on... Robot Ready
Optimum teat position, teat length and udder balance are features that make the Synetics bull Urzokari de la Vigne ideal for robot milking. Good udder texture and strong attachments should...
Unique View in the Barns of CRV: Four Generations of Popular Holstein Bulls
This special picture was taken by Han Hopman two months ago at the CRV AI facility in Giekerk (Friesland). Anyway, it is already exceptional to photograph four bulls together, but...
Intriguing Sires - November 2024
‘We are extremely enthusiastic about Claynook Zeus! His dam debuted as the #1 gLPI cow, his sire Gameday debuted as the #1 gLPI progeny proven bull, and Zeus himself debuted...
Renegade is Royalty
S-S-I PR Renegade is a former winner of the Outcross Sire of the Year title, being sired by the French bull Jaltaoak and out of a Millington daughter. Further back...
Intriguing Sires - November 2024
Gigaball is the current Nr.1 daughter-proven sire in Spain with a gICO of 1268. His sire is the Gymnast son Gigabyte, and his dam is the Sonic daughter Ballerina, who...
Focus on... November 2024
At CRV the very popular Delta Launch-PP-Red has recently been joined by the newly proven Delta Everton in being marketed as high-conception rate sires. Everton is sired by De Leenhorst...
BullTalk - November 2024
In HI’s recent October edition, Monterey appeared in BullTalk. This led to a direct response from breeding employee Gary Gao in China. He messaged HI: ‘An AI technician called me...
Exclusive in Holstein International: The Most Popular Conformation Bulls at AI Companies World-wide
We continue to hear it from dairy farmers the world over: conformation remains important. Not immediately to breed show cows, but especially to create problem-free cows, who can easily do...
Intriguing Sires RED - October 2024
With an gRZG of 158, Malaga-Red is the current Nr.1 red and white sire in Germany. Above all, it is his outstanding production traits that propel him to this position....
Plain-Knoll Trooper: The World’s Highest Renegade Son
First this, for a moment: what a tremendous harvest has been provided by the now seven-year-old S-S-I Renegade! Trooper, Parfect, Rupert, Taos, Conway, Bigshot, Rozline… and of course their numerous...
Focus on... October 2024
Use a polled bull and half his calves will not require dehorning, but using PP bulls means you will never have to dehorn a calf again. Macaby-PP is one of...
BullTalk - October 2024
Early last year, we talked in HI about a notable “Golden Cross”: that of Siemers Mogul Hanker (Global Cow winner 2020) with View-Home Monterey. At the time, the Siemers family...