Unique Overview: The Most Popular Red Factor Sires World-Wide

An indisputable fact: red factor bulls have played a decisive role in the evolution of Red Holsteins. The pedigree of an undeniably elite bull like Rubels-Red (the sire of, among others, Ranger-Red) consists in large measure of RC animals, which eventually provided Rubels with his red & white colour; his sire Endco Argo-RC, his dam Rubellia-RC (<Rubicon), who inherited her red factor from her maternal grandsire Aikman-RC. Also the fabulous brood cow Red Range was able to combine the red & white colour with elite quality thanks to the assistance of her outstanding sire Salvatore-RC – a bull that has meant a lot for Red Holsteins. For that reason, HI places the limelight on RC bulls who have been used heavily of late. AI companies all over the world submitted their names: here are thirty-three red factor bestsellers.

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