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Focus on... - November 2022
While the genomic top-lists almost everywhere in the world are increasingly populated with high polled sires, high daughter-proven polled bulls continue to be a rare commodity. This is particularly true...
Intriguing Sires DP - November 2022
‘In Switzerland, we are thrilled to have such a high production and fitness bull with correct conformation.’ Jürg Stoll from Swissgenetics is referring to Ewing who (after Ranger-Red) is the...
Intriguing Sires DP - July 2022
At first he attracted attention with his successful sons – including the much publicized Mendel-P (see BullTalk HI 06/2022) – and now with milking daughters in his proof Entity is...
Intriguing Sires Polled - June 2022
‘Hailstone is very popular and is thus following in the footsteps of bestselling homozygote polled sires like Dynamite-PP and Debut-PP,’ says Hannah Noble from Cogent about the son of Hulk-P...
Unique HI Overview: These are the 92 Most Sold Holstein Sires at AI Companies Worldwide
Who were the most sold Holstein sires in 2021? The answer follows here, in a unique overview with 92 bestsellers from 38 breeding organizations in thirteen different countries. As well...
BullTalk - February 2022
‘Dreambig has been quite popular since he became available, but now, eighteen months after starting, has had his bestselling month. To me, that means that dairy farmers see good conception...
Focus on... February 2022
There is a certain tradition by which we present a selection of outstanding red-carrier sires in our “Focus On” column between the respective evaluation periods. These are sires that not...
Intriguing Sires DNA 2022 - February 2022
As one of the few families with worldwide fame, the Barbie family is one of a select group that continually generate attention on Germany’s breeding scene, although it is seldom...
The Millionaires of the Holstein Breed: The Milestone Appears to be Getting Further Away!
The “comeback bull”, as he was called. When dairy farmers milked daughters of this bull, they wanted more: And returned to the bull. That’s why there continued to be orders...
Bull Talk - December 2021
‘He is very popular due to his high components, A2A2, unique aAa (516), average stature, low somatic cell, high udder index and plus for DPR,’ explains general manager Ron Sersland...
From An American Dairyman: Suggestions for Sire Selection
An American Dairyman continues his series of contributions for Holstein International and now brings some interesting suggestions for sire selection. He also adds some actual sire names to his suggestions...
Intriguing Sires DNA - October 2021
‘We are thrilled with everything that Dynamite has done for us. He is one of the most beautiful bulls that we have ever had in the barns of Cogent. The...