Sires Report
Sandy-Valley Conway: Another Solid Transmitter from the Cosmopolitans.
The Cosmopolitan family has delivered a number of widely respected bulls to the breed, with many featuring solid type and high components. Conway certainly fits that mold. Now ranked at...
BullTalk - October 2023
Earlier this year, tremendous applause followed the selection of Comestar Lamadona Doorman EX-94 as Canada’s Cow of the Year. As you know: genetic progress is being made very quickly and...
Intriguing Sires DNA - October 2023
Nr.1 on the German genomic bull list is Real Syn at 171 gRZG. With that, Real Syn enjoys a long lead over the rest of the field with Nr.2 Rockwell...
Ocean-View Sexation: Hero of the 1980s, Still Influential Today
Never before has a portrait of him appeared in HI. However: ‘He truly transmitted the profile that corresponds to the expectations that every dairy farmer has for what a solid...
Cherry-Lily Luster-P: He Provided Polled with the Decisive Jump to the Top TPI with Lots of Conformation
Let’s be honest: five years ago, who would have expected that in 2023 the world would have a progeny proven polled sire who combines 2902 TPI with a faultless conformation...
BullTalk - September 2023
Last year in July he provided a memorable HI cover picture: the now four-year-old German bull Adissio-PP. ‘From the outset he was very popular; the first two years he was...
Focus on... September 2023
As usual after one of the three yearly evaluation periods, we are presenting interesting RC sires in our “Focus On” column, top sires that add momentum to both the Holstein...
Focus on... August 2023
With the increasing temperatures in almost all countries around the world, it is inevitable that man and animal must adapt to a permanently changing climate. And naturally, Holstein breeding is...
Unique: Influential Bull Dams and Breeding Icons Behind the Highest Canadian Sires!
Ultra-short generation intervals make it challenging to identify recognizable family influences in the pedigrees of young sires. HI went actively looking. After the June publication with the most prominent family...
On Route to Nearly Complete Perfection: Pine-Tree-I Pursuit
In December 2021, he dazzled as America’s new nr.1 TPI sire. In HI’s March 2023 edition, he was one of the most faultless Holstein transmitters available. His name: Pine-Tree-I Pursuit....
BullTalk - August 2023
Swissgenetics is marketing a polled sire with unique qualities: Vogue Hero-P. ‘He is extremely popular in Switzerland, because he is very all-round,’ tells Marc-Henri Guillaume from Swissgenetics, who points to...
Intruiging Sires DP - August 2023
In June, Newhouse Sneeker 422 VG-87 (Stol Joc-O-Man) a second generation 100,000 kg/220,000 lb cow was discovered by HI’s Dutch language publication HIPlus as one of the most prominent sources...
Longevity and Top Productions at Koepke: ‘Good people, good feed, good bedding & good genetics.’
Do you still remember her: Koepke 1660, a.k.a. “Granny”? Twenty years ago, in 2003, she gained legendary status when she broke the American milk record for lifetime production. A record...