Sires Report
Focus on - November 2018
For commercial dairy farmers, it likely does not make a difference if a sire was born via ET/IVF or via more natural means. But for organic farms it does matter....
Intriguing Sires - Garant & Harper & Melvin
With an increase of 5 points for his overall breeding value to 135 RZG and an impressive 8-point gain for conformation to a strong value of 134 RZE, Garant was...
Intriguing Sires - Neutron & Daylite & Jacuzzi
Since April, Neutron has been in the Italian top-3 and is thus the most significant new name behind the reigning leader, Sound System. ‘Neutron is not only our second highest...
Progenesis Fortune: Outcross Prospect at the Highest Level
In early October, at Character Holsteins in Canada, the Marius daughter Peaches was celebrated as the first female Holstein above 3000 gTPI for the Progenesis breeding program. A special detail:...
Outcross Sire of the Year 2018 – Three Years after his Sire, Fortune takes to the Spotlight
Despite his age of three years, he still possesses outstanding numbers with 3315 gLPI and 2734 gTPI. His owner Semex alone has 12 sons with over 2850 gTPI and 17...
Westcoast Swingman: The new “Hot Thing” in Canadian Red & Whites
From time to time a generational sire appears that is a cut above the rest. In the world of red & whites, Westcoast Swingman appears to be such a bull....
Rubicon: Shaping the Breed via his Sons and Grand-Sons
Mogul sons abound among the top ranks on daughter-proven sire lists around the globe. Which one is the best? A strong contender for that title now would be the bull...
Here is the Very Newest Super-Millionaire: Planet!
It has happened! Eight giants have preceded him. One of these weeks, Ensenada Taboo Planet, more than 15 years old, will become the world’s ninth bull to reach the gigantic...
Poison: Popsy Son is Italy’s New Nr.1
In 2012, Muri Popsy created a stir as the nr.1 gTPI cow of Europe. Now, six years later, the Planet daughter from the deep Italian cow family is in the...
Focus on - October 2018
For anybody studying the current bull catalogues will notice a severe lack of sires that inherit a high overall genetic level while also correcting for the increasingly short teat length...
BullTalk - October 2018
Two years ago, his debut created quite the stir. Westcoast Styx-Red broke through with strong DNA total indexes in various countries; in his homeland of Canada, he was nr.1. That...
Intriguing Sires - Luster-P & Nagano-P & Marsden-P
‘Even though it is still early in his career, Luster has rapidly risen to become one of the most popular polled sires in our program,’ says Rick VerBeek from Select...