This Month in HI

	Sire Selection! Never before has the number of selection traits been greater. Never before has there been so many bulls: daughter and DNA-tested. Add to that the aspects of polled, A2A2, aAa scores and BB kappa casein… How do breeders make selections today? HI asked four breeders about their strategy around sire selection.

	#1 The exciting countdown since March has reached a finale: here is #1 from HI’s Breeder’s Competition!

	Which base? The base for sire indexes not only differs between countries, but also in terms of the type of base: fixed or rolling. HI explains.

	Excellence This designation has been earned by the P family from Pennsylvania which can rightly be described as a “breeding miracle”.

Sire Selection!

Never before has the number of selection traits been greater. Never before has there been so many bulls: daughter and DNA-tested. Add to that the aspects of polled, A2A2, aAa scores and BB kappa casein… How do breeders make selections today? HI asked four breeders about their strategy around sire selection.

#1

The exciting countdown since March has reached a finale: here is #1 from HI’s Breeder’s Competition!

Which base?

The base for sire indexes not only differs between countries, but also in terms of the type of base: fixed or rolling. HI explains.

Excellence

This designation has been earned by the P family from Pennsylvania which can rightly be described as a “breeding miracle”.

Monthly magazine for the modernHolstein breeder.

Sire Selection!

#1

Which base?

Excellence

Sire Selection!

#1

Which base?

Excellence

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