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This Frenchman certainly deserves attention: Polibay from Synetics. He was already one of the leaders and bestsellers of his generation, according to Lea Poncet from Synetics, and is confirming these qualities, now as a...

Elsewhere in this issue, you find HI’s selection of daughter proven and DNA tested Holsteins and Red Holsteins. This page features three sires that are interesting for both categories: high-indexing RC sires.

‘I select bulls that score high for kg protein, longevity, and solid conformation. At the same time, I opt for polled sires since there is clearly demand for them. GPlus Super-PP was my bestseller in 2022 and his daughte...

Sires with high conformation figures have always been fashionable. And that is still the case. However, more and more often, a restriction is being applied; many dairy farmers do not want their cows to get taller. Hence,...

Dymentholm Mr Apples Avalanche-RC has had an enormous influence on show rings around the world. Particularly for red and whites his genetics are barely avoidable. And yet Avalanche is a bull that has a lot of fans on one...

In HI’s February edition we made mention of “Lambda mania”: the tremendous global interest in Farnear Delta-Lambda. An eminent example is his daughter Siemers Paris 27856 EX-91, Global Cow 2023. She is the dam of the top...

Canadian sire Boldi V Gymnast started his career as a bull that excelled in various evaluation systems. He ranked especially well on the basis of the RZG in Germany, and as his career unfolded, it was in fact in Europe t...

One of the brand new AI companies in North America is Showbox Sires. For distribution, they work with Select Sires and Semex, and the first four sires to be presented on their website are Duckett Tatoo Hendrix, JM-Valley...

Quality milk from beautiful udders; that is the big wish of many dairy farmers world-wide. And thus the guide for this edition of Focus On, in which we feature three sires that combine a high udder index with an outstand...

Handout is one of three leaders on the German gRZG list. His trademarks: lots of milk, average stature, high attached and shallow udders, longevity, very good fitness indexes, and 124 RZRobot. ‘Handout scores very high f...

As a young sire, AltaZazzle ranked high and was extremely popular. Very unfortunate then that after an accident, he had to be culled at 25 months of age. Fortunately before that he was used intensively, so that sufficien...

With his very high combined fat and protein along with over 2.00 for PTAT and udders while maintaining strong mastitis resistance, Hardin has a lot to offer the breed. ‘Hardin is a young bull we are very excited about an...

First there was the admirable daughter group during HolsteinVision, followed shortly thereafter by a shared first place ranking on the German December release. Gladius could not have started his progeny proven period any...

Handpick-P has an interesting pedigree behind him. The Luster-P son comes from a VG-86 Bandares, a VG-87 Numero Uno, a VG-86 Planet and goes back to the famous Comestar Goldwyn Lilac VG-89. Lilac was a great show and bre...

They are interesting for enthusiasts of both red and black & white: high-indexing Holstein sires with the red factor. Here we present three interesting options.