Sires Report

November 2024

Sires Report

Renegade is Royalty

S-S-I PR Renegade is a former winner of the Outcross Sire of the Year title, being sired by the French bull Jaltaoak and out of a Millington daughter. Further back...

November 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - November 2024

Gigaball is the current Nr.1 daughter-proven sire in Spain with a gICO of 1268. His sire is the Gymnast son Gigabyte, and his dam is the Sonic daughter Ballerina, who...

November 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - November 2024

‘We are extremely enthusiastic about Claynook Zeus! His dam debuted as the #1 gLPI cow, his sire Gameday debuted as the #1 gLPI progeny proven bull, and Zeus himself debuted...

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DNA - October 2024

Campbell is the Nr.4 gRZG bull in Germany, and is the Nr.1 son of Comeback, who combines somewhat different bloodlines (Commitment-Entity-Spectre) with strong health traits and pleasing type. Campbell is...

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - October 2024

With the helping of milking daughters, the outcross sire Suez took the Nr.1 spot on the German list with 147 RZG. The Subzero son from an Outlast dam and an...

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires RED - October 2024

With an gRZG of 158, Malaga-Red is the current Nr.1 red and white sire in Germany. Above all, it is his outstanding production traits that propel him to this position....

October 2024

Sires Report

Plain-Knoll Trooper: The World’s Highest Renegade Son

First this, for a moment: what a tremendous harvest has been provided by the now seven-year-old S-S-I Renegade! Trooper, Parfect, Rupert, Taos, Conway, Bigshot, Rozline… and of course their numerous...

October 2024

Sires Report

BullTalk - October 2024

Early last year, we talked in HI about a notable “Golden Cross”: that of Siemers Mogul Hanker (Global Cow winner 2020) with View-Home Monterey. At the time, the Siemers family...

October 2024

Sires Report

Focus on... October 2024

Use a polled bull and half his calves will not require dehorning, but using PP bulls means you will never have to dehorn a calf again. Macaby-PP is one of...

October 2024

Sires Report

S-S-I Montross Jedi Indeed, Very Straight Legs, But Still Very Influential in the Holstein Breed

His debut in August 2015 was phenomenal. Both in the US and Canada, he immediately captured both the gTPI and gLPI lead. As such, S-S-I Montross Jedi clearly became the...

September 2024

Sires Report

Likely the World’s Most Popular Sire of All Time: “Black Beauty” To-Mar Blackstar

Has a bull ever been more popular in global breeding than To-Mar Blackstar from Select Sires? Likely not. During his long life, the semen of the Chairman son from the...

September 2024

Sires Report

Exclusive in Holstein International: The Bestsellers of 50(!) AI Companies around the World

Here they are: the bulls that in recent times have been used the most at AI companies all over the globe. No less than 50 in all, from AI companies...