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February 2025
BullTalk - February 2025

High in the German progeny proven RZG ranking we find a new favourite: Koepon Camden-RC. ‘An allrounder with high longevity, suitable for heifers, perfect rumps, mortellaro resistance, very good persistency, and robust c...

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February 2025
Intriguing Sires DNA - February 2025

Since August, Ripcord is leading the American genomic list. The Dellia representative offers nearly 3400 gTPI, very good fitness, and 1.42 leg set. Rump angle (-1.79) is his most significant point of attention. Louis Pra...

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February 2025
Intriguing Sires RED - February 2025

‘Beautyman is perfect for production, he is A2A2/BB, scores excellent for fitness, minus for stature with a good ratio of stature to width, and super for udders.’ Speaking is Urs Wichser about the highest indexing bull o...

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February 2025
Intriguing Sires DP - February 2025

Medium sized, efficient, high-producing cows with good fertility: That’s what makes August an attractive option for the average dairy farm. Sired by Pine-Tree Acura (<Achiever), August is from the very successful Sully S...

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February 2025
Focus On... Febuary 2025

At Genes Diffusion in France, DKR Badboy (207 ISU) is a popular protein improver (1551 milk +.40% +.19%). Badboy’s US numbers show 1629lb milk +.15% +.06% with 2.60 PTAT. Sired by Renegade, he is out of an Adaway tracing...

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February 2025
Stantons Remover-PP: PP sire dominates Canada’s LPI list!

For years, the popularity of Stantons Remover-PP has remained uninterrupted. As a homozygous polled sire, he easily reaches the level of all other bulls in the breed. As such, he will take great strides in carrying polle...

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January 2025
Rudolph Son Ramos: The Most Influential Holstein Bull on German Soil?

He was still from the old school, Ramos. First he was sampled as a young bull, so that five years after his birth, more than 100 daughters indicated his performance level. They did this surprisingly well, those first hun...

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January 2025
BullTalk - January 2025

‘I have always admired OCD Planet Diamond EX-92, as she has developed such a tremendously positive influence at Claynook in Canada. In 2017, I was at Claynook and wanted to purchase embryos from the Zip family, from whic...

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January 2025
Focus on... Calving-Ease

The ABS bull Leeds is a high production bull with good productive life… and is a calving-ease specialist too. Leeds now has a list of young sons entering service at ABS. Sired by Sandy-Valley Laker (<Acura), Leeds is out...

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December 2024
BullTalk December 2024

From the outset; bravo for the tremendous persistence of David Petersen from Iowa, breeder of the bull Majestic-Manor BluMoon. Petersen was convinced that his BluMoon deserved AI opportunities and spoke with numerous AIs...

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December 2024
Hanoverhill Starbuck: No More Glendell in the Tank, Then Elevation It Is. Almost Too Late...

A few months ago, the American “black beauty” To-Mar Blackstar appeared in HI: 09/2024. Born in 1983 and one of the top-20 most influential bulls in the Holstein breed. Four years earlier, the sire Hanoverhill Starbuck w...

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December 2024
Intriguing Sires - The top sellers

Ambrose was one of the first Ranger-Red sons Semex released to the market in May of 2023. ‘Being a son of the awesome cow Mystique Lambda Anis, he was popular right out of the gate,’ comments Carl Barclay. ‘Upon release...

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December 2024
Focus on... Robot Ready

Optimum teat position, teat length and udder balance are features that make the Synetics bull Urzokari de la Vigne ideal for robot milking. Good udder texture and strong attachments should result in long-lasting udders....

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December 2024
Unique View in the Barns of CRV: Four Generations of Popular Holstein Bulls

This special picture was taken by Han Hopman two months ago at the CRV AI facility in Giekerk (Friesland). Anyway, it is already exceptional to photograph four bulls together, but the fact that these are four generations...

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November 2024
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 as the #2 for young gLPI sires! He truly combi...

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