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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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

‘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...

In HI’s recent October edition, ­Monterey appeared in BullTalk. This led to a direct response from breeding employee Gary Gao in China. He messaged HI: ‘An AI technician called me six years ago. After he had used 600 Mon...

We continue to hear it from dairy farmers the world over: conformation remains important. Not immediately to breed show cows, but especially to create problem-free cows, who can easily do their work each day. Without pro...

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 goes back to Farnear-Tbr Bailey VG-87. The Shottle da...

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 the pedigree traces through Davinci-Snowman-Shottle to O...

At CRV the very popular Delta Launch-PP-Red has recently been joined by the newly proven Delta Everton in being marketed as high-conception rate sires. Everton is sired by De Leenhorst E-Profit (<Delta Magister) while hi...

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 sons. Yes, the contri...