Exclusive in Holstein International: The Most Popular Conformation Bulls at AI Companies World-wide

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 problems such as: too tall and too clumsy, too straight legs, too short teats, too high pins, too little median suspensory, insufficient strength, too closely placed teats… you likely recognize this. For that reason, a significant portion of dairy farmers like to keep an eye on conformation. For HI, the reason to inquire with as many possible AI companies world-wide about their most popular, or in other words, their most used conformation bulls. Here they are: 50 in all.

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