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Level-Plain Holsteins: Lots of AI Sires, All from One Homebred Cow Family
Breeders who want to breed animals with competing or even higher genomics than those from large nucleus programs, give themselves a huge task. Keith Nettekoven does not shy away from...
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...
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...
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...
ABS Global: The NuEra Genetics Beef Product Line
Using beef genetics on lower genetic-quality dairy cows has been a common practice in many countries for years. Dairy farmers have recognised that producing a beef cross calf generates more...
Unique: AIs Offer Their Own Recommendations: These Sires Should Be Used More Often (2)
In HI’s July issue, we published part one of a unique document, in which AI companies all over the world indicate which of their own bulls deserve to be used...
BullTalk - March 2024
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...
BullTalk - January 2024
Nr.1: +4.99 gPTATSince the December release, the world has a new Nr.1 for PTAT: the Denmark bred SHG Lego is good for +4.99 gPTAT with 2356 gTPI and owned by...
Focus on... January 2024
High somatic cell counts and mastitis are costly on dairy farms: A reason for many farmers to have them play a role in sire selection. Therefore, a focus this time...
Intriguing Sires DNA - November 2023
Ranger-Red has been a sensation as a sire of sons; the first red bull to dominate black & white young sire lists. Pringle-Red is his most outstanding red son and...
Tony van Lith (Valiant Dairy Genetics): ‘I See Breeding as an Art Form.’
Showtime-RC, Rolex, Migos, Legit, Lizzo, Lazer-PP-Red, Allure-PP, Mombassa-PP-Red, Muffin-P-RC, Fallegro-PP-Red. During the past three years, ten sires with the Valiant prefix found their way to the barns of ABS, Semex,...
Ocean-View Sexation: Hero of the 1980s, Still Influential Today
Never before has a portrait of him appeared in HI. However: ‘He truly transmitted the profile that corresponds to the expectations that every dairy farmer has for what a solid...