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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...
Unique Overview: The Most Popular Red Factor Sires World-Wide
An indisputable fact: red factor bulls have played a decisive role in the evolution of Red Holsteins. The pedigree of an undeniably elite bull like Rubels-Red (the sire of, among...
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...
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...
The Powerful “New Yorker” Maternal Line of Bestseller Cherry-Lily Luster-P
Elsewhere in this HI issue you read about the bestselling sires at 50 AI companies world-wide. Of these bestsellers, Cherry-Lily Luster-P is one of the big names, as this attractive...
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...
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...
Thanks to Renegade, Picston Shottle Is Receiving Even More Influence
In our previous history story, we looked at the pedigree of the matchless transmitter S-S-I Renegade and ascertained that in his near generations, just two transmitters appear twice: Man-O-Man and...
Good For >1.65 Million Black and Red & White Holsteins Dutch-Belgian Breeding Organization CRV Celebrates a Special 150 Years
The Netherlands has a special place in global Holstein breeding, as the country is regarded as the cradle of the global Holstein breed. After all, the original black & white...
BullTalk - August 2024
To HI’s question ‘Which of your own sires should be used more often”, HI received a tremendous response from AIs world-wide. Besides the answers that you can find in an...
Ferme Coti, Quebec: A Well-known Source Provided a Significant Contribution to Their Nice Master Breeder Title
Just a short distance west of the metropolis of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec we find the beautiful farm of the Cloutier family. In 2021, they made national...
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...