Select Sires
BullTalk - April 2025
‘I want good conformation cows that milk well with very good components. In addition, I like to see polled, red & white/red carrier, and A2A2. As much as possible in...
Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted: The Newest Super Bull Dam from the Halo Family
Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted appeared in the news one year ago, thanks to her Nr.1 gLPI son Beyond Hi-Power. The consistently high DNA indexes of all her descendants predicted more AI...
Sheepster’s Background: How the Glare Family Appears in the News Again Thirty Years Later - And Now Globally!
No, he is not yet progeny proven, the nearly four-year-old Trooper son OCD Sheepster. In August, his first progeny proven index is expected. However, the Select Sires graduate is already...
Focus on... March 2025
‘McDonald-P-Red is definitely a star in mastitis resistance, very much like his sire Ronald,’ comments Kevin Jorgensen from Select Sires. ‘It likely comes from Ronald’s granddam who was a Numero...
Successful Beef-on-Dairy: Powered by Angus
Angus or Angus based composite sires are now a major force in the beef-on-dairy revolution that has swept through the dairy industry around the world. Here we talk with specialists...
Intriguing Sires DNA - March 2025
‘The thing I like the best about this bull is there isn’t anything I don’t like about him. He checks every box from production, type, fitness and pedigree. And being...
BullTalk - March 2025
The progeny proven bull Predar has managed to attain Germany’s highest score for longevity (RZN). With no less than 138 RZN, he reigns over all progeny proven and DNA tested...
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,...
TPI or Net Merit: Which Index is the Most Appropriate for Todays Breeding Industry?
With American genetics being a major driver of Holstein breed progress around the world, their main genetic indexes TPI and Net Merit are widely known and are used extensively in...
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...
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...
Focus on... November 2024
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...