Sires Report
Pine-Tree AltaOak: His Remarkable Foundation and His Intense Impact (3)
With part three, we conclude our trilogy about the remarkable outcross transmitter Pine-Tree AltaOak. In two earlier articles (March and April), we looked at remarkable sires on his maternal side:...
Intruiging Sires - May 2021
Marius is a Jedi son from a family line descending from Sully Shottle May, the mother of McCutchen. The Marius proof has climbed by over 100 points since last round...
BullTalk - May 2021
DG Charley is certainly unique. Without a doubt, he can call himself the sire of likely the world’s most talked about bull right now: Hurtgenlea Charl, America’s brand new TPI...
Crush and Sons: Major Impact on the Elite Type Market
When the Planet son Bookem delivered two extreme type young bulls McCutchen and Doorman it came as something of a surprise; after-all, Planet was a production maestro not a type...
Pine-Tree AltaOak: His Remarkable Foundation and His Intense Impact (2)
Why write a three-part series about the bull Pine-Tree AltaOak? Because Oak, with his outcross pedigree, was still able to reach the highest realms of the index lists, and thus...
Focus On - Fitness specialists
One can argue about many things: Is conformation important for sire selection? Is a deep pedigree important? If a sire should be polled or a red carrier? Is a specific...
Intruiging Sires - April 2021
‘Bad was already very popular as a young sire,’ explains Marc-Henri Guillaume from Swissgenetics about the RC bull that in April 2020 received his first progeny proven index. ‘With 202...
BullTalk - April 2021
The family that earlier provided the respected sires of sons Mr Salvatore-RC and Swingman-Red, has provided yet another talent: Gen-NH Spirit-Red: Good for 2778 gTPI/+2.03 gPTAT as well as 3411...
Intriguing Sires - March 2021
‘Multimate can attribute his popularity to the fact that he transmits cows that are robust and produce a lot of milk from well-attached, shallow udders,’ says Jaap Brinkman from CRV....
Pine-Tree AltaOak: His Remarkable Foundation and His Intense Impact (1)
Before we begin the portrait of Leif, the remarkable maternal grandsire of AltaOak, we will take a short look at Oak’s career. How did Oak end up as a young...
Focus on... March 2021
There are many traits that international Holstein breeding is working to develop at the moment. However, none of them have generated attention in the same way that feed efficiency has....
Intriguing Sires - March 2021
The family of Clear-Echo Ramo 1200 has produced another high-flying bull, Hercules, currently ranked at Nr.2 on the US genomic list. His sire is the very successful sire of sons,...