Sires Report

November 2024

Sires Report

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...

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - October 2024

With the helping of milking daughters, the outcross sire Suez took the Nr.1 spot on the German list with 147 RZG. The Subzero son from an Outlast dam and an...

October 2024

Sires Report

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...

October 2024

Sires Report

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...

October 2024

Sires Report

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...

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires RED - October 2024

With an gRZG of 158, Malaga-Red is the current Nr.1 red and white sire in Germany. Above all, it is his outstanding production traits that propel him to this position....

October 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DNA - October 2024

Campbell is the Nr.4 gRZG bull in Germany, and is the Nr.1 son of Comeback, who combines somewhat different bloodlines (Commitment-Entity-Spectre) with strong health traits and pleasing type. Campbell is...

October 2024

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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...

September 2024

Sires Report

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...

September 2024

Sires Report

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...

August 2024

Sires Report

From New Mexico to international fame: Leaninghouse Taos’s road to the top

Nowadays there are many great daughter-proven Renegade sons, though Leaninghouse Taos is likely the most complete overall. Taos was bred by Rock-Hill Dairy in New Mexico. ‘At that time, Select...

August 2024

Sires Report

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...