Synetics

March 2025

Herd reports

Wendland Holsteins (WEH): ‘If Your Family Also Does Well in Other Barns, Then You Have a Strong Cow Family!’

WEH Josefa, the beautiful and powerful picture cow with this report, is representative of breeding by father Jürgen and son Dennis Hintze. Strong cow families, such as the sizable J...

March 2025

Beef on dairy

Synetics: Inra95 & Angus Most Popular

‘Beef-on-Dairy (BoD) is a significant aspect of dairy farming, virtually world-wide. Especially in Germany, we see varying expectations from customers; at minimum, they want easy births, and a high price...

February 2025

Sires Report

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...

December 2024

Sires Report

Focus on... Robot Ready

Optimum teat position, teat length and udder balance are features that make the Synetics bull Urzokari de la Vigne ideal for robot milking. Good udder texture and strong attachments should...

December 2024

Herd reports

Otto van Zuilen, the highest ISU herd in France: A story of Maradona, Pelé, Cruyff and Oumea Prin!

Endurance: the ability to maintain a given production over the longest time possible. There is no better description for Otto van Zuilen, the protagonist of this herd report. In his...

December 2024

Sires Report

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...

November 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - November 2024

Gigaball is the current Nr.1 daughter-proven sire in Spain with a gICO of 1268. His sire is the Gymnast son Gigabyte, and his dam is the Sonic daughter Ballerina, who...

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

Management

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...

October 2024

Misc Breeds

Intruiging Sires Jersey - October 2024

‘There is no doubt that Juulsgaard Samson Julia passed on her good genetics for production, high components, fertility and health traits to her son VJ-Harder,’ says Peter Larson, Senior Breeding...

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...

August 2024

Management

Synetics: Extra Focus on Sire Fertility and Calving Ease

For decades, Synetics and its partners have placed a lot of emphasis on the Beef-on-Dairy strategy. So that today no less than eight breeds – all tested based on field...