Exclusive HI Survey: Selection Traits, Sire Selection, and Experiences with Daughters of Sires

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Which traits receive the most attention in sire selection? What is the contribution of DNA and polled sires on your farm? Which bulls have you used the most for inseminations during the past few months? From which bulls are you currently milking the best daughters? These and other questions formed the survey that HI recently conducted among its readers, and in which nearly 800 dairy farmers participated world-wide. In this article, you will receive an answer to all the questions, and thus exclusive insight into the selection and choices of your colleagues.

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