Sires Report
Volker: From a strong branch
Volker, from the cattle union Baden-Württemberg (RBW), delivers on his genomic breeding values and impresses as a strong production, daughter-proven sire. At the same time, he is the best udder...
Intriguing Sires 3 DNA - July 2022
‘Juri is the Nr.1 udder bull in Switzerland as well as in the German/Austrian system,’ explains Urs Wichser at Select Star. ‘In addition to pleasing overall type, Juri is a...
Intriguing Sires Polled - June 2022
‘Hailstone is very popular and is thus following in the footsteps of bestselling homozygote polled sires like Dynamite-PP and Debut-PP,’ says Hannah Noble from Cogent about the son of Hulk-P...
“Surrogate Sires”: The Concept is now a Reality
How many times has this thought occurred? When an outstanding sire has a shortage of semen supply, or an elite bull is injured and cannot produce semen, or even when...
How the “old” Chief was Auctioned as an Unborn Calf
We go back in time sixty years. To – in Holstein country – an unusual state in the US: Nebraska. But: it is a place where one of the most...
Stantons Chief: The New Standard for Uniform Quality at a High Level
‘Those who see a Chief want a Chief of their own. And those who milk a Chief want to milk more Chiefs.’ This quote was recorded in… 1966! When the...
Intriguing Sires DP - June 2022
‘Beatclub is now more popular than ever, as he was the big winner of the recent April release. His daughters display tremendous progress in the second lactation.’ Speaking is Bernd...
BullTalk - June 2022
New sires regularly come and go in the top of the German progeny proven Red Holstein list. However, one name remains stable in the top-30: Arino-Red with a total index...
Do you know the answer? Who is the sire with the most EX daughters of all-time?
Hand on your heart: would you have known which sire left behind the most EX daughters in the history of global Holstein breeding? Of course, you probably have a hunch...
Intriguing Sires DNA - June 2022
Precision debuted in April with a significant lead in first place on the German gRZG ranking. His trademark: indexes at the highest level in combination with the milk protein variants...
Focus on - June 2022
It is not a foregone conclusion that outstanding show cows make outstanding breeding cows. But they do exist, as several of the biggest talents from the show ring with noteworthy...
Focus on... May 2022
Once again, the breeding evaluations in April revealed bulls with special traits like polled or red factor as sources of interesting newcomers. While polled and particularly RC sires at the...