Sires Report

November 2017

Sires Report

Masato – Fat, Conformation and Fitness at the Highest Level

Whoever has followed Holstein history over the last 40 years knows that the requirements of modern sires changes with time. Certain traits become more important relative to older traits, or...

November 2017

Sires Report

Larcrest Commander: High Performance from the Cosmopolitans

With 13 sons in the top 20 on the current TPI list in the US, Mogul is the dominant force in the breed right now. A Mogul son who distinguished...

October 2017

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DP = Jameson & Addiction & Midnight

Jameson ranks at Nr.4 on the list in Germany, and is one of 7 in the top-10 that are out of Balisto dams. His mother Veenhuizer K&L Nelize is owned...

October 2017

Sires Report

All.Nure Secretariat – Italy’s New Top-Star

At first it was his many good daughters, that fresh in milk, gave high expectations. Then in April followed his debut on daughter-proven basis and with little surprise Secretariat emerged...

October 2017

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - October 2017

Bubba proves that we can’t always predict where the next breed-leading sire will be. Although the Jedi-son has 74 maternal siblings, with his score of 2875 gTPI, he is highest...

October 2017

Sires Report

Silver Pleases with Strong Daughter-Proven Debut

The wait is finally over! Seagull-Bay Silver, the former gTPI headliner, has made his greatly anticipated daughter-proven debut. How did he fare? Find out here!

October 2017

Sires Report

BullTalk - October 2017

He remains in the news, Garioni VanHalen, and there are many reasons. His career began in April 2016 when he immediately captured third place in Italy with 3691 gPFT. And...

October 2017

Sires Report

Rubicon: High Fat and Positive Health Traits

Mogul now has 8 sons in the top-10 on the official TPI daughter-proven sire list. Sitting at Nr.4 with 2723 TPI – and the leader for fat yield at 107...

October 2017

Sires Report

Battlecry Impresses with his All-Round Sons Worldwide

This will be the 4th time HI has focused on 3-year-old Battlecry, the last time was in March earlier this year when he was featured in “BullTalk”. In that article,...

September 2017

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Nighsky & Semino & Bloomfield

Nightsky is the highest son available so far from the former Nr.1 gTPI female, Nightout. Nightout is one of the Uno daughters of Miss OCD Robust Delicious, and is therefore...

September 2017

Sires Report

Josuper: The Most Extreme Production Sire in the Breed

With the latest proof round, Josuper added milking daughters pushing up his production numbers by over 500lb. of milk, making him the most extreme production sire in the breed. Even...

August 2017

Sires Report

Presenting the Progeny Proven Sons of Mountfield SSI Mogul

With 2494 TPI, Mogul is still nr.26 in the US. His index is now based on more than 17,000 daughters, with 72% of them on American soil. At the same...