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February Cattle Connection Ad

A RARE opportunity from Unique breeding establishments! There will be many unique cows and heifers offered on this sale. These will be the kind to breed from! If you want to take your herd’s genetics to the next level, sell a few from your bottom end and make an investment in a milking cow or…
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Triple-Hil Sires Progeny Classic

The TRIPLE-HIL SIRES PROGENY CLASSIC sale is closing in fast! On March 21, we will be hosting a cattle consignment sale right here at our facility in Maryland. To mark the 10th anniversary of our business, this exciting event will feature approximately 90 head of cows, heifers, calves, 1st choice females, and embryos from some…
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Is the rapid declining generational interval in dairy cattle actually a success?

I recently read an article in the Hoard’s Dairyman magazine which greatly intrigued me. The title was “Genomics gets high grades on two fronts” and was reporting from a presentation given by Michael Lohuis, vice president of research and innovation with Semex, at the 2019 National Genetics Conference held in conjunction with the National Holstein…
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SKAGVALE SEMEN!

Triple-Hil Sires has acquired the complete semen inventory from John Tenneson’s Skagvale and Elysian Meadows bulls. John Tenneson stuck to his guns through every trend and craze of the AI market. He developed a herd of closely-bred cattle that were in high demand across the globe. Long-lived, High-scoring, and high lifetime production describe the Skagvale…
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New Health Trait Indexes!

New Health Trait Indexes!   CDCB (Council for Dairy Cattle Breeding) the group that now controls sire evaluations, recently unveiled six new health traits which were included in the April 2018 sire evaluations and also incorporated into the Net Merit$ index. These traits are aimed at identifying resistance to: Hypocalcemia (milk fever) Displaced abomasum (DA)…
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Mobility….it’s important.

Here’s 525HO125 Wonderboy (VG-85 2yr) doing his version of “the cow jumped over the moon” during his photo shoot. All four feet are airborne. Mobility is a big thing here at Triple-Hil Sires. If you visit our facility you will find bulls with solid feet and legs. We place a premium on selecting bulls that…
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92 Points

92 points. That is the average classification score of the 1st dam of our bulls. The type of cows found in the pedigrees of our bulls should give confidence in improving the next generation. Remember – Lab results do not determine the value of your cow. If it did, then the cows behind many of…
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An exciting genetic experiment!

Check out our latest investment. We purchased this donor cow at last week’s PA Convention sale. Hazels Sid Harmony (EX-91) Sid x Quality-Ridge Stormi Hazel (EX-96 2E) Harmony’s milk records: 2-00 305d 20,300 4.0 810 3.3 666 3-09 305d 27,650 4.7 1294 3.4 Where does the “experiment” part come in? For years we have discussed…
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Old Genetics?

According to the geneticists, a bull who’s sire, paternal grand-sire, and maternal grand-sire are all 20-30 years old should never produce off-spring that can compete on a modern level in confirmation and production. Bulls like 91HO5770 Jonah prove otherwise. At Triple-Hil Sires, we don’t put much stock in escalating numbers or the age of genetics…
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Today is Proof Day!

Today is proof day . . . Surprise! Triple-Hil Sires does not have any chart toppers in the GTPI, TPI, or type list, or any other such index for that matter. That is ok. We did not expect to. Neither have we ever selected for genetics based on any of these indexes with the goal…
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