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DairyTalk 744: Where Are the Top HCC Sires? Is the German Market Missing Genetic Opportunities? - by Helmut Demmelhuber
German semen importers against the new Holstein Conformation Composite (HCC) introduced in the United States in August 2026. Unlike traditional conformation selection, which often rewards increasingly extreme physical characteristics, HCC emphasizes functional optima and penalizes excessive stature. The comparison suggests that German import catalogues generally offer more balanced and functionally oriented genetics than the broader U.S. population, but provide limited access to the highest-ranking American HCC sires. Differences between conventional PTAT scores and HCC become particularly…
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