E574 Polled Just Hit 3371 TPI. The Dehorning Iron Is Now a Choice, Not a Necessity.

The Bullvine Daily Brief by The Bullvine

S01 E574
27:01
Episode notes

A homozygous polled bull just topped Canada's August 2025 proven LPI list — ahead of every horned sire in the country. The 15-year horn tax is gone.

The Bullvine Podcast breaks down how polled went from bargain-bin compromise to the top of the proven lists. The top polled bull on the US list now reads 3371 TPI, polled hit 12.5% of Canadian Holsteins in 2025, and the Canadian merit gap has shrunk to under $100 HHP$. Here's what that means for your next mating sheet.

What You'll Learn

  • Why the "production penalty" reason to skip polled no longer holds
  • The difference between P and PP — and why only PP flips a herd in one generation
  • How Cherry-Lily Zip Luster-P erased the type-versus-production trade
  • What Denmark's 2031 dehorning ban means for your sire list
  • Whether the dehorning iron still pays i ... 
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Keywords
dairy breeding strategypolled Holstein geneticshomozygous polled siresTPI rankingsStantons Remover-PPLPI proven bullsdehorning alternativesbreeding strategy