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Hanoverhill Starbuck is the name of a Canadian sire (also known as a bull or male cow) with exceptional genetics. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Starbuck fathered over 200,000 daughters and 209 proven sons through artificial insemination.
LifeIn May 1979, Robert Chicoine and Harley Nicholson, two sire analysts from Centre d'insémination artificielle du Québec (CIAQ), travelled to Ontario to sign mating contracts with Holstein breeders. They were also looking for new young sires. In the Port Perry region they met Peter Heffering of Hanover Hill Holsteins, who offered to show them his herd. In the barn, a young Starbuck captured their interest. After...