January 2020

Udder quality is at an exceptionally high level, there are no cows with poor feet & legs, and the herd average is currently 10,600 kg (23,370 lb.) with 4.30% fat and 3.50% protein. Splendid results from focused sire sele...

Thrulane James Rose, Loyalyn Goldwyn June and Bruynland Storm Kendra: Three 97-point cows that are just a few of the many great cows that have come from the Pierstein barn. Here we talk to the mastermind behind them – Pi...

The Jeffrey-Way herd in Wisconsin is a great type herd... cows with capacity, balance and size, great udders, big records and high lifetime production. Their famous “T” family has sent bulls into AI around the world for...

The last couple of months have been especially exciting for Marc Comtois, of Comestar Holsteins at Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada. In December he learned that he was voted Nr.1 in HI’s prestigious competition for the Most...

Currently AOT Silver Helix reigns supreme as the Nr.1 TPI daughter-proven sire in the US following his breakthrough in August of 2019. His maternal sister AOT Salvatore Hiccup is the dam of the Nr.1 and 2 genomic red bul...

With 2727 TPI based on 1776 daughters, Duke has well surpassed his DNA index. The greatest influence of the Montross son is being felt in Canada. Good components, besides lots of milk, in combination with plenty of dairy...

Most likely Jocko will never lose this status: the most popular Holstein bull in French history. After all, no other French bull has ever passed the milestone of one million doses of semen sold – but Jocko did so with a...

Whilst the start of the reigning Nr.1 gTPI sire, AltaZazzle’s pedigree story begins over 20 years ago with the legendary brood-cow Windsor-Manor Rud Zip – his modern-day narrative starts just two generations back, when S...

The Dutch company CRV the selection for fat and protein has a long tradition. We could present an entire team of sires, but there is good reason that Martin is the one selected. Afterall, with the Etazon Renates he has o...

In Italy, Westcoast Perseus (Penmanship-Doorman) is successful as a sire of sons: the list of top-25 DNA-tested sires includes no less than five Perseus sons. One of them is the popular Pess-Farm Faletti, who thanks to a...

Throughout the Holstein world there are many, many examples of highly successful cows and cow families that have been established from animals exported from North America. However, here is a cow family imported to North...

A Rubicon daughter is one of the most appreciated progeny proven bulls in recent years. She herself was the 18th VG/EX in a row, descending from the same bloodline that provided foundation sire Mtoto. The four-year-old P...

An average production of 10,756 kg (23,715 lb.) milk with 4.43% fat and 3.62% protein, average type of nearly 86 points and 16 cows that surpassed the milestone of 100,000 kg (220,000 lb.); the 74-head milking herd of Ja...

Back in the early 1990s Richard Charles’s family had a non-pedigree, commercial herd. However being a young, enthusiastic Holstein fan, the pedigree world was a new avenue Richard wanted to explore. Rather than buying a...

Jay and Jack Hein had to drive quickly straight through their home state of Ohio, arriving just on time at the sale of Doug Dye. There Jay and son Jack purchased the heifer Quality-Quest Fancifire. ‘She was black, had a...

In modern farming, environmental regulations controlling farming practices are becoming more and more restrictive in many regions of the world. Climate change and the contribution of agriculture to global warming are inc...

In 2017 Australia became the first country to publish genetic evaluations for Heat Tolerance. At first glance it would seem that a trait such as Heat Tolerance would really only be of importance in hot or tropical countr...

Picture a glass of JERSEY milk… rich & creamy! Picture a glass of GUERNSEY milk… golden & flavorful! Now, picture a glass of HOLSTEIN milk… nothing coming to mind yet?! Watery & white. Why is it that the lesser breeds ca...