Cow Families

February 2020

Cow Families

Stormi Hazel: More Than a Third of Her Classified Daughters Score 94 or Higher!

The EX-96 Stormatic daughter Quality-Ridge Stormi Hazel was one of the big name stars on the North American show scene. However, even more impressive was her success rate as a...

February 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - February 2020

After 45 years of breeding Holsteins, a lifelong goal was achieved for the Lang family of Springhill Farms as their homebred Springhill-OH Wind Jada EX-91 was named Grand Champion of...

January 2020

Cow Families

Glinzer Holsteins: Outstanding Herd Achieved through their own Breeding Strategy

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...

January 2020

Cow Families

Pen-Col Rubicon Beth: Four Sons for the Future of the Breed

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...

January 2020

Cow Families

Australian Bonnie Family Hits the Big-Time in North America

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...

January 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country 2 - January 2020

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...

January 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - January 2020

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...

December 2019

Cow Families

Cow Country - December 2019

Don Bennink of No-Fla Holsteins in Florida has a clear vision which guides his breeding in his over 10,000 head herd: his ideal cow has a slightly below average size,...

December 2019

Cow Families

Windy-Knoll-View Promis: Breeding Miracle from Pennsylvania with 23 EX daughters

With 23 EX daughters in Holstein USA’s data base, Windy-Knoll-View Promis is one of the absolute phenomenon of the Holstein breed. An unprecedented performance, which at the same time makes...

December 2019

Cow Families

VH Crown: High Sales in Scandinavia and Beyond

I/S Hedelund, a dairy enterprise in the northern Danish Aalestrup, made a flying start in the 1970s with the use of the ground-breaking German bull Pabst Ideal. More than 40...

December 2019

Cow Families

Fustead Lavon: Dam of Solution, the Popular Sire of Sons

Fustead Rubicon Lavon was a finalist in the 2019 Global Cow competition. Her sons include the popular Frazzled son Solution and the Superhero sons Nacash (France), Superday (Germany) and Lavonte...

December 2019

Cow Families

Luck-E “A” Family: Source of the World’s Top Udder Bull

Spectacular type, the red colour and polled...the descendants of Luck-E Advent Asia now fulfill a number of niche markets and appeal to an ever widening cross section of breeders. Here...