Cow Families
Cow Country - August 2022
In 2019, as a teenager, Aloïs Boudry showed the Red Holstein two-year-old EHB Apoll Rosalie for Belgium at the European show in Libramont. Together, that day, they earned a well-deserved...
Stadacona Outside Abel: Fountainhead of a Family of Super Brood Cows
Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy sold for 1.2 million dollars, was Grand Champion at the World Dairy Expo and the Royal in 2011, and was Canadian Cow of the Year 2012....
Cow Country II - August 2022
The silky black heifer in the picture goes by the name of RUW Frosty and belongs to the Huesecken Gbr in Hagen. She is one of the few Peak Aztec...
Cow Country I - July 2022
‘This cow is incredibly balanced with enormous milkiness. For an eighth-lactation cow she has an outstanding udder that is very well attached,’ are the words of judge Paul Hannen, who...
Cow Country 2 - July 2022
Dogwood Farm in Virginia, 50 miles/80 km west of the centre of Washington DC, is the domain of Pottsdale Holsteins. ‘RORA Elevation was bred just seven miles or eleven kilometres...
The favourites of the AI studs
Which cow families drive the breeding train? That is what BSI wanted to know of the AI studs and enquired about. In addition, we carried out our own analyses: which...
Weggelhorster Holsteins Strong Herd and Positive Bottom Line with Many Cows from Homebred Sires
‘We need to make money, that is the red thread on our farm.’ Richard and José Haytink from Weggelhorster Holsteins have clear goals in mind. They appreciate balanced cows, and...
Genetics of the Glendell daughter Rockton Della in France
When you read this, it will be almost exactly 35 years ago that a Chief Mark daughter, from the American Glendell Arlinda Chief daughter Rockton Della, was born in France....
The Amazones at Micheret: Cow Family Quality that Returns Rock Solidly with Each Generation
Searching for the intense power of cow families? At Ferme Micheret in St-Zephirin, Quebec, you come across this power in all its force. A few years ago when we walked...
Cow Country - June 2022
The family of Al-Lew Monterey Ashley EX-94 is gaining popularity. While her sons Aristocrat, Arrow and Armagedon-P have been well-liked for a while, the family most recently attracted attention at...
Cow Country 2 - June 2022
The new Canadian Cow of the Year has been revealed: Paquet Kolya Goldwyn! That seems like more than a correct choice. The EX-92 Goldwyn daughter out of an EX-90 Titanic...
Cow Country II - May 2022
Calbrett Kingboy Miranda-P-RC EX-93, Global Cow 2021, was developed by Vogue Cattle Company. While the latter mentioned Canadian breeder syndicate has dissolved, the Miranda train continues to roll. For example,...