Germany
Cow Country - January 2021
Recently Meadow-Green Abso Fanny-Red EX-96 was selected as the new Red Holstein World Champion (HI 10/2020). Will she also excel as a brood cow? Those who speak with the Cunningham...
Bull Talk - January 2021
He has not yet appeared on HI’s cover as a mature bull… but now it seems like the right moment. Seagull-Bay Silver is no longer alive, but: he is the...
Focus on... December 2020
It is not always the breeding values that explain the popularity of certain sires. There are more characteristics that are important to dairy farmers when selecting bulls, like cow families,...
Unique HI Overview: Here are the Bestselling Holstein Sires at AI Companies World-wide
Who were the most sold Holstein bulls during the past six months? HI posed this question to breeding companies world-wide. The answers resulted in the unique accompanying overview: 77 bestsellers...
Cow Country - December 2020
‘She is the embodiment of what we want to breed! She has good fertility, strong production and has an impressive conformation. Indeed, Jabobina is a real “true type” cow!’ These...
SHA Grumeti: Source of Outstanding Traits
She is the cow with the highest breeding value in Germany, the dam of the highest male calves as well as that of three other animals that are also the...
Cow Country - December 2020
‘In her best days, Portefolio was the cow that every breeder dreams about. Her conformation, especially when it came to her exceptional udder, was nearly perfect. In addition, she was...
Bull Talk - December 2020
In April, he immediately debuted in the German progeny proven top-5, and in August, he climbed six points, making him the strong German Nr.2: Sinus. ‘His compact, average-statured, and robust...
Intriguing Sires - December 2020
‘From the outset I want to say – and I admit that I am biased – that we are tremendously enthusiastic about this bull. I told Semex that in the...
Intriguing Sires - December 2020
KNS Rendezvous has now more than proven herself as a brood cow. The well-known German Man-O-Man daughter from the offspring of the famous French Jocko daughter Radieuse EX-91 is the...
Intriguing Sires DNA - November 2020
Proximo is just outside of the German absolute top. Torsten Lenk, sire analyst for Masterrind: ‘Since May, we have been using Proximo as a sire of sons within the NOG...
Cow Country - November 2020
Just due to her colour alone, Logan Jodie 3-Red turns out to be a special sight. ‘She is nearly entirely white, only the tips of her ears are red,’ explains...