Herd reports
El Grillo: 650 Holstein Cows in Uruguay
With this photo page we arrive in Uruguay, South America: Or more specifically in Sarandi Grande in the Florida Department, 140 km north of Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo. We arrive...
Riverdown in Canada: Home of Unstopabull and Incredibull
Unstopabull and Incredibull – the two high-type red bulls have been giving the Riverdown name a presence on the international Holstein scene over recent years. This month we take you...
Here is #6 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Sandy-Valley!
Spectacular! We have not yet started with the top-5 of our competition and now already we come across real heavyweights… en route to the absolute Nr.1, which will be revealed...
Rinderzucht Kaack - Strong Performing D Family Provides Three Sires in the German Top-4
Murano (150 RZG), Morgan (148 RZG) and Masato (147 RZG) occupy 3 of the top-4 positions on the German progeny proven index list. They are three Mogul sons of one...
Savage-Leigh: Striving to Breed Cows that are every Dairy Person’s Dream!
A multi-faceted operation with many interesting features, join us as we visit the American Savage-Leigh herd where two very different operations work harmoniously under the same prefix. And more: Discover...
La Waebera - A Fixture of the Swiss breeding Scene Goes the Next Step
La Waebera, the ultra-modern farm of the Clément family, is world-class for conformation. But there is much more to the story than that. La Waebera does not only have a...
Coyne-Farms: How They Achieved 5 Global Cow Nominations in 3 Years
Numerous top TPI sires, globally impacting families and highly productive cattle thriving in a large scale environment are what symbolises the American Coyne-Farms herd. Home to the world-renown Yadda, Jelly...
Here is #7 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Braedale!
Never before has interest in a competition during HI’s 25 years been as great as it is in the unique breeder competition that was introduced in HI’s January edition 2019....
Benninghoff Holsteins – Not only one of the biggest, but also one of the best herds in Germany
As there are only a handful of herds in western Germany that are of a similar size, simply the number of 1,200 cows that Marc Benninghoff milks on his north-German...
Stone-Front in Wisconsin: 100 Years of Holstein History
Stone-Front Iron Pasta EX-96 was Reserve Grand Champion at the World Dairy Expo in 2010. Currently the Stone-Front name attracts attention through the popular high type genomic bull Stone-Front Artist,...
Here is #8 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Ferme Gillette!
In the meantime, you have read the stories about numbers 10 and 9 from the top-10 of HI’s unique Breeders Competition: Pine-Tree in March and Mil-R-Mor in April. Now follows...
Veneriete Ida’s - Family with Components, Breeding Power and Longevity
‘The appearance of his first progeny proven index last December marked the comeback of Board, who is currently in high demand both at home and abroad,’ tells Liane Krauter from...