Herd reports
Weigeline: Focus on Average Statured Cows & Providing Sires for AI
‘The changes adopted by Holstein USA to reduce the prejudice against small cows has been received by us with applause.’ Dan Weigel, who together with partner Ron Franck determines the...
Sandy-Valley: America’s Top Index Herd Shares Some Management Details
When the Holstein Association recently announced the winners of its Progressive Genetics Herd awards for 2017, the herd with the highest average TPI in the US (at 2450) was Sandy-Valley....
Schönhof - One of the First Addresses for Holsteins in Austria
When the December HI was sent to thousands of breeders around the world two months ago with the World Champion Poster 2017, there were likely more than a few readers...
Fehrower Agrar: Doing Successful Business in an Unconventional Way
In late 2017, the German RBB Show was won by Manchester, a Holstein cow in her 10th lactation with 100,000 kg to her credit. In itself, that is already quite...
Sheeknoll Durham Arrow is Certainly not the Only One Dazzling at the Sheehans
After her unexpected victory at Madison 2016 she became the Holstein talk of the day, world-wide: Sheeknoll Durham Arrow, alias “Thomas”. But the EX-96 Durham and her descendants are not...
Clear-Echo: Home of the Ramo 1200 Family
Clear-Echo Ramo 1200 EX-94 has been a finalist in the Global Cow competition, and she is the icon of a family that is making its presence felt around the globe....
Holstein Cows Turned out to be a “Dove of Peace” for Russian Dairymen
ZAO Niva is taking advantage of the highly-productive Holstein cows at its farm in Samara Oblast, Russia. Now there are plans for a major business expansion in the future to...
Bodier: This French Breeding Herd Contains Three Valuable Gene Sources
In France, hardly any prefixes are used. That is unfortunate, because while in North America successful breeders can be identified via their prefixes, in France you have to dig much...
Melarry: Breaks Through in Elite Breeding Due to Genomics
Last April, HI published an article about the deep F family at Melarry, and now – eight months later – the breeding enterprise from Minnesota has its own report. Rightfully...
Oakfield Corners makes $200,000 sale tops and 6,500 embryos annually
We apologise! 11 generations of family farming, a large herd, breed-leading genomics and top type animals… There’s simply too much to write about Oakfield Corners Dairy in 2 pages –...
California’s “Supermarket for Genetics”: RuAnn & Maddox Dairy: 1,400 Home-Bred Excellent Cows!
The San Joaquin Valley in California is 300 miles long and 100 miles wide and is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. A combination of rich...
Hanalee’s Passion for Pedigrees Brings Expansion with a Difference!
A passion for deep pedigrees and good cows has driven the Hazeleger family to create an interesting operational strategy. A number of the world’s finest pedigrees can be found in...