Management
Uniform-Agri: Demand for Management Software in the Dairy Industry Continues to Grow
From quick processing of daily administration to complete overviews of herd performance; it is hard to imagine modern dairy farming without a well-functioning management program. Since 1986, Uniform-Agri has specialized...
Overview: here are the Different Traits that go into Feet & Leg Evaluations.
No matter whether your breeding goals are aimed at producing a cow for commercial milk production, a high-type show animal, or if you are trying to breed elite genetics for...
Do-It-Yourself AI - New Developments in the Marketplace
Do-It-Yourself Artificial Insemination (DIY AI) has made significant gains in recent decades. World-wide, millions of Holsteins are being bred by farmers themselves or by employees on dairy farms. Besides the...
From Australia to Europe and America: The Exclusive Update About the Highest Living EX Holsteins in the World
Whether or not we are speaking about an economically relevant trait here has no bearing. The fact is that that hardly any distinction is tied with so much emotion as...
Awards in Switzerland: Cows with Lots of Stars & Gold Medal Cows
Canadian Holsteins with several breeding stars often appear in HI. British Holsteins with several stars were placed in the spotlights in the March 2020 issue. Now we turn our attention...
Advertorial: 4 ways activity monitors can pay for themselves
Dairy farming is a wonderful job like no other. But it also presents its fair share of challenges. There’s peace of mind knowing you have technology on your farm to...
Editoral - Techmix
“Fresh Cow YMCP® is a proven product of twenty plus years in my dairy practice. It is a convenient, well balanced, and ready to use adjunct therapy that I can...
Which Traits Should You Focus On When Choosing Bulls for Beef-On-Dairy?
The use of beef sires on lower-end genetic-merit cows has become a widespread trend in dairy herds around the world. Extensive use of sexed semen has enabled producers to breed...
Heat Stress – It Can’t Be Beat Without Fans!
Avoiding heat stress for cows and the associated decreases in production and fertility is a main management topic in dairy farming, and this by now in almost all climatic zones....
Mitigating Methane: Just Can’t Get Enough of that Pink Puffy Seaweed!
Scientists around the world have been searching for ways to reduce agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps the most exciting discovery comes from Australia where researchers have identified a...
Who Are the UK’s Top Star Brood Cows?
In this investigative article HI explores the UK’s Star Brood system and discovers more about its leaders, as well as some select position holders.
Slick Gene - The Genetic Answer to Reduce Heat Stress
That heat and humidity cause stress for cows and reduce production is nothing new. But it is a phenomenon whose economic impact even in moderate climates is being ever-better explained...