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Our-Favorite: thuishaven van Unlimited en haar populaire zoon Undenied
Todd Stanek is niet opgegroeid met geregistreerde Holsteins; hij was al volwassen toen zijn passie voor fokkerij zich manifesteerde. Recentelijk, op de jaarlijkse National Holstein Convention, werd hij trots erkend...
Cow Country - September 2019
Don Mayer in Wisconsin has such confidence in Catamount’s genetics, in three years he would like 75% of his 55-cow Mayerlane herd to be from her family. Every calf born...
BullTalk - September 2019
At Cogent in Great Britain, they had to bid farewell to a popular favourite in their sire facility: Cogent Twist. And… Twist was not only a favourite among his caretakers,...
Penn-Dell’s Kathy Family: High-Type Branch of the Kays
The Kathy family at Penn-Dell is built around a daughter-dam pair of 94-point cows that have both been Grand Champion at their county fair. Further back in the pedigree we...
Here is #4 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: De-Su!
Here we are! We have arrived at the top-4, and thus the quartet of HI reader’s highest ranking breeders during the last 25 years. In this HI issue, we announce...
JMK Holsteins in Texas: From Nothing to 1400 Outstanding Holsteins in Just 35 Years
With 800 milking and dry cows, the dairy of John Koster (JMK Holsteins) is clearly below the average size in Texas (1343 cows), making it the fifth state for milk...
Focus on... September 2019
On first glance, it is the all-around positive values for all management and health traits that grab attention. Additionally, there is the good heritability for production and proper conformation with...
Intriguing Sires DNA - Biggelo & Sano & Nashville
No matter what you think of line-breeding, it worked for Canada’s Nr.1 gLPI sire S-S-I Biggelo, as the Delroy-son features the O-Man Mirror family on both sides of his pedigree....
Cow Country - August 2019
Ladd was the first polled bull used by Casey Jones on his family farm Scenery-View Farm in Pennsylvania. The results are noteworthy; within two generations Scenery-View Crackup (Simplicity-Silver) was bred;...
Cow Country - August 2019
In the All-New Zealand photo competition, the Ohaka-based Sherraine herd won all 3 milking classes. And testament to this 180-cow herd’s breeding, two of these cows were from Sherraine’s homebred...
Sunnyside Nelly Atwood: Leading to Dazzling Success for a 16-Year-Old
At +4.82 for type, Schur-Vu Undenied Neon is a standout among young genomic bulls. He’s the kind that creates excitement among type enthusiasts everywhere. The source behind this impressive type...
Intriguing Sires - Balic & Bandicoot & Duke
‘Our dairy farmers appreciate Balic and are using him again as a progeny proven bull,’ states Mathias Poferl from Rinderzucht Baden-Württemberg (RBW). ‘Also in his DNA period, Balic was already...