United States of America

November 2020

Cow Families

Lars-Acres Felices Fame: The Raven Family at Oakfield Corners

Oakfield Corners Dairy (OCD) milks a total of over 8,000 cows at 4 separate locations: 3 in northern New York and 1 in Ohio. Their breeding program has produced a...

November 2020

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - November 2020

Envy has one of those no-holes proofs with no significant weaknesses across his entire proof breakdown. He is a solid bull with no extremes though his high components (+.23%f +.06%p)...

October 2020

Management

Gold Medal Dam and Dam of Merit: Recognizing the Elite Brood Cows of the US

Programs that give recognition to outstanding brood cows have been implemented in various Holstein countries worldwide. In the US two different awards are given to identify superior transmitting cows, Gold...

October 2020

Sires Report

Bull Talk - October 2020

With 3842 PFT (based on 212 milking daughters) he holds a strong 2nd position on Italy’s ranking of progeny proven sires. However, despite that high total index, All.Nure Rally scores...

October 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - October 2020

In 2018, Sweetview Avalanche Mitsou, at 30 months of age, became the Reserve Grand of the Red Holstein Show at the Canadian Royal. Now in her third lactation, the beautiful...

October 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - October 2020

Naturally, there are special reasons to explain why we are presenting the 4-year-old Maren here. The VG-88 Goldday daughter, whose pedigree, via daughters from Mascalese and Goldsun, goes back to...

October 2020

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - October 2020

The exciting news from the UK is the arrival of a homozygous polled bull at almost 700 PLI, and he comes from the Debutante Rae’s. The Hotspot son was bred...

October 2020

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - October 2020

‘Achiever was the first bull from the Icon Sires program at ABS, and thus continued to be extremely popular with many customers world-wide. The fact that he is the Nr.1...

October 2020

Sires Report

Focus On... attractive red debutants

They are red, young and high conformation. They are polled, breed for positive components and come with attractive pedigrees. It is not easy to find young sires in the Red...

October 2020

Herd reports

April-Day: producing and propelling leading-edge Red-Holstein genetics

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, once said, “the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” The dairy industry is filled with people who passionately love...

September 2020

Herd reports

Family Matters at Kings-Ransom Farm

Kings-Ransom Farm has been a part of the landscape of Schuylerville, New York, for many years. The King family has been at the present location since the late 1800’s. Although...

September 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - September 2020

With 538 PLI, based on 3,035 daughters, Topcroft Pesky Trix is one of the highest bulls in the United Kingdom. Topcroft is the prefix of Robert Crawford, a dairy farmer...