United States of America

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

Sires Report

Focus On... September 2020

When it comes to the development of the breed, Holstein bulls that are carriers of the red factor have time and time again had their hands on the wheel. And...

September 2020

Sires Report

BullTalk - September 2020

Note here one of the most popular Red Holstein and polled sires right now: Caudumer Solitair-P-Red. Liane Krauter from owner RUW in Germany can be clear about it: ‘Solitair-P is...

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...

September 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - September 2020

Ponte de Lima is the oldest villa in all of Portugal and was historically significant as a Roman settlement on the road from Braga to Santiago de Compostela. Close by...

August 2020

Cow Families

Conceited and Cookie Dough:

Two 94-point cows, both over 200,000lb. (90,000kg), with a pedigree of 5 and 6 generations of EX: It’s the kind of cow family that dreams are made of! ‘There is...

August 2020

Cow Families

Cow Country - August 2020

When the Dutchman Norwin Piet (NRP Holsteins) became the new owner of ALH Australia in 2014, he could not have imagined where this purchase would lead. The RC Supersire granddaughter...

August 2020

Herd reports

Ladys-Manor Ruby Shawn’s Genetics from Maryland to Switzerland

All over the world, early summer is a busy season for dairy farmers. Sometimes it can be so busy, that a report about a breeding enterprise also turns out differently...

August 2020

Sires Report

Focus on... August 2020

Teat placement, teat length, udder form, udder health, milkability, character, movement – there are man traits that determine whether a sire is suited for automated milking systems. Indeed, many countries...

August 2020

Cow Families

Sofia and Sky: Shaping the Future of Red-Holsteins

Two bulls stand out as the major contributors to Red-Holstein proof lists worldwide at present, Salvatore RC and Swingman-Red. Placing second in HI’s 2020 Red-Impact competition was the dam of...

August 2020

Sires Report

BullTalk - August 2020

Of course, everyone knows Jedi… S-S-I Montross Jedi, who in the meantime has about 15,000 daughters world-wide. But here it is about a different, lesser known, Jedi: RZG Jedi, owned...