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During a Holstein UK classifying workshop a question was posed on HI’s behalf: Do you have any suggestions for a UK cow family with high lifetime yields? ’Yes!’ was the unanimous response and all proposals pointed to one...

‘My big birthday present in 2015 was Edan Oliver Foxtrot-PP!’ With these words, Corrina Aldrich from Salem (New York) underscores appreciation for her “Foxy”, who completed a highest record of 27,540 lb/12,492 kg 5.0% 3....

In 2023, a total of 7 Peace&Plenty bred animals received All-American nominations, with all 7 from the Jubie family. In 2024 there were again 7 Peace&Plenty All-American nominations – including a Senior Best Three and a...

With five class victories for the Loh prefix, the recent Schau der Besten in the German Verden turned out to be downright successful for the Lohmöller family (Loh-An Holsteins). Among the absolute highlights was the Rese...

The Expo Bulle, the national Holstein show for Switzerland, was held for the 50th time on March 28th and 29th with 5000 enthusiastic breeders, experts and cow lovers from Switzerland and beyond. The jubilee edition of th...

The motto at River Valley Farm reads as follows: ‘A family farm focused on developing breed-leading cow families that deliver genetics producers around the globe can believe in and trust.’ By any measure, they have had s...

The Netherlands has two famous Pietje families. Descending from the Woudhoeve Pietjes is Poppe Snow-RC, the maternal great-grandsire of Gywer-RC. The Skalsumer Pietjes provided Skalsumer Sunny Boy, for years the bestsell...

From time to time a superstar arrives on the Holstein scene, a cow that can do it all; a top producer with the type to compete at the top level, a great brood cow with daughters to follow in her footsteps, and a prominen...

Last February in HI you found an extensive report about the Italian Holstein star Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96, and a month earlier a portrait of her splendid Irish half-sister Cormacoo Goldsun Fame EX-96. Now we trav...

This is the 27th edition of the World Champion competition! On the following pages you will find 18 of the most outstanding Holstein cows that have dazzled in show-rings around the world over the past 12 months. While yo...

Immediately an intriguing question. How many bulls do you know that provided even more influential daughters than Startmore Rudolph? Just read along: Wesswood-H Rudy Missy. Windsor-Manor Rud Zip. Ladys-Manor Ruby Jen. Co...

Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted appeared in the news one year ago, thanks to her Nr.1 gLPI son Beyond Hi-Power. The consistently high DNA indexes of all her descendants predicted more AI sires. Today Select Sires and Semex have a...

The elite sale ‘Die Auction’ plus the breeder’s gala on the eve, three current daughter groups from the Synetics breeding program, a dazzling show with Wilcor O Katy as the winner: Schau der Besten, the annual show of Ge...

Lydia is the fountainhead behind a family that produced 3 Canadian Royal Grand Champions: This is clearly one of the most consistent type transmitting families of the breed. And now there is much more to report – and fro...

No, he is not yet progeny proven, the nearly four-year-old Trooper son OCD Sheepster. In August, his first progeny proven index is expected. However, the Select Sires graduate is already regarded as a superstar in many c...