Cow Families
Windy-Knoll-View Promis: Breeding Miracle from Pennsylvania with 23 EX daughters
With 23 EX daughters in Holstein USA’s data base, Windy-Knoll-View Promis is one of the absolute phenomenon of the Holstein breed. An unprecedented performance, which at the same time makes...
Cow Country - December 2019
Don Bennink of No-Fla Holsteins in Florida has a clear vision which guides his breeding in his over 10,000 head herd: his ideal cow has a slightly below average size,...
Lohmann´s Elly-Lilly EX-90 - Elevation Still Delivers in the 21st Century
She is a cow that makes the mouth water and her pedigree likely does the same for many experienced Holstein fans. The cow we are presenting on this page is...
Fustead Lavon: Dam of Solution, the Popular Sire of Sons
Fustead Rubicon Lavon was a finalist in the 2019 Global Cow competition. Her sons include the popular Frazzled son Solution and the Superhero sons Nacash (France), Superday (Germany) and Lavonte...
Bons-Holsteins Koba’s: Long-standing Dutch Cow Family with Global Allure
During the Sale of Stars 2018, a 50% share in the EX-94 Lauthority daughter Bons-Holsteins Koba 219 was sold for C$47,000 to Westcoast Holsteins. Embryos from the cow family have...
Mox Kite Maryrose – Even After 15 Years People are Crazy About Her Genetics
This story comes without any reference to high-testing and intensively used sons or grandsons. Without high genomic values. Without bull dams. And nonetheless this is the story of one of...
Striking Gold with Claynook’s Chassity line!
It all goes back to the 2009 International Intrigue sale where a cow sold with a package for a monumental $1.5 million. That cow is now one of the modern-day...
Roz Family: Realizing The Ultimate Combination
The Roz family at Siemers Holsteins in Wisconsin has become one of the top performers on the genomic scene. A finalist in this year’s Global Cow competition is Siemers Delta...
Cow Country - November 2019
Standing out on the TPI list of the highest and also the most reliable bulls is View-Home Monterey, who is the only transmitter with >3.00 PTAT. One of the 6466...
The Story of Australia’s 2018 Cow of the Year Started with a Dream…
Holstein International first contacted Murray Polson from Australia this summer for some information about his cow Mario Park Goldwyn Alicia (for July’s CowCountry). We expected to obtain some brief notes,...
A Special Cow in a Special Herd
While we were travelling for several stories two years ago in Austria, we had the opportunity to visit a special operation. The host on this lovely morning at the end...
Polled is the new goal for the Dafné family!
The Dafné family from Gaec du Moulin Trefoux in the west of France is well-known for fine shows results, females with high potential and high breeding values from new sires....