Cow Families

December 2024

Cow Families

Willowhaven Goldwyn Bliss-RC: Brood Cow Behind Top Black-and-Whites… And Reds!

‘When we look back at all of her daughters, Bliss will be quite the brood cow around the world, not just in North America. Most of her daughters made with...

December 2024

Cow Families

Jeffrey-Way Twigs Completes the North American Double at the Canadian Royal

At Canada’s 102nd Royal Winter Fair, the awards for Grand Champion Holstein and Supreme Champion Dairy Cow of the show went to Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs. And in the Red...

December 2024

Cow Families

Miranda: Taking Polled Breeding to the Top of the Breed

The recent surge in elite polled genetics is pushing the Holstein breed ever closer to the tipping point where it could quickly become a polled breed. One of the driving...

November 2024

Cow Families

The Surprise of Madison: Twigs Beats Footloose and Shakira at World Dairy Expo

Jeffrey-Way Twigs is the name! The Hardrock daughter from the renowned T family at Jeffrey-Way Holsteins in Wisconsin provided a fantastic surprise at the World Dairy Expo, as she beat...

November 2024

Cow Families

Cow Country - November 2024

GENIA IS BRILLIANT‘We strive for a highly efficient, economical and resource efficient cow,’ states Jürg Hofmann of Hokovit Genetics in Switzerland. One of his current stars is the Silverridge Einstein...

November 2024

Cow Families

Plain-Knoll Mogul Mariah: With Her Own Powerful Chapter, from the Mirror/Mirage Family

Mayflower, Midnight, King Royal, Trooper, Crusher, Hurley… and then we are only talking about the progeny proven sires from the Mira-Mariah family at Plain-Knoll. Besides them, there are numerous young...

November 2024

Cow Families

Second Global Cow Title in a Row for Siemers!

Likely none of the Global Cow Competitions have been as strong as this 20th edition. Note here the recipe for an extraordinarily fascinating finale. The new Global Cow is Siemers...

October 2024

Cow Families

Denmire Maries: 6 Generations of 100,000kg, 6 Generations of EX-94!

Roxy, Dellia, Laurie Sheik, Splendor: These time-tested families are household names. And if you are in the UK there would be another name to add to that list – the...

October 2024

Cow Families

Cow Country - October 2024

How is this for a progeny list: 52 registered progeny with only one below 3000 gTPI! Kenyon-Hill Gameday Onia GP-83 just never misses. ‘This is a whole new experience for...

October 2024

Cow Families

UK Dairy Day 2024: Golden Title for Evening Sidekick Jennifer

Some champion titles carry extra weight. Purely due to the sublime quality of the competition. The Holstein title at the 10th UK Dairy Day is one of these, with a...

September 2024

Cow Families

Cow Country - September 2024

What is the synonym for “complete” in modern Holstein breeding? It may be Jacobs Goldwyn Brittany EX-96. She was successful in the showring, has a production high of 18,000kg/39,700lb and...

September 2024

Cow Families

It’s a Barbie World: Barbie Goes Global

It was just 20 years ago that Regancrest-PR Barbie, bred at Regancrest Farms in Iowa, emerged as the Nr.1 PTAT cow of the breed. However, Barbie transmitted much more than...