Cow Families
Cow Country II - November 2023
EX-94 2E at five years of age, high production records including a “Superior Lactation”, a ten-year-old EX-93 5E 11* dam with 100,000 kg/220,000 lb milk, Sunnylodge Prelude Spotty as foundation...
Cow Country I - November 2023
08-10-2023; a significant date for Jeff Lambrecht in Wisconsin. That day his Lambrecht Captain Eloise GP-83 became 36 months old, which marked the expiration of the purchase back rights of...
Menthe/Amarante/Audrey: This elite French family looks like it will never stop providing new promises
Where shall we begin our report about the extensive Amarante family from France? During an extensive interview with Pierre-Yves Cabon, one of the partners of Gaec Cabon, so many interesting...
Coolnagree Banker: Ireland’s Impressive Red Family that Started with a £5 Calf!
Seven-year-old Kate O’Leary’s parents Seamus and Bridget stood extremely proud ringside at the Irish National Calf Show. The balanced and correct Red March calf by Rager-Red she was showing with...
Whittier-Farms Outside Roz: Consistent Global Supplier of Popular Bulls
Over the past two decades, the family of Whittier-Farms Outside Roz has had a very positive impact in numerous herds across the breed. We trace the development of this impressive...
Cow Country I - October 2023
The Vermette family from La Ferme Verjatin Holstein in Quebec milks 35 high-indexing Jerseys. Their 35 Holsteins are also at a high level. This is particularly true of Verjatin Seabiscuit...
Seagull-Bay Oman Mirror – The cow that changed the breed
On October 14th, three years ago almost to the day, the career of Seagull-Bay Oman Mirror came to an end at her home on Seagull-Bay Dairy in Idaho after 15...
Moved to the Neighbours: Bull Dam Apina Nadja 143 Flourishes in the Ubachs Herd
With three available sons, Apina Nadja 143 is one of the most remarkable bull dams in the Netherlands. As such, she is following in the rich bull dam tradition of...
Cow Country II - October 2023
Winwood Tatoo Lightsout VG-87 is a finalist in the All-Australian Photo competition. ‘My boyfriend Mal Nikora and I purchased her dam as a 5-month-old calf in 2018 and the Tatoo...
Cow Country I - September 2023
‘During the first milk test she gave 197 lb/89.4 kg, during the second 195/88.5, and recently even 201 lb/91.2 kg!’ Betsy Bullard from Brigeen Farms (HI 11/22) in Maine speaks...
Barbabelle: A gift for the grandson and a new miracle weapon from P’tit Coeur
Of course you know about the P’tit Coeur barn of Roger Frossard in the Les Pommerats municipality in Switzerland. You know of him for his outstanding show and breeding cows,...
Cow Country II - September 2023
Milagro Farm in South Africa is situated on the coast near Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape province. The 450-cow herd established in 1996 is milked off pasture, comprised mostly...