Herd reports
La Waebera - A Fixture of the Swiss breeding Scene Goes the Next Step
La Waebera, the ultra-modern farm of the Clément family, is world-class for conformation. But there is much more to the story than that. La Waebera does not only have a...
Coyne-Farms: How They Achieved 5 Global Cow Nominations in 3 Years
Numerous top TPI sires, globally impacting families and highly productive cattle thriving in a large scale environment are what symbolises the American Coyne-Farms herd. Home to the world-renown Yadda, Jelly...
Benninghoff Holsteins – Not only one of the biggest, but also one of the best herds in Germany
As there are only a handful of herds in western Germany that are of a similar size, simply the number of 1,200 cows that Marc Benninghoff milks on his north-German...
Here is #7 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Braedale!
Never before has interest in a competition during HI’s 25 years been as great as it is in the unique breeder competition that was introduced in HI’s January edition 2019....
Veneriete Ida’s - Family with Components, Breeding Power and Longevity
‘The appearance of his first progeny proven index last December marked the comeback of Board, who is currently in high demand both at home and abroad,’ tells Liane Krauter from...
Here is #8 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Ferme Gillette!
In the meantime, you have read the stories about numbers 10 and 9 from the top-10 of HI’s unique Breeders Competition: Pine-Tree in March and Mil-R-Mor in April. Now follows...
Ghardaia: The Splendid Breakthrough of Rogy Holsteins
Grand Champions of the prestigious Swiss Expo in Lausanne all enter Holstein history with full capitalization. Because victory at the prestigious Swiss Expo is in a “class of its own”....
Stone-Front in Wisconsin: 100 Years of Holstein History
Stone-Front Iron Pasta EX-96 was Reserve Grand Champion at the World Dairy Expo in 2010. Currently the Stone-Front name attracts attention through the popular high type genomic bull Stone-Front Artist,...
Darnlaw Farm: Breeding for Excellent Type and Potential 100,000 kg Cows
No less than seven representatives of Darnlaw Farm (prefix: Townlaw) – including six of them scoring EX – passed the milestone of 100,000 kg in 2018. In the modern free-stall...
Master Breeder Rolandale - ‘Type will become even more important in the future.’
Impressive. That is the right word – and certainly not an overstatement – to describe the entire herd of father Rolland and son Marc-André Dubois in Quebec. What powerful type,...
Maple-Dell: Striving for Type, Without Forsaking Profitability
The minute we stepped out of the car we knew it was going to be a good visit. Following a miserable, cold and wet morning, the rising spring sun was...
Here is #9 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Mil-R-Mor
The results are complete: the top-25 most influential breeders of the past 25 years. But, as promised, the results will appear one month at a time. Appearing in HI’s previous...