Illinois

May 2025

Herd reports

Koester Dairy in Illinois: Solid Selection Leads to Numerous Awards and Two Homebred Genomically Elite Families

Truly remarkable. This description applies to the splendid dairy and breeding enterprise of Koester Dairy in the northern part of the American state of Illinois. And then we are not...

May 2025

Cow Families

River Valley Listowel Macnchez 5055: Icon of a Very Consistent Genomic Family

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.’...

January 2025

Management

How the Most Popular Cow in the World was Discovered… ...and Came into the Global Limelight at Mil-R-Mor Farm

Of course she has formidable competition, for example from Dellia, Laurie Sheik, and other female Holstein legends. But: nevertheless, Glenridge Citation Roxy still graciously carries the “Queen of the Breed”...

January 2025

Cow Families

Cow Country - January 2025

Normandy, in the central west of France, is home to Gaec de la Chapelle, where Piet and Christina Bakker milk a herd of 75 cows. That’s where we pictured one...

May 2022

Cow Families

Cow Country - May 2022

When we ask Jonathan Kelso from JK Genetics in Northern Ireland about the qualities of the Marq I family, his answer is clear: ‘Without a doubt: consistency. Consistency in providing...