December 2021

In the Top-3 of herds with the highest percentage of excellent cows (see HI 8/2021) we find Crisdhome in western Wisconsin. Here, two thirds of the 100-cow herd is scored EX. This includes 8 cows at EX-94 and 17 at 93! C...

‘We find it tremendous when our cows are good enough for the show, but we are certainly not show breeders.’ Gerrit van der Kolk consistently follows his own vision and likes to place facts in the right perspective. At Bo...

‘For the past few years, there are a number of dairy plants in Spain that only process A2A2 milk. As such, sires with A2A2 are in higher demand here,’ says Jordi Farré Rebull from Aberekin. The most sold progeny proven b...

An American Dairyman continues his series of contributions for Holstein International and now brings some interesting suggestions for sire selection. He also adds some actual sire names to his suggestions – all based on...

Admittedly, to choose a headline that so clearly defines the category of the sire featured is a bold move. But for Luster, the current Nr.1 for daughter-proven polled sires in the USA, we are willing to take the risk. Th...

On the right you see one of the most popular polled transmitters and sires of sons from Germany: Simon-P! Together with his sons Sampler-PP (left) and Signal-P (middle). In a moment, more about these two sons, as we will...

In early November, in the northern Italian city of Montichiari, Italy’s National Holstein Show took place. All results are included at the bottom of this page. Remarkable are the stories behind both the National Champion...

Born in 1958, Coralie established a family that has provided numerous successful AI bulls, produced a number of multi-generational EX branches to the family, and has made a prominent contribution to various herds across...

In November’s HI, you could become extensively acquainted with Nr.4 and Nr.3 of HI’s Global Cow Family Tournament: Braedale Gypsy Grand and Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy. On this page, you find the responses of the breeders beh...

In the HI issues of September, October, and November, the excitement continued to rise; in the meantime, you have become acquainted with numbers 3 through 10. Now follows the absolute apotheosis: the unveiling of the two...

Solomon sired the Reserve Champion at the World Dairy Expo this year, the 4-year-old Oakfield Footloose, a rising superstar of the show world. Another Solomon daughter in the news is Avonlea Solomon Victory who topped th...

Knowing if a cow is open or pregnant plays a vital role in effectively managing your herd, but how do you detect pregnancies? In this management article we focus on pregnancy detection through milk analysis.

In HI’s July issue, she was described as one of the world’s most influential bull dams. Lakeside UPS Red Range, the dam of sixteen young AI sons, including the Canadian gLPI leader Ranger-Red, was one of the favorites to...

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed beef semen. This month we introduce Intermizoo from Italy and KI Samen...

In this spot in the last issue of HI you were able to read about several of the best genomic conformation sires in the breed. And, as promised in November, we now follow with four more conformation specialists. The diffe...

‘He is very popular due to his high components, A2A2, unique aAa (516), average stature, low somatic cell, high udder index and plus for DPR,’ explains general manager Ron Sersland about why Leaninghouse Speak-Up (2790 g...

What follows is not only the story about the world’s highest Mogul son. It is also the story about his special dam and maternal line: Ruby and the Dellias. As well as the story about breeding expertise and passion. And t...

With Himeyers Brain, a brand new prefix appeared in the top of the Swiss sire line-up. The Letsgo son from Swissgenetics scores 1602 gIset, with high indexes for conformation and udder. He was the first bull that Eduard...

After years of alliances and mergers, the breeding landscape in Germany has been cleaned up considerably. Of the 12 breeding cooperatives that were in existence 10 years ago, there are only four left today. In addition t...