May 2025

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 talking about the splendid production...

At Vlabel Holsteins, True Type conformation was traditionally the most prominent breeding goal. Especially the udder traits received a lot of attention in the Belgian herd. For the past number of years, there has also be...

With five class victories for the Loh prefix, the recent Schau der Besten in the German Verden turned out to be downright successful for the Lohmöller family (Loh-An Holsteins). Among the absolute highlights was the Rese...

Take note: Browndale Maverick-P as well as both of his parents were bred by Browndale Farms in Canada. ‘His dam is an EX-91 Impression daughter who is still at Browndale Farms. She is in her fifth lactation and is the ki...

Here is a story about an exceptional bull. A bull that global dairy cattle breeding had never seen before – and such that it will never see again. Yes, Jenny-Lou Mrshl Toystory is truly unique and incomparable. Not a sin...

Zani Orange-RC, from Intermizoo in Italy, is sired by Boero, a son of their superstar Crisalis-RC. ‘We trusted in Crisalis, so we used his son Boero early and have two sons,’ explains Francesco Veronese. ‘Boero was out o...

In 2023, a total of 7 Peace&Plenty bred animals received All-American nominations, with all 7 from the Jubie family. In 2024 there were again 7 Peace&Plenty All-American nominations – including a Senior Best Three and a...

During a Holstein UK classifying workshop a question was posed on HI’s behalf: Do you have any suggestions for a UK cow family with high lifetime yields? ’Yes!’ was the unanimous response and all proposals pointed to one...

The Expo Bulle, the national Holstein show for Switzerland, was held for the 50th time on March 28th and 29th with 5000 enthusiastic breeders, experts and cow lovers from Switzerland and beyond. The jubilee edition of th...

Since October 1st, 2024, Michel Geinoz has been managing both the Swiss herdbook as well as Holstein Switzerland. Throughout this demanding double-duty, he has been promoting the forward-looking “Alliance” project, which...

The average Holstein cow produces around 180kg of methane per year, with the observed variation between cows ranging by ±30% above or below average. Genetic selection for improved methane efficiency is expected to achiev...

Kings Ville was one of just nine herds to be honoured when Jersey Australia announced their inaugural Master Breeder awards in 2023. Owned by Rob & Kerrie Anderson, Kings Ville has sent a steady stream of bulls to AI ove...

‘My big birthday present in 2015 was Edan Oliver Foxtrot-PP!’ With these words, Corrina Aldrich from Salem (New York) underscores appreciation for her “Foxy”, who completed a highest record of 27,540 lb/12,492 kg 5.0% 3....

Den-Kel Jerseys in the American state of New York regularly made national Jersey news; due to impressive record productions, due to dozens of sires at AI, and due to hundreds of homebred EX cows. Lots of excellence at De...

In the lineup from Select Sires is a very promising young sires, Victory Scheffler. Scheffler is a son of the former Nr.1 Nickolaus from a VG Watkins daughter and was bred by Victory Jerseys in South Dakota. In his pedig...

Jersey International surveyed the major Jersey breeding programs worldwide. Who were the most popular selling Jersey sires in 2024? What are the latest trends in Jersey breeding? Here is what we discovered.

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.’ By any measure, they have had s...

Excitement is in the air as a brand-new competition is making its debut — and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before! It’s designed to give breeders around the world a podium to show-case the results of their breeding pr...