November 2023

Carpsdale has been a prominent name in New England Holsteins for decades. They have consistently been one of the top BAA herds in the north-east, and are regular exhibitors at New England shows, claiming a number of cham...

No, Luca Nordera does not strive for the highest possible genetic progress. For him, uniformity, productivity, health, and longevity are among his top priorities. Besides breeding, a prominent role is reserved for manage...

The state of Victoria is heartland to the Australian dairy industry, accounting for 65% of all milk produced nationally. It is here in the Western Districts region of the state that we find the Master Breeder herd Calder...

He is currently the bestseller in Switzerland: Hellender Brandy-P. Also beyond Switzerland, there is a lot of demand, as various countries are already importing his semen, reports Jürg Stoll from owner Swissgenetics. He...

3Star-OH Ranger-Red received his first genomic proof in March 2020, and has been high on everyone’s radar ever since. Throughout 2021 he was Canada’s Nr.1 gLPI bull, a red bull dominating in a black-and-white world! Ther...

HI’s editorial in September discussed balance, inspired by responses that we as HI’s editorial staff often receive in the field. In connection with this, here you find three sires that transmit average for stature, in co...

Ranger-Red has been a sensation as a sire of sons; the first red bull to dominate black & white young sire lists. Pringle-Red is his most outstanding red son and represents a step forward in almost every department when...

The Dutch bulls Delta Jacuzzi-Red and Delta Reloader share two things in common; they both sit at Nr.1 on their respective daughter-proven sire lists in the Netherlands… and they both trace back to the same cow family. T...

With his debut, Coomboona Zipit Mirand-PP-RC from Australia generated a lot of international attention. Never before had a PP sire been able to display such high conformation indexes. And on top of that, also the RC fact...

Solito-Red is the German Nr.1 daughter-proven red and white sire for RZG (143) and RZE (140). The Salvatore son showed again in the last breeding evaluation period that he is among the most exceptional red and white bull...

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 dam, a class victory at Ex...

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 her brother Patrick had j...

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 all offspring henceforth as tie...

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 Holsteins emerge – male and fe...

Dairy cattle enthusiasts around the globe will be familiar with the Dutch Belted breed, a rare breed with a very attractive appearance - a black cow with a white belt around its middle. The only thing is, they are not al...

Denmark is one of the prominent Jersey countries in the world and the export of Danish Jerseys has been lively for decades already. On that stage there is now an entirely new player – however with a lot of experience: Je...

Since 2018, Thomas Schweigl has been the president of the European Brown Swiss Federation, before which he was the vice-president. At the same time, Schweigl together with his wife manages a Brown Swiss farm at an elevat...

With its 75th anniversary, the German AI company BVN is enjoying a special year. ‘During that time, the Fleckvieh breed has made sensational gains,’ explains Andrea Hefner, responsible for the breeding program and export...

Those who have carefully followed recent editions of Dairy Breeds International will likely immediately recognize this prefix: River-Valley, from the Sauder family in Illinois. After all, they created one of the most use...

The most prominent breeds at the Australian AI company Genetics Australia are Holstein, Jersey, Australian-Red and Illawarra. ‘In addition, we have an extensive offering of beef breeds, with Angus being the most popular,...

Holsteins are the largest breed at the German-French AI giant Synetics, but the company is also specialized in various other breeds. Globally known is the Normande breed, about which DBI provided an extensive report in i...

‘For the American breeding organization US Ayrshires, it has been a good year as we are continually seeing new interest in the breed,’ reports Becky Payne from US Ayrshire. ‘We have been able to register both new Ayrshir...

Hardcore-PP: He is the brand new star for the German AI company Bayern-Genetik (BG), purchased – after a bidding dual with other AIs – at a sire sale in March 2023 for €144,000. ‘He is a real all-rounder, good for 135 gG...

The southern German AI company Besamungssation Greifenberg (BSG) is especially known for its very diverse line-up; from no less than fifteen different cattle breeds do they have bulls in their facilities with semen avail...

GGI: ‘This show was very well attended. In additon, we had many guests from abroad. After the show, a group of Latin Americans also went to farms and AI facilities to convince themselves about the high quality of the Ger...

Next year, the American AI company New Generation Genetics (NGG) – specialized in Brown Swiss bulls – will celebrate its 30th anniversary. As such, it is a delight that CEO Brett Haines can report that NGG is enjoying a...

Of course, the Dutch AI company KI Kampen has now become known world-wide due to successful progeny proven sires like Koepon Random and Weinterper Solution. However, in addition to the substantial selection of Holstein a...

Those who read Holstein International from cover to cover each month, likely know her name: Bell-Smart SS Currywebb VG-87. In October 2020, she appeared in Cow Country due to an up-and-coming record production. This year...

She was the clear choice of the voting public, polling an impressive 22.4% of the total vote. In addition, all three of our official judges placed her in their top-5, giving her first place from our judging panel as well...

Lynn Harbaugh and Phillip Topp, the judges of the Holsteins and Red Holsteins respectively, had plenty of splendid candidates from which to choose in each class – the WDE 2023 displayed a high quality in both categories....