October 2023

Showtime-RC, Rolex, Migos, Legit, Lizzo, Lazer-PP-Red, Allure-PP, Mombassa-PP-Red, Muffin-P-RC, Fallegro-PP-Red. During the past three years, ten sires with the Valiant prefix found their way to the barns of ABS, Semex,...

In 1999, the couple Marco and Anita Boomaerts left the Netherlands for Aurseulles in Normandy, to begin their own dairy farm. They literally started there from square one. ‘We started with one fresh cow, our first shipme...

The weather in the summer of 2023 in Austria showed many sides. A lot of rain and almost weekly storms made life difficult for farmers and their harvest. There were only individual nice summer days, and we took the oppor...

Nr.1 on the German genomic bull list is Real Syn at 171 gRZG. With that, Real Syn enjoys a long lead over the rest of the field with Nr.2 Rockwell trailing 9 points behind at 162 gRZG. Both bulls are sons of Peak Rover,...

The Cosmopolitan family has delivered a number of widely respected bulls to the breed, with many featuring solid type and high components. Conway certainly fits that mold. Now ranked at Nr.13 on the daughter-proven TPI c...

‘Capone enjoyed a very good sales year, and his figures continue to steadily increase,’ tells Jordan Siemers from Select Sires about the Renegade son, who now has more than 200 milking daughters in Canada, and combines m...

His name Sunburst was inspired by Skalsumer Sunny Boy, CRV’s famous globetrotter from the 1990s. Sunburst and Sunny Boy are both bred out of the Skalsumer Pietje family which has been successful in breeding for more than...

Earlier this year, tremendous applause followed the selection of Comestar Lamadona Doorman EX-94 as Canada’s Cow of the Year. As you know: genetic progress is being made very quickly and thus it is not surprising that he...

The Vermette family from La Ferme Verjatin Holstein in Quebec milks 35 high-indexing Jerseys. Their 35 Holsteins are also at a high level. This is particularly true of Verjatin Seabiscuit Topgirl VG-86 and her descendant...

With three available sons, Apina Nadja 143 is one of the most remarkable bull dams in the Netherlands. As such, she is following in the rich bull dam tradition of her cow family. Since moving to the Ubachs herd, Nadja 14...

On October 14th, three years ago almost to the day, the career of Seagull-Bay Oman Mirror came to an end at her home on Seagull-Bay Dairy in Idaho after 15 years. Mirror, who spent a large part of her career at Roylane F...

Winwood Tatoo Lightsout VG-87 is a finalist in the All-Australian Photo competition. ‘My boyfriend Mal Nikora and I purchased her dam as a 5-month-old calf in 2018 and the Tatoo was her first calf,’ explains Kelly Bleije...

Over the past two decades, the family of Whittier-Farms Outside Roz has had a very positive impact in numerous herds across the breed. We trace the development of this impressive cow family that has produced such notable...

The chief classifiers from 14 countries met for the first time 33 years ago to come to an agreement on how the conformation traits could be better compared between different countries. This past September the “Type Harmo...

Anyone who follows the large breeding programs in Europe should also be keeping track of Phönix, the breeding program founded jointly in 2021 by RUW, RBW, RA, Qnetics, RBB and RSH in Germany. And anyone who follows Phöni...

Which animals are at the foundation of the modern Holstein breed? The global AI company AI Total was eager to highlight a number of them. Together with Holstein International, a poster was created (included with this HI...

Consumers are consistently demanding better animal welfare. For farmers, this means bridging the gap between fulfilling these demands and the profitability of their operations. Within this, it is no secret that through i...

The biggest UK Dairy Day of all-time delivered one of the most impressive line-ups ever witnessed at a British National Show. Two cows that were in the top-3 last year made it back into the championship honours. But the...

It’s so helpful to compare Holsteins to other breeds. What can we learn? There are a few values, that are easy to recognize in other breeds. Values which Holstein breeders may want to concentrate on. Should we crossbreed...