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June 2020
Functional Type Plays a Key Role Here

Here is a wide view from the French department of Haut-Rhin. Exactly four years ago, this region – and especially its capital – was in the limelights of the entire Holstein world. In Colmar, the European Holstein Show wa...

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June 2020
Siemers Holsteins: The Unique Combination of Elite Indexes, Lifetime Productions, and Conformation

Just in 2019 alone, no less than 16 Holstein cows were able to pass the special milestone of 300,000 lb (136,360 kg) milk at Siemers Holsteins. A herd in which the number of cows >100,000 kg milk (220,000 lb) is unparall...

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June 2020
TGD-Holstein: The Top Bull Supplier in Switzerland

It is the top sires like Basist-PP, Bronneus-P, Reduro-Red, Romanus-PP, Benettoni or Samon-RC that have helped give the TGD barn of Thomas Gerber its international reputation. Or the names of outstanding female donors li...

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June 2020
Exclusive HI Survey: Selection Traits, Sire Selection, and Experiences with Daughters of Sires

Which traits receive the most attention in sire selection? What is the contribution of DNA and polled sires on your farm? Which bulls have you used the most for inseminations during the past few months? From which bulls...

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June 2020
Do-It-Yourself AI - New Developments in the Marketplace

Do-It-Yourself Artificial Insemination (DIY AI) has made significant gains in recent decades. World-wide, millions of Holsteins are being bred by farmers themselves or by employees on dairy farms. Besides the traditional...

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June 2020
Overview: here are the Different Traits that go into Feet & Leg Evaluations.

No matter whether your breeding goals are aimed at producing a cow for commercial milk production, a high-type show animal, or if you are trying to breed elite genetics for an international market, two areas always requi...

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June 2020
Uniform-Agri: Demand for Management Software in the Dairy Industry Continues to Grow

From quick processing of daily administration to complete overviews of herd performance; it is hard to imagine modern dairy farming without a well-functioning management program. Since 1986, Uniform-Agri has specialized...

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June 2020
GAA: Totally Oriented to Servicing Large Commercial Dairies

Established in 2012, Global Ag Alliance (GAA) initially sold fresh semen to large commercial herds in California. ‘The goal was higher conception rates but it proved too costly so we moved away from that,’ explains Wout...

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June 2020
Faith: The Matriarch of the Ralma Herd in Minnesota

The whole herd descends from just one cow, a cow born in 1996. This is the Schmitt family’s 100-cow Ralma herd at Rice, Minnesota. Indeed, for many of these cows the pedigrees traces back to the massive framed Ralma Juro...

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June 2020
Updates from the Blondin Supra family: Leading Type Sires, Top Sellers and National Champions

Amazingly it has been over five years since HI has dedicated a cow family story to the Canadian Blondin Supra family. Starting at Blondin with the purchase of Diamond-Hill Warden Lass VG-87-3yr in 1984, the family’s stor...

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June 2020
Two Italian Number Ones: Zani’s Pawnee Family Demands Attention Once Again

The recent Italian April release once again brought the Zani prefix into the forefront. The index list for cows is led by Zani Bandares Mony and Zani Sound System Nora. The index list for DNA sires is led by Zani Stradiv...

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June 2020
Cow Country - June 2020

Around 60-70% of the 100-cow Marshland herd (Wisconsin, US) goes back to the 1960s cow, Marshland Reflection Beatrice EX-91. Understandably for a long-standing family there are many branches at Marshland, but easily its...

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June 2020
Hotspot-P: Thousands of Vital Calves and Numerous High Sons

In April, a large number of Hotspot sons stormed the international DNA lists. Geyser-P, Vogue 2020-PP, Harley-P, Halifax-P, Hesekiel-PP, Perfect, Otorina, Nippon-P, Hilmar-P; all members of the impressive Hotspot platoon...

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June 2020
Focus On... June 2020

They are all polled – homozygous polled (PP). They all debuted in April and they all started with noteworthy breeding values. The quartet that we are presenting here is not just a list of any four bulls. They are the hig...

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June 2020
Intriguing Sires - June 2020

It really makes no difference if we present the Millington son Totem on US or Canadian basis. The debut for the allrounder, most of whose 136 daughters are found in Canada, was eye-catching in both of the North American...

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