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November 2019
Striking Gold with Claynook’s Chassity line!

It all goes back to the 2009 International Intrigue sale where a cow sold with a package for a monumental $1.5 million. That cow is now one of the modern-day legends of the breed: Regancrest Chassity. Whilst there are ma...

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November 2019
Bons-Holsteins Koba’s: Long-standing Dutch Cow Family with Global Allure

During the Sale of Stars 2018, a 50% share in the EX-94 Lauthority daughter Bons-Holsteins Koba 219 was sold for C$47,000 to Westcoast Holsteins. Embryos from the cow family have now left for buyers in 14 different count...

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November 2019
World Champion Irene - Timeline of a Unique Career

She did it again. For the second time after 2016, the 15-year-old Swiss exceptional phenomenon Suard-Red Jordan Irene EX-97 was crowned World Champion. What more is there to tell about a cow which, thanks to a record cla...

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November 2019
Cow Country - November 2019

Standing out on the TPI list of the highest and also the most reliable bulls is View-Home Monterey, who is the only transmitter with >3.00 PTAT. One of the 6466 classified daughters that contributes to his 3.20 PTAT and...

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November 2019
Cow Country - November 2019

‘She was my once in a lifetime cow,’ begins Cameron Hickling of the Master Breeder Hicklee herd in Ontario. Hicklee Dundee Glow EX-93 produced over 100,000kg (220,000lb), consistently calved every March for 11 lactations...

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November 2019
Helix: The Leading Daughter-Proven Bull in the US

With a jump of 162 TPI points, AOT Silver Helix stormed to the top of the TPI list in August. The Silver son from the Halo family combines big-time production with positive fertility and calving traits and a solid type p...

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November 2019
Intriguing Sires - November 2019

Apprentice has already left his mark on the breed, especially via his sons such as the wildly popular red bull Swingman. Apprentice was bred by an investor group Endeavour Genetics (Endco) of Illinois. The red carrier Ki...

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November 2019
Intriguing Sires - November 2019

With two sons in the progeny proven top-10, the German bull dam KNS Reality VG-86 is meeting expectations in Italy. Her Balisto son Brasileiro (3398 PFT) stands out with high milk transmitting. Comedy, Reality’s Commande...

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November 2019
Focus on... Secret Polled Tips

For more than a year IPS of the USA has been offering their Tobin son Chile-PP on the international market and the demand for the homozygous polled sire, who goes back to Brandt-View BWM Wendy VG-88 via Powerball-Castawa...

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November 2019
Bull Talk - November 2019

In April, he had insufficient daughters (30). But by August, the number had risen to 138 head and he was able to storm onto America’s TPI top-30: Wet Tatum Mitchell, owned by Select Sires - good for 2625 TPI and +3.10 ty...

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November 2019
Here is #2 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Regancrest Farm

It can be heard regularly, that it is all about the nr.1, the winner. Well, let us immediately state that this is certainly not the case for HI’s current breeders’ competition. It must be said that all breeders who reach...

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November 2019
Twin-Spruce: A Modern Bull-Breeding Operation from Minnesota

In the genomic era, the breeding of AI bulls has become very specialized. In North America, apart from the 4 main bull-stud programs which between them supply 40-50% of AI bulls, there are 12-15 breeders who supply signi...

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November 2019
Bois Seigneur: Early Birthplace of European Laurie Sheik Offspring

With “Libramont 2019”, the European Show returned to Belgium after 15 years. During this event, the prominent Belgian breeding herd Bois Seigneur opened their doors. Several hundred visitors took advantage of the invitat...

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November 2019
She Really Milks: A Problem… Or An Opportunity?

It’s time to dry cow #374, a Supershot daughter that’s still milking 88lb (40kg). But, it feels wrong. Why? For generations, we have carefully coordinated the breeding program to enhance her ability to give loads of milk...

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November 2019
Micronutrients - The Right Combination is Decisive for Success

The idea of writing about micronutrients in our management series is not something that came on a whim. The current discussion about climate change and increasing the efficiency of feed conversion in order to decrease th...

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