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September 2023
Spectacular Developments in the German Lösing Herd: More than 50% Production Increase in Five Years!

At the beginning of 2018, Bernd Lösing’s Holsteins in the German Vreden produced 30.4 kg/67.0 lb per day and 10,200 kg/22,490 lb annually: A nice average, above the national average. But Lösing had a strong feeling that...

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September 2023
BullTalk - September 2023

Last year in July he provided a memorable HI cover picture: the now four-year-old German bull Adissio-PP. ‘From the outset he was very popular; the first two years he was always sold out. He was used in all German breedi...

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September 2023
Cherry-Lily Luster-P: He Provided Polled with the Decisive Jump to the Top TPI with Lots of Conformation

Let’s be honest: five years ago, who would have expected that in 2023 the world would have a progeny proven polled sire who combines 2902 TPI with a faultless conformation profile of +2.67 PTAT, plenty of milk (+1584 lb)...

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September 2023
Focus on... September 2023

As usual after one of the three yearly evaluation periods, we are presenting interesting RC sires in our “Focus On” column, top sires that add momentum to both the Holstein and Red Holstein scenes. Take some time to read...

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September 2023
Ocean-View Sexation: Hero of the 1980s, Still Influential Today

Never before has a portrait of him appeared in HI. However: ‘He truly transmitted the profile that corresponds to the expectations that every dairy farmer has for what a solid cow should look like,’ they wrote in 1989, s...

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September 2023
Cow Country II - September 2023

Milagro Farm in South Africa is situated on the coast near Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape province. The 450-cow herd established in 1996 is milked off pasture, comprised mostly of rye grass and oats in winter and irrigat...

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September 2023
Jessica Cow Family puts International Focus on Australian Holsteins

Few cow families have created as much excitement as the Elmar Jessica’s. Bred and developed over the last 35 years by the Hore family in northern Victoria, the Jessica’s produced multiple national champions. And now they...

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September 2023
Cow Country I - September 2023

‘During the first milk test she gave 197 lb/89.4 kg, during the second 195/88.5, and recently even 201 lb/91.2 kg!’ Betsy Bullard from Brigeen Farms (HI 11/22) in Maine speaks with admiration about Midas-Touch Hum Joely...

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September 2023
Barbabelle: A gift for the grandson and a new miracle weapon from P’tit Coeur

Of course you know about the P’tit Coeur barn of Roger Frossard in the Les Pommerats municipality in Switzerland. You know of him for his outstanding show and breeding cows, world stars like DH Gold Chip Darling, Sam Kal...

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September 2023
Global Cow 2023 Here are the Finalists!

This is the 19th edition of the Global Cow competition, which has given recognition to the breed’s most influential brood cows down through the years. It’s that time of the year again when you get to vote for the cow tha...

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September 2023
NoBull Sires: Offering Credible Bulls from Time-Tested Genetics

The idea of NoBull Sires started four years ago. Tired of not being able to find sires from the time-tested dams they wanted, Ben Masemore, Ethan Wentworth and Rusty Herr decided to do something about it.

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September 2023
Feet and Legs: It’s Complicated!

Genetic advancement has been impressive, not only for production but for health and type traits too. Udders are now much more uniform across the breed than ever before, and a good udder bull will have high udder ratings...

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September 2023
Dovea Genetics, Ireland: ‘Many of our bull dams are medium stature, EX cows with >4% protein’

Success in the Irish EBI index rankings, market leader for beef on dairy across Europe and soon to have its own ST sexing lab – there is a lot going on at Dovea Genetics. Here we discover more!

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September 2023
Nosbisch Dispersal The last chapter for one of Europe’s best herds

On the 20th of October, as part of the 10th German Masters Sale organised by Nosbisch Holsteins, an era will end for one of the best breeding barns in Europe, namely that of Matthias and Nici Nosbisch, whose herd has ach...

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August 2023
Swiss Expo returns!

It’s an honor for us to announce the grand return of the famous Swiss Expo! Yes, in just over 4 months it will be that time again: the globe’s most popular dairy event will take place in the Expo Genève at Geneva, Switze...

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