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July 2023
Andreas Hörmann, breeder of Canyon & Volker: Brown Swiss power with 66,000kg/145,200lb production at culling

If there are two daughter-proven sires in service from a farm and the dams of each still look good, it is really something special. Andreas and Maria Hörmann bred Canyon and Volker, achieve an average lifetime production...

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July 2023
Random-Luck Farm: A True Premier Breeder Herd

Breeding outstanding type animals that can consistently compete with the best in the show ring and bring home the Premier Breeder award takes a special talent. At Random-Luck Farm in Wisconsin we found a breeder who does...

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July 2023
A French sire is the darling of AI studs The big analysis of breeding for AI

No sire has put more sons into AI service internationally in recent years than O’Malley: every twentieth AI sire from the birth year 2019 onwards, worldwide, is a son of the desirable French sire. Take just Canyon-DE, An...

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July 2023
Andreas and Bettina Kocher, Switzerland: Investment in good genetics pays off

Andreas and Bettina Kocher have put together a strong Brown Swiss herd over the last 14 years. The pedigrees of their cows are dotted with illustrious names like Gordon Patty EX-95, Gardan Halla EX-94, Ace Finesse EX-92...

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July 2023
Gaec Brast, France: Successful Home of International Brown Swiss Sires

132 ET-flushes have already been performed on Gaec Brast in the French department of Aveyron. Brown Swiss bulls like Sting, Noro, Nice-GP, Noro-SG, No Decibel and earlier Traction are used internationally.

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July 2023
Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2023

With a 151 GZW, GS Dacapo is the first bull to break the 150-mark. He achieves this with enormous milk yield of +1319kg along with excellent fitness and a balanced type pattern. Sired by the Cadence son Dane, he is from...

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July 2023
Intruiging Sires 2 DNA - July 2023

Poe is a bigtime production bull with somewhat different bloodlines transmitting moderate frame size and reduced stature. Bred by Brett Danyow of Ferrisburgh, VT, and Peak Genetics, he was purchased by Genex. Poe is sire...

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July 2023
Intruiging Sires 3 DNA - July 2023

Barros is the flagship bull of Italy’s Polar program. He was bred at Kibafarm, owned by brothers Gianpietro and Paolo Barre and located in the province of Sondrio. The herd of 250 Brown Swiss cows average 33kg/72,6lb/day...

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July 2023
Jakarta: Good robustness

Looking for more strength? A bull that produces animals with nice width and good muscling while still producing sufficient milk? The James son Jakarta, owned by Alpengenetik, is a good option.

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July 2023
Brice-ET: Line Breeding to Perfection

April 2023. His breeder, Marc Schertenleib, combined his successful “B” family even several times in Brice’s pedigree.

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March 2023
Melkveebedrijf Vanderlinden: complete veestapel dankzij Duitse stammoeders en Amerikaanse stieren

Melkrijke Holsteins met krachtige frames. Dat waren de koeien waar de familie Vanderlinden uit het Vlaams-Brabantse Huldenberg 15 jaar geleden naar zochten en vervolgens ook kregen. Vandaag richten Jean-Pierre en Gerben...

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June 2023
Morrill in New Hampshire Multi-faceted Family Farm with a Special Focus on Red Holsteins

Beautiful red & white descendants of Tri-Day Ashlyn, Gaige Highlight Tamara, and Rancon Carla Factor-Red – they can be admired in the far northeastern part of the US, on the farm of the Morrill family. A family-run opera...

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June 2023
Bosgoed in the Netherlands: Three Decades of Consistent Crossbreeding with Holstein-Jersey-Brown Swiss

Brown Swiss, Jersey, Fleckvieh, Montbéliarde; the use of “Dairy Breeds” on Holsteins is taking place in a variety of forms in the Netherlands. The Bosgoed family in Denekamp, close to the German city of Nordhorn, has 30...

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June 2023
Lynbrook Holsteins: Thoroughly Balanced International Gene Mix in Ireland

‘Many people ask me: “John, why aren’t you retiring?” But what would I do then, get out of bed late and watch TV? No, I want to get up every morning to do what I really enjoy: working with good Holstein cows!’ Speaking i...

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June 2023
La Croisière in France Holsteins with Excellent Conformation and Long Careers

When he was twelve years old, Mickael Coursière made his first matings. Today he is 41 years old and manages a dairy farm with 100 milking cows that for a few years already has been one of the herds with the most EX cows...

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