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At Nr.4 on the genomic list in France is Prodigy, who combines impressive allround type with outstanding longevity and functional traits. Sired by Adlon-P (Adagio-P-Rubicon), Prodigy was bred at Gaec du Pigeon Blanc (Bre...

‘For three index releases in a row, Calvo has been able to improve, especially for production. His daughters leave a positive impression on farms. In the fall of 2019, we displayed a highly acclaimed daughter group. A gr...

Born in the US, housed in Canada, owned by a Spanish AI company. That is true of the young bull Siemers CD Pairing 31607. Sire analyst Juan Carlos Conde explains how Pairing ended up in Ascol’s line-up. ‘Granite son Dyla...

Blumenfeld has become a prominent name as a source of bulls for the breed – Resolve debuted last year in the top-10 of the TPI proven sire charts, while the list of the young Blumenfeld bulls includes the high-ranking Re...

There is one farm in France that has (twice) provided the National Champion for both Holsteins and Red Holsteins, and that won the Red Holstein Show during SIA for four successive years. Du Louvion Holstein is a true smo...

After months of restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, anyone looking back at 2020 will likely remember better and perhaps more successful years. However, for the small German breeding barn of Seipel Holsteins, qu...

For HI’s 3rd instalment of the “herdbook series” we visit Holstein UK – who continues to bolster its position as the pivotal British herdbook by nurturing the next generation, and offering a wealth of services to not onl...

Partially thanks to the arrival of genomics, there are fewer and fewer bulls from which the descendants are born with difficulty, or from whom the daughters themselves have a hard time calving. Nevertheless, there are st...

The use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows has become a worldwide phenomenon. With continued growth in dairy-beef demand, Holstein International will now feature a series introducing two of the leading suppl...

The stability and the consistency which the December evaluations showed in almost all leading Holsteins countries rubbed off on the section for polled and red sires. Nonetheless there were several interesting newcomers t...

Bovec began in February 1971: Initially as a consulting firm for larger dairy farms, and since 1974 also an importer and distributor of American Holstein semen in France - first for ABS, and later also for Alta and WWS....

Recently Meadow-Green Abso Fanny-Red EX-96 was selected as the new Red Holstein World Champion (HI 10/2020). Will she also excel as a brood cow? Those who speak with the Cunningham family in California will quickly disco...

‘Oh, was she ever in heat!’ Joel Lepage from the Canadian province of Quebec still vividly remembers the scene. In 2015, when he participated with an Atwood yearling in Canada’s Convention Show in New Brunswick, a heifer...

In 2009, Kamps-Hollow Altitude won HI’s Red Impact Competition. In 2013 and 2015, that honour fell to her daughters Apple and Aiko, while in 2016 and 2018 Aiko’s daughters Aika and Aderyn captured the Red Impact title. A...

In the spring of 2013, a young Supersire calf in the Wilra herd came up with an index that placed her among the top ranks in the breed. She went on to be the dam of Delta Worth and Silver Wings… and now many more bulls a...