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December 2020
Dellia’s impressive ambassadress in British Columbia

In 2008, a silky black senior calf entered the show ring at the BC Holstein Spring Show. On her way to a second place finish, she caught the eye of Dave Hamming of Hamming Holsteins. When that same heifer showed up at No...

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December 2020
SHA Grumeti: Source of Outstanding Traits

She is the cow with the highest breeding value in Germany, the dam of the highest male calves as well as that of three other animals that are also the Nr.1 daughter of their sire on RZG basis. Indeed, no other German cow...

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December 2020
Elite American Family Celebrates New Success… in France!

Close to Ruffiac, 77 km southwest of Rennes in the French region of Brittany, a cow family is quickly expanding. In the home herd, it already makes up more than 35% of the entire herd (360 head total), but… the young AI...

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December 2020
Unique HI Overview: Here are the Bestselling Holstein Sires at AI Companies World-wide

Who were the most sold Holstein bulls during the past six months? HI posed this question to breeding companies world-wide. The answers resulted in the unique accompanying overview: 77 bestsellers from 32 AIs from 12 diff...

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December 2020
S-S-I Millington Totem: Outcross Sire 2020

With a combination of a different sire lineup (Millington-Jacey-Sudan) and a balanced no-holes proof, Totem claimed the Outcross title for 2020. Not only does this popular seller for Select Sires rank at Nr.15 on the pro...

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December 2020
Intriguing Sires - December 2020

KNS Rendezvous has now more than proven herself as a brood cow. The well-known German Man-O-Man daughter from the offspring of the famous French Jocko daughter Radieuse EX-91 is the dam of Bookem son Boss, who at OHG sco...

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December 2020
Intriguing Sires - December 2020

‘From the outset I want to say – and I admit that I am biased – that we are tremendously enthusiastic about this bull. I told Semex that in the next two years we will be looking at numerous outstanding milking Cockpit da...

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December 2020
Focus on... December 2020

It is not always the breeding values that explain the popularity of certain sires. There are more characteristics that are important to dairy farmers when selecting bulls, like cow families, pedigrees, casein profile, po...

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December 2020
Bull Talk - December 2020

In April, he immediately debuted in the German progeny proven top-5, and in August, he climbed six points, making him the strong German Nr.2: Sinus. ‘His compact, average-statured, and robust daughters have a tremendous...

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December 2020
How the Winning Brothers Sovereign and Marksman Still Reign

In the list of influential sires in the American population, we see a notable trend. Never before has a bull approached the legends Elevation and Chief as closely as today. His name is O-Bee Manfred Justice (O-Man) and h...

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November 2020
Bert-Mar Farms: Marketing Genetics from “the Big Three”

The Wisconsin herd Bert-Mar Farms is home to the reigning Red-Impact winner, Luck-E Advent Asia, along with many members of her extensive family line. A quick look at the farm’s colorful facebook page will tell you that...

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November 2020
High Ambitions and Solid Genetics Lead EH Holsteins Quickly to the Swedish Top

When HI asked Gill Zeilon and Waldemar Andersson – the manager and former manager respectively of the Swedish Holstein herdbook – about the best Holstein herds in Sweden, various farms ended up high on their shared top l...

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November 2020
Meutes Holsteins: Very near the status of being the best herd in Germany

An average production of 13,471kg/29,636lb, an average production per day of life of 23.1kg/50.8lb, a herd turnover rate under 20%, an unbelievably balanced and strong conformation as well as 120 heifers sold per year. I...

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November 2020
Get Acquainted with Herdbooks All Over the World: Holstein Australia

This is the third installment in our series featuring the major Holstein herdbooks around the globe. Did you know that the same foundation animals that started the Holstein breed in Australia in 1886 also established the...

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November 2020
Black Silver Bovine Technology: Glittering New Addition to the Bull Stud Industry

Black Silver is a new name in the world of international Holstein genetics. Founded by some passionate young Holstein breeders from Canada, Black Silver has entered the highly competitive industry with an offering of gen...

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