Most health problems with the dairy cow occur when giving birth or within the first 2 months of lactation, when her body is dealing with the stresses of calving or adapting to the demands of peak production yield. It is...
MoreSince the August evaluations, Germany’s dairy farmers can look at the new economic index RZ€ in addition to the RZG. However, the RZ€ is not a revolution or a huge innovation but follows the trend that has been long seen...
More‘In her best days, Portefolio was the cow that every breeder dreams about. Her conformation, especially when it came to her exceptional udder, was nearly perfect. In addition, she was a phenomenal producer and, as a bonu...
More‘She is the embodiment of what we want to breed! She has good fertility, strong production and has an impressive conformation. Indeed, Jabobina is a real “true type” cow!’ These are the words of Matt Templeton, the owner...
MoreIn 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...
MoreShe 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...
MoreClose 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...
MoreWho 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...
MoreWith 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...
MoreKNS 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...
More‘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...
MoreIt 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...
MoreIn 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...
MoreIn 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...
MoreThe 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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