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August 2020
The Eyecatchers of the Red Holstein Population: The Highest Living EX Cows in the Breed

Those who love Holsteins normally also love pretty Holsteins. The same is obviously true for those who are interested in Red Holsteins as well. As such, we set out to find the highest classified Red Holstein cows that ar...

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August 2020
Return On Genetic Investment

‘From my former work before joining the genetics industry I was very familiar with the concept of return on investment,’ comments Italian Luca Santuari. ‘The challenge for us is to find ways to clearly demonstrate the re...

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August 2020
Plenty of Possibilities for Accurate Heat Detection

Every birth demonstrates it again: fertility is an essential aspect of dairying. Heat detection plays a critical role in this. Cows and heifers, first of all, need to come into heat. Next, the heat needs to be observed s...

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August 2020
50 Years of Koepon - ‘I would do it all over again.’

This year it is 50 years ago that the first Koepon dairy farm was started in Garnwerd in the Dutch province of Groningen. The very first farm would later be joined by a significant group of “Koepon farm colleagues” in th...

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August 2020
Eleonor: European Breeding Icon from the Alternative Linda Line

Savage-Leigh Bellwood Linda EX-92 GMD made significant furor as a brood cow, and in North America especially received a sequel with her famous Durham daughter Savage-Leigh Licorice, who built up her own empire. Much less...

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August 2020
Conceited and Cookie Dough:

Two 94-point cows, both over 200,000lb. (90,000kg), with a pedigree of 5 and 6 generations of EX: It’s the kind of cow family that dreams are made of! ‘There is only one problem with them, they don’t give enough heifers,...

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August 2020
Sofia and Sky: Shaping the Future of Red-Holsteins

Two bulls stand out as the major contributors to Red-Holstein proof lists worldwide at present, Salvatore RC and Swingman-Red. Placing second in HI’s 2020 Red-Impact competition was the dam of Salvatore, Snowbiz Sympatic...

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August 2020
Cow Country - August 2020

When the Dutchman Norwin Piet (NRP Holsteins) became the new owner of ALH Australia in 2014, he could not have imagined where this purchase would lead. The RC Supersire granddaughter of KHW Goldwyn Aiko turned out to bre...

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August 2020
Cow Country - August 2020

The enthusiasm with which Thomas Rindesbacher speaks about Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit, causes one to forget that the two-time Swiss Expo Grand Champion is grazing in the neighbour’s pasture. It is with the same passion tha...

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August 2020
Swingman: Complete Package for Red-Holsteins

Right from the start it was evident that Swingman was a special bull, a generational sire that would give an impulse to Red-Holstein breeding. Shallow udders, high production and somewhat different bloodlines had definit...

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August 2020
Focus on... August 2020

Teat placement, teat length, udder form, udder health, milkability, character, movement – there are man traits that determine whether a sire is suited for automated milking systems. Indeed, many countries calculate a rob...

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August 2020
BullTalk - August 2020

Of course, everyone knows Jedi… S-S-I Montross Jedi, who in the meantime has about 15,000 daughters world-wide. But here it is about a different, lesser known, Jedi: RZG Jedi, owned by Inseme in Italy. A Jedi who as a yo...

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July 2020
Giessen Holsteins: Breeding for Width Provides Outstanding Cows and High Production

The Charitys and Cinderellas from Giessen Holsteins are well-known domestically and abroad and have provided various outstanding sires. In the home herd, Theo van Vliet thoroughly enjoys his outstanding cow families each...

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July 2020
Unique Overview: All 200,000 kg/440,000 lb. Holsteins World-wide

The club has 24 members world-wide– with numbers 25 and 26 now standing on the threshold – and is considered an elite group of absolute lifetime production champions. No less than 24 Holstein cows with 24 different owner...

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