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February 2020
Intriguing Sires - February 2020

For the second release in a row, Freemax is in second place in Germany with 164 gRZG. Employees at owner RBB are thrilled with their index topper. Torsten Dalle, sire analyst for RBB, shares that Freemax has been receive...

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February 2020
Intriguing Sires - February 2020

For international RH breeding there is no way around this sire. Hoogerhorst Rubels-Red is the rising star on the red and white scene and an absolute must-have for top breeders and commercial dairy farmers who don’t just...

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February 2020
Emerald: Breeding Pleasure and Profitability with non-Irish Holsteins

Cows that produce 700 kg fat+protein per lactation, classify excellent at a mature age, and complete a minimum of five lactations. And preferably furnished with pedigrees that are very marketable. The Neville family has...

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February 2020
Johnson’s Rolling Acres: Education and Transparency as a Priority

In the barns of the Johnson family in Minnesota, a lot of high quality milk is produced. Nice results that are certainly being seen as a team performance, and which are freely shared with others. The family farm of Johns...

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January 2020
SOP Lagoon: Mitigating Greenhouse Gas... and it Gets Rid of the Smell Too

In modern farming, environmental regulations controlling farming practices are becoming more and more restrictive in many regions of the world. Climate change and the contribution of agriculture to global warming are inc...

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January 2020
Heat Tolerance: A Trait That Should be in our Genetic Evaluations

In 2017 Australia became the first country to publish genetic evaluations for Heat Tolerance. At first glance it would seem that a trait such as Heat Tolerance would really only be of importance in hot or tropical countr...

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January 2020
A closer look at milk components When Balance is Bad

Picture a glass of JERSEY milk… rich & creamy! Picture a glass of GUERNSEY milk… golden & flavorful! Now, picture a glass of HOLSTEIN milk… nothing coming to mind yet?! Watery & white. Why is it that the lesser breeds ca...

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January 2020
S-S-I Montross Duke: Production Power to the Third Degree

With 2727 TPI based on 1776 daughters, Duke has well surpassed his DNA index. The greatest influence of the Montross son is being felt in Canada. Good components, besides lots of milk, in combination with plenty of dairy...

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January 2020
Pure Breeder’s Workmanship Leads to France’s Only Millionaire

Most likely Jocko will never lose this status: the most popular Holstein bull in French history. After all, no other French bull has ever passed the milestone of one million doses of semen sold – but Jocko did so with a...

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January 2020
Intriguing Sires - January 2020

Whilst the start of the reigning Nr.1 gTPI sire, AltaZazzle’s pedigree story begins over 20 years ago with the legendary brood-cow Windsor-Manor Rud Zip – his modern-day narrative starts just two generations back, when S...

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January 2020
Focus on.. Fat & Protein

The Dutch company CRV the selection for fat and protein has a long tradition. We could present an entire team of sires, but there is good reason that Martin is the one selected. Afterall, with the Etazon Renates he has o...

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January 2020
Bull Talk - January 2020

In Italy, Westcoast Perseus (Penmanship-Doorman) is successful as a sire of sons: the list of top-25 DNA-tested sires includes no less than five Perseus sons. One of them is the popular Pess-Farm Faletti, who thanks to a...

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January 2020
Red & White Minnesota is the Dazzling Model at Wiewer Holsteins

Udder quality is at an exceptionally high level, there are no cows with poor feet & legs, and the herd average is currently 10,600 kg (23,370 lb.) with 4.30% fat and 3.50% protein. Splendid results from focused sire sele...

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January 2020
Pierstein: A Herd Developed on a Passion for Great Udders!

Thrulane James Rose, Loyalyn Goldwyn June and Bruynland Storm Kendra: Three 97-point cows that are just a few of the many great cows that have come from the Pierstein barn. Here we talk to the mastermind behind them – Pi...

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January 2020
More Than Half the Cows at Jeffrey-Way Score EX

The Jeffrey-Way herd in Wisconsin is a great type herd... cows with capacity, balance and size, great udders, big records and high lifetime production. Their famous “T” family has sent bulls into AI around the world for...

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