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Since 2018, Thomas Schweigl has been the president of the European Brown Swiss Federation, before which he was the vice-president. At the same time, Schweigl together with his wife manages a Brown Swiss farm at an elevat...

With its 75th anniversary, the German AI company BVN is enjoying a special year. ‘During that time, the Fleckvieh breed has made sensational gains,’ explains Andrea Hefner, responsible for the breeding program and export...

Those who have carefully followed recent editions of Dairy Breeds International will likely immediately recognize this prefix: River-Valley, from the Sauder family in Illinois. After all, they created one of the most use...

The most prominent breeds at the Australian AI company Genetics Australia are Holstein, Jersey, Australian-Red and Illawarra. ‘In addition, we have an extensive offering of beef breeds, with Angus being the most popular,...

Holsteins are the largest breed at the German-French AI giant Synetics, but the company is also specialized in various other breeds. Globally known is the Normande breed, about which DBI provided an extensive report in i...

‘For the American breeding organization US Ayrshires, it has been a good year as we are continually seeing new interest in the breed,’ reports Becky Payne from US Ayrshire. ‘We have been able to register both new Ayrshir...

Hardcore-PP: He is the brand new star for the German AI company Bayern-Genetik (BG), purchased – after a bidding dual with other AIs – at a sire sale in March 2023 for €144,000. ‘He is a real all-rounder, good for 135 gG...

The southern German AI company Besamungssation Greifenberg (BSG) is especially known for its very diverse line-up; from no less than fifteen different cattle breeds do they have bulls in their facilities with semen avail...

GGI: ‘This show was very well attended. In additon, we had many guests from abroad. After the show, a group of Latin Americans also went to farms and AI facilities to convince themselves about the high quality of the Ger...

Next year, the American AI company New Generation Genetics (NGG) – specialized in Brown Swiss bulls – will celebrate its 30th anniversary. As such, it is a delight that CEO Brett Haines can report that NGG is enjoying a...

Of course, the Dutch AI company KI Kampen has now become known world-wide due to successful progeny proven sires like Koepon Random and Weinterper Solution. However, in addition to the substantial selection of Holstein a...

Those who read Holstein International from cover to cover each month, likely know her name: Bell-Smart SS Currywebb VG-87. In October 2020, she appeared in Cow Country due to an up-and-coming record production. This year...

She was the clear choice of the voting public, polling an impressive 22.4% of the total vote. In addition, all three of our official judges placed her in their top-5, giving her first place from our judging panel as well...

Lynn Harbaugh and Phillip Topp, the judges of the Holsteins and Red Holsteins respectively, had plenty of splendid candidates from which to choose in each class – the WDE 2023 displayed a high quality in both categories....

Showtime-RC, Rolex, Migos, Legit, Lizzo, Lazer-PP-Red, Allure-PP, Mombassa-PP-Red, Muffin-P-RC, Fallegro-PP-Red. During the past three years, ten sires with the Valiant prefix found their way to the barns of ABS, Semex,...