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December 2024
Siemers Lstr Hanan ­33317-P, “Global Cow 2024”: ‘She is a Vital Genetic Line for our Current and Future Goals.’

Siemers Holsteins in Newton (eastern Wisconsin) attained a unique achievement by winning HI’s Global Cow Competition twice in a row. After Siemers Lmda Paris 27856 in 2023, this year it was Siemers Lstr Hanan 33317-P, wh...

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December 2024
Jeffrey-Way Twigs Completes the North American Double at the Canadian Royal

At Canada’s 102nd Royal Winter Fair, the awards for Grand Champion Holstein and Supreme Champion Dairy Cow of the show went to Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs. And in the Red & White Show, it was a double-double for Premium...

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December 2024
Miranda: Taking Polled Breeding to the Top of the Breed

The recent surge in elite polled genetics is pushing the Holstein breed ever closer to the tipping point where it could quickly become a polled breed. One of the driving forces in that polled revolution is the great broo...

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December 2024
Cow Country - December 2024

For twenty years, Dan Reuter has been breeding at Reuter Dairy (950 milking cows) in Iowa, with the offspring of Barbie sister Regancrest-RB Bunny EX-93. With as a notable result RJR Discjockey 7509 EX-92, the Intermedia...

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December 2024
HHH Show 2024: Balanced Koba 245 and Jansje 703 Win Grand Champion Titles

The Dutch HHH show offers lots of space to young breeders and progeny groups. Above all, it is a place for Dutch breeders to present their most beautiful Holsteins. The 2024 edition was a success in every respect and saw...

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December 2024
Willowhaven Goldwyn Bliss-RC: Brood Cow Behind Top Black-and-Whites… And Reds!

‘When we look back at all of her daughters, Bliss will be quite the brood cow around the world, not just in North America. Most of her daughters made with us are still young so we are just experiencing the early stages o...

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December 2024
The Never-Ending Quest for Outcross Genetics: How Important is it?

Genetic gains during the genomic era have more than doubled from earlier times, and we now select for a much more complete array of traits including fertility, health and feed efficiency. However, accompanying these impr...

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December 2024
Hoof health: Hoof health: Profitable, ethical and good for animal welfare!

In the German language, the term “foundation” is used for feet and legs. With a house, the foundation gives the construction the required stability to last for a long time. The same is true for a cow, though with a decis...

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December 2024
Dr. Matthias Schelling, the new director of Swissgenetics: ‘It is becoming more and more challenging to find enough male animals for selection.’

Having grown in up near Lake Constance, Matthias Schelling (54) has always been a real cow enthusiast. While he is not from a farm himself, already as a youth he preferred spending his free time at the neighbour’s dairy...

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December 2024
The old and the new for high producing dairy cows and beef cattle

For dairy and beef production in Europe, the primary question is no longer if and how enough milk and beef can be produced to feed the population, but rather how ecologically and economically it can be done.

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December 2024
BRS und KuhFacto starten zum 1. Januar eine Medienpartnerschaft

Diese Kooperation ermöglicht es uns und dem BRS, Ihnen regelmäßig und zuverlässig die deutschlandweit relevantesten Zahlen und Fakten vorzustellen, wie etwa die Leistungsstatistiken der Betriebe, die besten Dauerleistung...

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November 2024
Character Dairy Genetics in Canada: Homebase for Progenesis

Enthusiasts throughout the Holstein world would be familiar with the name Progenesis, the prefix of the Semex internal bull development program. Character Holsteins at Mildmay, Ontario, is where it all began for Progenes...

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November 2024
Herds Worldwide - November 2024

Farming in southern Wisconsin has its challenges – land prices are high and the weather is sometimes extreme, from -28°C in the winter to 43°C in the summer. ‘Sometimes the weather here changes very quickly, and not alwa...

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November 2024
Milchhof Diera: German Exemplar for Management, Breeding, and Productivity

Managing a large dairy (30 employees) with leading results year in, year out, requires, knowledge, organizational skills, and craftsmanship. The owners of Milchhof Diera have been very successful in this area. During the...

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November 2024
Heritage-Pride, California: Impressive Dutch Belted Herd, Acquired Via Two-Pronged Approach

In the 1990s, the number of representatives of the Dutch Belted breed world-wide turned out to have dropped below 500. For Ronald (Ron) Pietersma – an American with Dutch roots – this was the immediate reason to take act...

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