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‘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,...

In 1999, the couple Marco and Anita Boomaerts left the Netherlands for Aurseulles in Normandy, to begin their own dairy farm. They literally started there from square one. ‘We started with one fresh cow, our first shipme...

The weather in the summer of 2023 in Austria showed many sides. A lot of rain and almost weekly storms made life difficult for farmers and their harvest. There were only individual nice summer days, and we took the oppor...

Nr.1 on the German genomic bull list is Real Syn at 171 gRZG. With that, Real Syn enjoys a long lead over the rest of the field with Nr.2 Rockwell trailing 9 points behind at 162 gRZG. Both bulls are sons of Peak Rover,...

The Cosmopolitan family has delivered a number of widely respected bulls to the breed, with many featuring solid type and high components. Conway certainly fits that mold. Now ranked at Nr.13 on the daughter-proven TPI c...

‘Capone enjoyed a very good sales year, and his figures continue to steadily increase,’ tells Jordan Siemers from Select Sires about the Renegade son, who now has more than 200 milking daughters in Canada, and combines m...