Austria
Brown Swiss President
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...
DeHo-Holsteins: An exquisite conformation source in Austria with international quality
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...
Cow Country - August 2023
She has an absolutely stunning appearance: Priestland 6877 Master James Rose VG-88, one of the five classified daughters of Golden-Oaks Master at Priestland Holsteins in Northern Ireland. Just as her...
A French sire is the darling of AI studs The big analysis of breeding for AI
No sire has put more sons into AI service internationally in recent years than O’Malley: every twentieth AI sire from the birth year 2019 onwards, worldwide, is a son of...
Austrian Genostar Aims for an Economical and Modern Dairy Cow
With the merger of smaller organizations in Steiermark and Niederösterreich, Genostar was established in 2009, thus becoming the largest AI company in Austria. The most prominent breeds in Genostar’s working...
South Tyrol – A Holstein pearl in the northern Italian Alps
It is more than 60 years ago that dairy farmers in South Tyrol first imported black and white cows from northern Germany. What followed is a development that has still...
Unique in HI: Farms with the Highest kg/lb. Fat+Protein Production World-wide (Part 2)
In HI’s September issue, part one of our unique overview of the highest production farms world-wide appeared, with an overview of elite milkers from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Great...
Holstein Austria and the rise to one of the most esteemed populations in Europe
Admittedly, the 48,000 herdbook cows makeup one of the small populations in Europe. Just as small, but with considerable international orientation, is the breeding program. Nonetheless, Austria’s Holsteins are on...
Cow Country 1 - April 2022
The name Paul Mathay is a household one for many fans of the red and white scene within Europe. For decades he has been regularly investing in the best red...
Cow Country II - November 2021
The cow that we are talking about here is an original US product and has her home there at Budjon Farms. However, Our-Favorite Lustre, the VG-89 King Doc out of...
Cow Country I - October 2021
Weenarda Farms (Ontario) is one of the twenty highest index farms in Canada. Notable: all animals on this farm with 52 milking cows have homebred pedigrees. ‘Early on, my parents...
Exclusive: The ultimate update about the herds worldwide with the most EX cows (1)
To breed a Holstein that is distinguished as being EX is an accomplishment to be proud of even in times when Holstein breeding is continually striving towards more commercial goals....
A successful start to lactation: decisive to production and fertility
The time around calving is always tied to a lot of stress and excitement. On hand, it means that there is new life coming to the farm, while on the...