Cow Families
Ladyrose Caught Your Eye: The Unix Daughter Who Can Do It All
From time to time a superstar arrives on the Holstein scene, a cow that can do it all; a top producer with the type to compete at the top level,...
Startmore Rudolph: Likely the Most Generous Source of Pure Brood Cows in the Breed
Immediately an intriguing question. How many bulls do you know that provided even more influential daughters than Startmore Rudolph? Just read along: Wesswood-H Rudy Missy. Windsor-Manor Rud Zip. Ladys-Manor Ruby...
Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted: The Newest Super Bull Dam from the Halo Family
Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted appeared in the news one year ago, thanks to her Nr.1 gLPI son Beyond Hi-Power. The consistently high DNA indexes of all her descendants predicted more AI...
Youthful Wilcor O Katy Wins 51st Schau der Besten
The elite sale ‘Die Auction’ plus the breeder’s gala on the eve, three current daughter groups from the Synetics breeding program, a dazzling show with Wilcor O Katy as the...
Help Us choose the World Champion 2024
This is the 27th edition of the World Champion competition! On the following pages you will find 18 of the most outstanding Holstein cows that have dazzled in show-rings around...
From Goldsun to Ashton, Athos & Aladdin Genes from Former World Champion Toc-Farm Amyly Continue to Blossom
Last February in HI you found an extensive report about the Italian Holstein star Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96, and a month earlier a portrait of her splendid Irish half-sister Cormacoo...
Cow Country - April 2025
The Netherlands has two famous Pietje families. Descending from the Woudhoeve Pietjes is Poppe Snow-RC, the maternal great-grandsire of Gywer-RC. The Skalsumer Pietjes provided Skalsumer Sunny Boy, for years the...
Lilly-Red secures the crown as World Champion!
In the past year she was already named Reserve World Champion, but in 2024, Premium Apple Crisp Lilly-Red secured the sought-after title as Red Holstein World Champion. Twelve outstanding cows...
Sheepster’s Background: How the Glare Family Appears in the News Again Thirty Years Later - And Now Globally!
No, he is not yet progeny proven, the nearly four-year-old Trooper son OCD Sheepster. In August, his first progeny proven index is expected. However, the Select Sires graduate is already...
Cow Country - March 2025
3176 TPI, position 92. This top-100 ranking of Hurtgenlea Parfect Myndi VG-86 on the American cow index list shows that the several generations of a homebred cow family owned by...
Lydia and her Daughter Lustre have Created one of the Great Type Families of the Breed
Lydia is the fountainhead behind a family that produced 3 Canadian Royal Grand Champions: This is clearly one of the most consistent type transmitting families of the breed. And now...
Al-Lew Monterey Ashley: The Dam of Arrow and Splendidly Complete Daughters
As a young sire, Aristocrat grabbed the headlines selling for $640,000. Today his conformation-rich brother Arrow turns out to be more popular. The American brood cow Al-Lew Monterey Ashley EX-95,...