Cow Families

December 2024

Cow Families

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...

December 2024

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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...

December 2024

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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...

December 2024

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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...

December 2024

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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...

December 2024

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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...

November 2024

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Cow Country - November 2024

GENIA IS BRILLIANT‘We strive for a highly efficient, economical and resource efficient cow,’ states Jürg Hofmann of Hokovit Genetics in Switzerland. One of his current stars is the Silverridge Einstein...

November 2024

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Second Global Cow Title in a Row for Siemers!

Likely none of the Global Cow Competitions have been as strong as this 20th edition. Note here the recipe for an extraordinarily fascinating finale. The new Global Cow is Siemers...

November 2024

Cow Families

Plain-Knoll Mogul Mariah: With Her Own Powerful Chapter, from the Mirror/Mirage Family

Mayflower, Midnight, King Royal, Trooper, Crusher, Hurley… and then we are only talking about the progeny proven sires from the Mira-Mariah family at Plain-Knoll. Besides them, there are numerous young...

November 2024

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The Surprise of Madison: Twigs Beats Footloose and Shakira at World Dairy Expo

Jeffrey-Way Twigs is the name! The Hardrock daughter from the renowned T family at Jeffrey-Way Holsteins in Wisconsin provided a fantastic surprise at the World Dairy Expo, as she beat...

October 2024

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Cow Country - October 2024

How is this for a progeny list: 52 registered progeny with only one below 3000 gTPI! Kenyon-Hill Gameday Onia GP-83 just never misses. ‘This is a whole new experience for...

October 2024

Cow Families

UK Dairy Day 2024: Golden Title for Evening Sidekick Jennifer

Some champion titles carry extra weight. Purely due to the sublime quality of the competition. The Holstein title at the 10th UK Dairy Day is one of these, with a...