Cow Families
Cow Country I - July 2024
‘They are all problem-free free-stall cows that show very good legs. Particularly the very good feet with depth of heel that guarantees they wouldn’t get Mortellaro,’ says Martin Biederbick. He...
Prudence Family: Source of Late-Maturing Holsteins with Index Power
Sherman Herrington, a passionate breeder in the American state of New York, laid the foundation. He set out to develop Holsteins that would reach their peak at ten years of...
Cow Country - June 2024
Initially, at Fairvue Farms (1500 milking cows) in the American state of Connecticut, only unregistered Holsteins were being milked. ‘Seven years ago we started implanting embryos from elite breeding programs...
Kingsway Arangatang’s Dominant Influence in the UK
At the Ontario Spring Show two descendants of the 24 brood-star Kingsway Sanchez Arangatang EX-95 stood at the top of their classes… which jogged our memory to Britain’s recent UK...
Apple-Red: The Dam of More Than 100 EX daughters!
The Apple dynasty is playing a dominant role in red & white breeding and has given a whole new meaning to the term ‘elite conformation’. With her sale price of...
Cow Country I - May 2024
Scrolling through social media is a phenomenon of our time, with countless contributions being ignored or unconsciously acknowledged, and then there are posts where one has the feeling to scroll...
Cow Country II - May 2024
The story of Jolana starts in November 2013, when Otto Meinders had a hospital stay in Leer and happened to walk past the sale barn during the first VOST-Select-Sale while...
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A Major Impact Bloodline Worldwide
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A distinctive, speckled cow with a very distinctive name, she became the icon for a bloodline that gained respect throughout the Holstein world. Via a long list of...
Cow Country II - April 2024
JMM Memoire was the winner at this year‘s Swiss Jersey Night, at which a total of 84 animals were presented. The third-parity Memoire is a Fizz daughter belonging to Damien...
Cow Country I - April 2024
With 959 gPLI, Ballycairn Peace 6568 Sherese is far and away the nr.1 of all tested female Holsteins in the United Kingdom. The five-month-old DG Peace (<Captain) daughter traces via...
Cow Country - March 2024
Jean-Baptiste Decheppe of Gaec du Tombuy at Gimecourt in the north-east of France has a cow with a special story. ‘Gourmande was not born on our farm. It was our...
Markwell Blackstar Raven: One of Blackstar’s most respected daughters
Like we quite often do when we tackle articles about monumental cow families – we have to start with an apology… Obviously when a cow family has been so good,...