Cow Families
The sequel: Here is the Second Preliminary Round of HI’s Cow Family Tournament!
In our recent March issue, HI’s tournament of the world’s most influential cow families commenced with preliminary round 1, in which 50 promising cow families from continents other than North...
Cow Country - March 2021
‘In our breeding goal we have always focused on conformation, production, and fitness.’ Lachlan Fry, the breeder at Katandra-Park Holsteins & Jerseys (140 milking cows) in Western Australia, has a...
Tappenvale Miss Universe: The New Name in Leading Genomic Conformation
Can you remember the first pedigree cow purchased for your herd? The Carlson family definitely do… Why? Because Brad Carlson’s great-grandfather purchased the founding purebred cow behind the Sunnyhome herd...
The Time has Arrived: Here is the First Preliminary Round of HI’s Cow Family Tournament!
Indeed! The starting shot of HI’s unique tournament of the world’s most influential cow families has been given. Here is the first preliminary round; on the next six pages, you...
GGA Jolene – From homegrown to one of the most fashionable breeding wellsprings in Europe
She is the dam of the internationally intensively used sire of sons Keith and of the popular polled sire and DTG bull Mali-P. But above all, GGA Balisto Jolene is...
Oda Family at Ladys-Manor Produces the Nr.1 CTPI Cow
One of the most enduring cow families of the breed is again right at the top of the index list. The US has just one cow with >3000 CTPI: Her...
Cow Country - February 2021
Mark Brantner in Pennsylvania, together with his family, is pursuing a dream: owning a dairy farm with beautiful and high-producing Holsteins. And the realization of that dream could be assisted...
Cow Country - February 2021
The forced cancellation of the annual Irish National Dairy Show in October led to a competition to determine the Champion of the Decade. Ridgefield Dundee Portea EX-95 claimed the title...
After a showdown, especially with Rose and Hailey: O’Kalibra is the All-Time World Champion!
Just three Holsteins were able to become a World Champion twice in their career: Thrulane James Rose, RF Goldwyn Hailey and Decrausaz Iron O’Kalibra. Precisely these three matadors ended up...
Eba Clara: ‘She is the cow that gave us everything The cow of a lifetime.’
We are taking you along to the French department of Sarthe, 245 km southwest of the metropolis of Parisz; To a Holstein farm close to St.Jean de la Motte. There...
Cow Country - January 2021
Recently Meadow-Green Abso Fanny-Red EX-96 was selected as the new Red Holstein World Champion (HI 10/2020). Will she also excel as a brood cow? Those who speak with the Cunningham...
The less well-known sister? European Aiko Branch Flourishes at Drouner Holsteins
In 2009, Kamps-Hollow Altitude won HI’s Red Impact Competition. In 2013 and 2015, that honour fell to her daughters Apple and Aiko, while in 2016 and 2018 Aiko’s daughters Aika...