Cow Families
Yan Jacobs: ‘A Good Cow Can Go Anywhere – That’s Why I Like the Britany Family’
Ferme Jacobs: There isn’t a more famous herd in the world for show-winning type. Only a handful of people can say they have bred a World Dairy Expo or Royal...
He was Born 100 Years Ago:JRAP, likely the most influential bull in the Holstein breed (1)
A truism in modern Holstein breeding: Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation and Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief are the most influential foundation sires of the Holstein breed. When this duo was...
Cow Country II - October 2021
The bull Bosside Rubel Rebel-Red (2808 gTPI) is out of Bosside Seasaw Abby (Seasaw-Gatedancer-Megasire) who is a top-20 TPI red or red-carrier cow in the US. ‘We purchased the Megasire...
Skredsviks Prästgård, Sweden:Reaching an Elite Level Entirely with their own Effort
Martin Grahm was not a farmer’s son when he was born. But: two of his uncles were dairy farmers and milked cows from the original Swedish breeds SRB (red &...
Audrey Posch: This is the Multi-talented Brood Cow who Started the World’s Longest Chain of EX Generations
For many HI readers, the name Audrey Posch will be familiar, even though she was born 84 years ago. Audrey is namely the foundation cow of the cow family with...
HI’s Cow Family Tournament: Here are Numbers 10, 9, 8 and 7!
After two preliminary rounds in March and April, and the grand finale in June’s HI, the project of 2021 – HI’s unique Cow Family Tournament – has notably gained momentum....
Despite Heavy Competition in the Barn: ’This is Absolutely the Best Cow that I have ever Bred.’
Looking for an enthusiastic breeder? Someone who attains significant success with his strategy? Then we are at the right address at the farm of John de Vries in the Dutch...
Cow Country - September 2021
With two family branches in the top-10 of most recognized brood cows (HI 07/21), the L family in the Clydebank herd (300 milking cows) is one of the very strongest...
Why Brabantdale Triumphant Spooky Deserves to Rank Amongst Canada’s Best
With Gillette Blitz 2nd Wind, La Presentation Daurel and Stantons Freddie Cameo being the only three cows with more Canadian brood-stars than Brabantdale Spooky EX – you know she ranks...
Weelder Esmonique: The Powerful Family Behind Force, Empire, Esperanto, Endless and Eloy
The Weelder sires Empire and Esperanto, with 302 and 274 NVI, respectively lead the Dutch list of progeny proven sires. While from the same Esmonique family, the nr.1 DNA bull...
Goldwyn Deb: 11 EX Full Sisters, All With Different Owners
Eastriver Goldwyn Deb 176 was recently named “Star of the Breed” in the US and featured in CowCountry in our July edition. She combines elite level production with an impressive...
‘We can finally breed for healthy and economic cows – such as this Mowgli’
We spoke to Dominik Weber a week or so after he expanded his dairy farm. Weber milked 25 cows, but when a farm near-by (a free-stall barn near Welver to...