Cow Families
Dellia’s impressive ambassadress in British Columbia
In 2008, a silky black senior calf entered the show ring at the BC Holstein Spring Show. On her way to a second place finish, she caught the eye of...
Elite American Family Celebrates New Success… in France!
Close to Ruffiac, 77 km southwest of Rennes in the French region of Brittany, a cow family is quickly expanding. In the home herd, it already makes up more than...
SHA Grumeti: Source of Outstanding Traits
She is the cow with the highest breeding value in Germany, the dam of the highest male calves as well as that of three other animals that are also the...
Cow Country - December 2020
‘In her best days, Portefolio was the cow that every breeder dreams about. Her conformation, especially when it came to her exceptional udder, was nearly perfect. In addition, she was...
Lars-Acres Felices Fame: The Raven Family at Oakfield Corners
Oakfield Corners Dairy (OCD) milks a total of over 8,000 cows at 4 separate locations: 3 in northern New York and 1 in Ohio. Their breeding program has produced a...
Koepon Regenias: Strong Advance Thanks to Ruby-Ann
In August, HI wrote extensively about 50 years of Koepon. At Koepon Garnwerd, Wijnand Pon’s dairy farm in the northern Dutch province of Groningen, various high calibre Holstein families compete....
Cow Country - November 2020
Just due to her colour alone, Logan Jodie 3-Red turns out to be a special sight. ‘She is nearly entirely white, only the tips of her ears are red,’ explains...
Sanchez Dice: Arethusa’s First Homebred EX-96 Holstein
Holsteins in the US which receive the nearly ultimate score of EX-96 are sensationally beautiful! The same is true of Arethusa Dice. In June, the speckled, white Sanchez daughter followed...
Keeping it in the Family: Hanker wins Global Cow 2020 title.
Last year it was Cookiecutter Halo who claimed the Global Cow title. This year two of her daughters Hanker and Has fought a duel for the 2020 award. The exceptional...
Cow Country - October 2020
Naturally, there are special reasons to explain why we are presenting the 4-year-old Maren here. The VG-88 Goldday daughter, whose pedigree, via daughters from Mascalese and Goldsun, goes back to...
JIMM Holstein Hellen 589: A Remarkable Dutch Spectacle
‘Hellen 589 is, in time to participate in the NRM next year, pregnant to Dempsey. She is enormously powerfully built, but also has the femininity that Dempsey requires.’ John de...
GOL Commander Nachtigall -Germany’s Cow of the Year is the Cow of the Hour
The German breeders had a fine sense of the breeding capital that the Commander daughter GOL Nachtigall had to offer. This summer, a large majority of them voted for the...