Cow Families
Who Needs Genomics When You Have The Dolly Family?
There are 17 star-brood cows from the Dolly family in the British Kirkblythe herd. Born in 1991, the greatest is its founding member Kirkblythe Leadman Dolly EX-90 31*. Here we...
German R Family also Provides Popular Double W Sires in the Netherlands
With 130 RZG based on nearly 28,000 daughters, Guarini is the very highest of several dozens of German Goldwyn sons. Thanks to the strong maternal line from which he originates....
Coyne-Farms Mass Jill: Males More Successful than Females
With 3 sons on the TPI and LPI top-lists, along with 5 grand-sons and great grand-sons on the genomic top-lists in the US and Germany, Coyne-Farms Mass Jill is having...
Tiger-Lily Lulu: Ladd-P was Just the Beginning for this Special Cow Family
Five years ago the arrival of the high-type red bull Tiger-Lily Ladd-P focused attention on the Lulu family at Marshman Farms in New York. Via his sire Destry, Ladd-P offered...
Welcome-Tel Brennan: 5 generations, 5 different prefixes
In June 2003 HI reported about the Hidden-View Lead Becca cow family and in October 2003 we wrote about a headline daughter-proven sire that had just emerged from the bloodline,...
Olmar Baby Bumble: Deep Minnesota Cow Family with Current Impact
Olmar has been one of the top breeder herds of Minnesota for almost 60 years. For most of that time, different branches of the one cow family have fought for...
A Surprising Update On Dabble: This Prominent Family Keeps Providing Alternative Bloodlines
Widely regarded as one of the best Outside daughters, Ronelee Outside Dabble EX-91 had 17 sons go to AI in North America with the two most heavily used being Ronelee...
Cow Country 2 - October 2017
She is the first cow in Quebec’s history to complete 3 generations of 94/95 dams and is regarded as the best cow the Master Breeder Vieuxsaule herd has bred… What...
Camomile: The Conformation Queen
During the height of her show career Silvermaple Damion Camomile commanded a 6-figure price tag at public auction. Was she worth the investment? Find out here!
Successful for shows and index: BTS-Swann – the uncommon French Splendor
Do you like stories about very special cows? The ones that have something different than their paternal sisters? If you do, you should enjoy the BTS-Swann story! This French cow...
Saber Pansy Family Dominates at Selz-Pralle Dairy
The well-managed 425-cow operation at Selz-Pralle Dairy in Wisconsin achieves extreme production from high-type cows with well-attached udders that are built to last. A branch of the Saber Pansy family...
Uncovered: The Secrets behind Hilrose’s “Herd of Excellence” Success
The Princess family, belonging to Hilrose Holsteins in America, has been in this award-winning herd for nearly 30 years. Much of the herd’s success can be owed to this productive...