Cow Families
Cow Country II - May 2023
The state of Victoria is the heartland of the Australian dairy industry. In the north of the state at Bamawm is Mitch Holsteins, the 300-cow herd owned by Brent &...
Olla family: The bloodline behind Ireland’s only living homebred EX-96 cow
No sexed semen, strictly no flushing, yearlings in the barn by F16 Rocket (a sire born in 1983) and a closed herd for nearly 20 years… what gems could possibly...
Cow Country II - April 2023
Grand Champion at the Estevanens Show in Switzerland last fall was Londaly Armani Lovely-Red EX-94. Earlier in her career Lovely had been Intermediate Champion at the Swiss Expo 2017 and...
The “Golden Cross” Monterey Daughters of Global Cow Winner Hanker
There have been a number of recognized “Golden Crosses” in the breeding world…in this cow family it was Monterey over Cookiecutter Mogul Hanker and then King Doc over the Monterey’s....
In Pursuit’s pedigree Fustead Emory Blitz, Super-millionaire with a Remarkable Amount of Breeding Power
In HI’s March edition, Pine-Tree-I Pursuit (from Semex) came into view as one of the most faultless sires in the Holstein breed – also at a high index level. Reason...
Cow Country - April 2023
In February 2023, HI presented 22 EX daughters of the Roxy descendant Gloryland-I Goldwyn Locket EX-94. Remarkable: an unmentioned VG-85 Doorman out of Locket has likely provided the most valuable...
Paquet Kolya Goldwyn: Cow of the Year, and a Global Cow Finalist
Paquet Kolya Goldwyn EX-92 was born on the 13th June 2007. The Canadian Goldwyn daughter was out of an EX Titanic and was a 7th generation in the Paquet herd...
Cow Country 1 - March 2023
Jelmer van der Meer, who milks his 90-cow herd in the north of the Netherlands, began investing in embryos for the first time 5 years ago. The result of his...
Brookview Tony Charity: Her Legacy Lives On!
Grand Champion at the Royal Winter Fair four times and just as often the Supreme Champion in Madison. In 1987 for Hanover Hill Holsteins and Romandale Farms, Brookview Tony Charity...
Cow Country 2 - March 2023
Keur Zohare VG-87, owned by Marcel Heylen (Keur Holsteins) in Belgium, is a remarkable Holstein. Thanks to her sire Ohare-P and her dam, a daughter of Laron-P, she was born...
Cow Country 2 - February 2023
The full brothers MB Luckylady Bullseye (+857lb milk, 3.31 gPTAT, 2523 gTPI, at Semex; 08/2022) and Eye Candy (+301lb milk, 3.28 gPTAT, 2552 gTPI, at Select) are two of the...
Cow Country 3 - February 2023
Chris Booth is a veterinarian from Plymouth, Wisconsin, who together with his wife Courtney and their 4 children have a hobby farm and own 15 Holsteins, mostly Red-Holsteins. Any milking...