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Lionel The Most Extreme Milk Transmitter Ever
Bounding to the top of the TPI charts with the April proof release was the Frazzled son Lionel, with an amazing TPI of 3172. And at +3397lb of milk, he’s...
Puttergill Inka: A Leading Cow Family from South Africa
For over 30 years the Inka family has been rising to the top of the impressive Puttergill herd on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The hard working Inka’s have...
Scarlet-Summer: The Only Two Red Cows in the World with 30,000kg/66,000lb Records
Central Pennsylvania is home to a herd that includes the world’s highest producing red cows. However, with two-thirds of the cows scored EX, even the keenest Holstein connoisseur would be...
Proof Reliabilities Give You a Means to Assess Risk
An animal’s genetic evaluation is an estimate of the genetics it will transmit to its offspring. The reliability tells us the likelihood of how much the proof might change once...
Bles Dairies: Purpose Driven Company with Global Reach and Local Impact
The Dutch company Bles Dairies was founded in 1990 as a livestock exporter supplying pedigreed Holstein heifers to Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. A genetics division was added in 1997...
Intriguing Sires Best Seller 2021 2 - April 2022
Moline was the highest volume selling bull in the Jetstream line-up last year. He is housed in the US and is an excellent semen producer in both conventional and sexed...
Bosside in Wisconsin: The Sale of Genetics has Always Moved us Forward in a Big Way
Over the last 30 years the Bosside name has had a constant presence on the international Holstein scene. At first it was Bosside Ruben, then Bosside AltaRoss, Co-op Bosside Massey...
Beef-On-Dairy at Select Sires: The New BART Program to Produce Bulls for Use on Dairy Cows
Beef semen sales in the US reached a record 8.7 million units in 2021, up 21% from the previous year. Indeed, 10 years earlier only 1.3 million units sold and...
Excluding Genomics: Would That Give Us a More Accurate Measure of a Proven Sire’s Genetic Merit?
Recently a breeder contacted Holstein International with an interesting question…’Once a bull gets a number of daughters in production why don’t they just remove the genomics from his proof altogether?...
Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Agri-Gene & RUW
The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...
Aurora Mitchell Outcross Bull Transmitting Wide Rumps, Super Udders and Ideal Leg Set
At 2828 TPI, Mitchell sits at Nr.13 on the proven sire TPI charts. His proof shows >1,000lb milk +.11%f +.04%p, while his 2.63 type makes him the highest type bull...
Holstein Association USA: The Adoption of New Technology is Driving the Breed Forward
“To provide leadership, information, and services to help members and dairy producers worldwide be successful” …that’s the mission statement of the Holstein Association USA. As the largest dairy breed organization...