Germany

September 2019

Sires Report

Focus on... September 2019

On first glance, it is the all-around positive values for all management and health traits that grab attention. Additionally, there is the good heritability for production and proper conformation with...

July 2019

Herd reports

Rinderzucht Kaack - Strong Performing D Family Provides Three Sires in the German Top-4

Murano (150 RZG), Morgan (148 RZG) and Masato (147 RZG) occupy 3 of the top-4 positions on the German progeny proven index list. They are three Mogul sons of one...

July 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - July 2019

Giordano is the new Nr.1 DNA-proven bull in Italy and combines solid production (+1330kg milk) with high components (+.50%f +.24%p) and is the highest rated bull for udders in the...

July 2019

Cow Families

Cow Country - July 2019

With 2111 TPI, Niclo O-Man Debbie VG-87 (born 2004) is one of the very highest American index cows from her birth year. The O-Man owned by the Nichols and Longshore...

July 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Balic & Bandicoot & Duke

‘Our dairy farmers appreciate Balic and are using him again as a progeny proven bull,’ states Mathias Poferl from Rinderzucht Baden-Württemberg (RBW). ‘Also in his DNA period, Balic was already...

July 2019

Sires Report

Bull Talk - July 2019

Salvatore dominates for the red & white sire of sons, but in his wake we find Endco Apprentice RC, a Kingboy son of Blondin-TJR Supersire Aroma VG-85. Apprentice is not...

June 2019

Cow Families

The Grietje/Genua Family: Every Generation Notable for High Components and Balance

Progressive elite breeding sometimes results in small, fragile Holsteins with insufficient durability for long-term production. This is anything but the case for the native Dutch Grietje/Genua family. This is the...

June 2019

Herd reports

Benninghoff Holsteins – Not only one of the biggest, but also one of the best herds in Germany

As there are only a handful of herds in western Germany that are of a similar size, simply the number of 1,200 cows that Marc Benninghoff milks on his north-German...

June 2019

Sires Report

Focus on.. Polled Talents

The dam is an early daughter of the Balisto son Brasil and the granddam is a productive Snowfever daughter with Laron-P, Canvas and Lightning in her sire stack. On the...

June 2019

Sires Report

BullTalk - June 2019

He is the very highest NTM transmitter of Scandinavia and is available both domestically and abroad: Growny with +41 NTM. ‘Certainly a very interesting bull: high indexing and with an...

June 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Checkmate & Jeiraki & Nautic

For the leading group of young DNA sires, Checkmate always came just a few RZG points short, but in the end, according to Ingo Schnoor from RSH, this had no...

May 2019

Cow Families

Cow Country 2 - May 2019

‘She makes you look smart,’ says Anthony Liddle about Liddleholme Resurrect Lu-RC, one of the breed’s newest 97-point cows. ‘She likes to be left alone – at a show you...