Herd reports
Here is #4 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: De-Su!
Here we are! We have arrived at the top-4, and thus the quartet of HI reader’s highest ranking breeders during the last 25 years. In this HI issue, we announce...
Gaec du Terril: Using the Right Bulls for Optimal Genetics on their Organic Farm
Suddenly he appeared: Oxterril. With +218 gISU (index release 4/2019) one of the very highest in the French index round. With a relatively unknown sire (Surgeon, more about him later)...
JMK Holsteins in Texas: From Nothing to 1400 Outstanding Holsteins in Just 35 Years
With 800 milking and dry cows, the dairy of John Koster (JMK Holsteins) is clearly below the average size in Texas (1343 cows), making it the fifth state for milk...
Our-Favorite: thuishaven van Unlimited en haar populaire zoon Undenied
Todd Stanek is niet opgegroeid met geregistreerde Holsteins; hij was al volwassen toen zijn passie voor fokkerij zich manifesteerde. Recentelijk, op de jaarlijkse National Holstein Convention, werd hij trots erkend...
Very close to the breeding goal: 11 cows, 1.17 million kg lifetime production and 89 points for conformation
When our photographer Christine Massfeller was asked if she would be able to take a picture at the Kleemann family farm in Germany, the request itself was already unique. The...
Pheasant-Echos: Following the Red-Holstein Tanbark Trail
Through an intensive ET programme, the American Pheasant-Echos herd continues to build a solid type foundation. So far, this strategy has earned them a World Dairy Expo Grand Champion… Here...
Here is #5 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years! Ferme Jacobs
Some top breeders garner a lot of respect for the influential bulls that they have bred and that have left their stamp globally. Such as Sandy-Valley, who appeared in HI...
Sibéria Holsteins: “Hot” Red-Holstein Genetics at One of the Coldest Locations in Switzerland
We couldn’t have found a more ideal herd for our Red Review issue: Or a much better herd either. Do you know a dairy farm in your neighborhood where exclusively...
Here is #6 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Sandy-Valley!
Spectacular! We have not yet started with the top-5 of our competition and now already we come across real heavyweights… en route to the absolute Nr.1, which will be revealed...
El Grillo: 650 Holstein Cows in Uruguay
With this photo page we arrive in Uruguay, South America: Or more specifically in Sarandi Grande in the Florida Department, 140 km north of Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo. We arrive...
Riverdown in Canada: Home of Unstopabull and Incredibull
Unstopabull and Incredibull – the two high-type red bulls have been giving the Riverdown name a presence on the international Holstein scene over recent years. This month we take you...
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...