Herd reports
Heritage-Pride, California: Impressive Dutch Belted Herd, Acquired Via Two-Pronged Approach
In the 1990s, the number of representatives of the Dutch Belted breed world-wide turned out to have dropped below 500. For Ronald (Ron) Pietersma – an American with Dutch roots...
Milchhof Diera: German Exemplar for Management, Breeding, and Productivity
Managing a large dairy (30 employees) with leading results year in, year out, requires, knowledge, organizational skills, and craftsmanship. The owners of Milchhof Diera have been very successful in this...
Character Dairy Genetics in Canada: Homebase for Progenesis
Enthusiasts throughout the Holstein world would be familiar with the name Progenesis, the prefix of the Semex internal bull development program. Character Holsteins at Mildmay, Ontario, is where it all...
Level-Plain Holsteins: Lots of AI Sires, All from One Homebred Cow Family
Breeders who want to breed animals with competing or even higher genomics than those from large nucleus programs, give themselves a huge task. Keith Nettekoven does not shy away from...
Drouner Holsteins: One of the Very Best Holstein Herds in the Netherlands
International sire of sons Drouner-K&L Augustus-P-Red and the elite Dutch bull Drouner Altitude-Red: Both are ambassadors of the already longer successful Drouner Aiko family. Drouner Holsteins, owned by the Dutch...
A Splendid Afternoon at L’Echelotte in the French Department of Meuse
It is but a small hamlet, Burey-la-Côte in the French department of Meuse, with about 80 residents. However, it was still hard to find among the small streets – even...
Herds Worldwide - September 2024
Hillandia Farms, the farm of Jason & Rebecca Streutker, lies in the heart of Oxford County, in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Ontario. Also for the Streutkers,...
Tomasz Kocięba’s Dairy Enterprise: An Unimaginable Transformation!
Early this year (HI 01/24) HI published a feature article about Poland, one of the larger milk producing countries in Europe. The opening picture offered a beautiful view of the...
HI on a Reporting Trip: California Tour 2024
Breeder reports are an absolute favourite for HI readers. This is evident from every previous reader survey, and is underscored multiple times by personal conversations with farmers. Breeders really enjoy...
Calori-D Holsteins in California: ‘The Impact of Genetics on our Farm is Tremendous.’
“Family Matters”: the slogan on the farm sign beside the driveway of Calori-D Holsteins in Denair is absolutely fitting for the 2150-head dairy enterprise owned by the Mast family. In...
HWH-3Star Ella-P-RC: German Solitair Daughter with Seven Sons in AI
‘It is interesting to see how a relatively small investment can eventually lead to so much influence… like a small stone that you throw in the water, with the rings...
Wyss Holsteins: Generations of Passion for Holstein Cows!
The Holstein breeding operation of the Wyss family in the Bern canton of Switzerland looks back over a 120-year family story. It is shaped by hard work, passion for cattle...