Herd reports
Ever-Green-View in Wisconsin: : Home of Multiple World Record Milk Cows
In the 1970s, Tom and Gin Kestell established the Ever-Green-View herd at Waldo in eastern Wisconsin, close to the shores of Lake Michigan. Today they manage the high performing 100-cow...
Huddlestone Farm ‘Minimally One Standard Deviation Between Stature and Chest Width.’
‘Many people look at the linear profile of sires for individual traits, while it is actually about the balance between traits....’ Keith Gue enjoys talking openly about current breeding themes...
Selz-Pralle Dairy: The Achievements of World Champion Aftershock 3918 Are Becoming More and More Impressive
Last February, the milky Joliam Salvator Ava 5251-RC EX-93 earned a prominent place in HI’s article about foundation sire Salvatore. Ava 5251 belongs to Selz-Pralle Dairy in Wisconsin; one of...
Markus Mock: ‘Time has come to have a live auction again!’
If there were to be a ranking of the most spectacular auctions in Europe, the Mox Type & Utility Sale would definitely be near the top. Few other privately organized...
Sabbiona Holsteins: Italian Source of Excellence for Fifty Years – 452 Homebred EX Cows!
In the location where Ireneo Ciserani started exactly fifty years ago with one cow, today there is a beautiful modern operation with 650 milking cows and 750 head of young...
The Ambition at OCD: ‘Breeding an Elite Conformation Sire That is Also Very Suitable for Commercial Herds.’
The prefix is one of the best known in modern Holstein breeding: OCD. It is the source of one of the most influential Holstein cows in recent times (Miss OCD...
Riverdane: The Farm Four EX-97 Cows Have Called Home!
South Africa, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands… Mark Nutsford’s transatlantic judging appointments speak for themselves. But what do you know about...
Andreas Hörmann, breeder of Canyon & Volker: Brown Swiss power with 66,000kg/145,200lb production at culling
If there are two daughter-proven sires in service from a farm and the dams of each still look good, it is really something special. Andreas and Maria Hörmann bred Canyon...
Random-Luck Farm: A True Premier Breeder Herd
Breeding outstanding type animals that can consistently compete with the best in the show ring and bring home the Premier Breeder award takes a special talent. At Random-Luck Farm in...
Lynbrook Holsteins: Thoroughly Balanced International Gene Mix in Ireland
‘Many people ask me: “John, why aren’t you retiring?” But what would I do then, get out of bed late and watch TV? No, I want to get up every...
Morrill in New Hampshire Multi-faceted Family Farm with a Special Focus on Red Holsteins
Beautiful red & white descendants of Tri-Day Ashlyn, Gaige Highlight Tamara, and Rancon Carla Factor-Red – they can be admired in the far northeastern part of the US, on the...
Bosgoed in the Netherlands: Three Decades of Consistent Crossbreeding with Holstein-Jersey-Brown Swiss
Brown Swiss, Jersey, Fleckvieh, Montbéliarde; the use of “Dairy Breeds” on Holsteins is taking place in a variety of forms in the Netherlands. The Bosgoed family in Denekamp, close to...