Management

March 2022

Management

Erbacres Snapple Shakira: Unanimously Selected as World Champion 2021!

More than 50% of the readers’ votes: In 23 editions, this has happened to just four World Champions. This year a new illustrious name can be added to the list...

March 2022

Management

‘No One Knows What the Future Holds; As Such, Genetic Variation Remains Absolutely Essential!’

With 70-90 young sires launched annually, Bayern-Genetik is one of the global Fleckvieh AI giants. Annually, about 1.5 million doses of semen are sold, of which 50% are used in...

March 2022

Management

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...

March 2022

Management

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...

March 2022

Management

Single-Step: Next Generation in Genetic Evaluations

Genomic evaluations first arrived in 2009 and created a revolution in Holstein breeding that more than doubled the rate of genetic gain. Continued refinements and improvements have produced incremental increases...

February 2022

Management

Heat Detection: One of the Most Important Aspects of Effective Herd Management

Accurate heat detection has influence on the number of inseminations required and calving interval, which in turn has direct impact on the farms financial bottom-line. The challenge is to more...

February 2022

Management

The Millionaires of the Holstein Breed: The Milestone Appears to be Getting Further Away!

The “comeback bull”, as he was called. When dairy farmers milked daughters of this bull, they wanted more: And returned to the bull. That’s why there continued to be orders...

February 2022

Management

Knock Out (K.O.) Criteria How Individual Traits Influence Sire Use Globally

Do you know the feeling? You have settled on a sire that impresses you, a bull that is among the top of the breed and promises maximal breeding progress. But...

January 2022

Management

Aumann and Hefner from BVN: ‘We Want to Preserve the Influence and Opportunities of Breeders Across the Board.’

One of the largest AI organizations in Europe can be found in the northern part of the German state of Bavaria: BVN. With more than 100 young Fleckvieh sires per...

January 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Norbreck Genetics & VOSt

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...

January 2022

Management

Cow Family Tournament: Responses from the Breeders

In December’s HI, you discovered the outcome of HI’s Global Cow Family Tournament; Comestar Laurie Sheik became #2 and Snow-N-Denises Dellia #1. On this page you can read the responses...

January 2022

Management

Martino Cassandro, Passionate General Manager of the Italian Herdbook: ‘The “war” against farmers needs to come to an end.’

Only since March 2021 has he filled the position of General Manager for the Italian breeders association of Italian Holstein Friesian, Brown and Jersey breeds (ANAFIBJ), but nevertheless Martino Cassandro...