Management
Do-It-Yourself AI - New Developments in the Marketplace
Do-It-Yourself Artificial Insemination (DIY AI) has made significant gains in recent decades. World-wide, millions of Holsteins are being bred by farmers themselves or by employees on dairy farms. Besides the...
Overview: here are the Different Traits that go into Feet & Leg Evaluations.
No matter whether your breeding goals are aimed at producing a cow for commercial milk production, a high-type show animal, or if you are trying to breed elite genetics for...
Uniform-Agri: Demand for Management Software in the Dairy Industry Continues to Grow
From quick processing of daily administration to complete overviews of herd performance; it is hard to imagine modern dairy farming without a well-functioning management program. Since 1986, Uniform-Agri has specialized...
GAA: Totally Oriented to Servicing Large Commercial Dairies
Established in 2012, Global Ag Alliance (GAA) initially sold fresh semen to large commercial herds in California. ‘The goal was higher conception rates but it proved too costly so we...
Awards in Switzerland: Cows with Lots of Stars & Gold Medal Cows
Canadian Holsteins with several breeding stars often appear in HI. British Holsteins with several stars were placed in the spotlights in the March 2020 issue. Now we turn our attention...
From Australia to Europe and America: The Exclusive Update About the Highest Living EX Holsteins in the World
Whether or not we are speaking about an economically relevant trait here has no bearing. The fact is that that hardly any distinction is tied with so much emotion as...
Editoral - Techmix
“Fresh Cow YMCP® is a proven product of twenty plus years in my dairy practice. It is a convenient, well balanced, and ready to use adjunct therapy that I can...
Advertorial: 4 ways activity monitors can pay for themselves
Dairy farming is a wonderful job like no other. But it also presents its fair share of challenges. There’s peace of mind knowing you have technology on your farm to...
Mitigating Methane: Just Can’t Get Enough of that Pink Puffy Seaweed!
Scientists around the world have been searching for ways to reduce agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps the most exciting discovery comes from Australia where researchers have identified a...
Which Traits Should You Focus On When Choosing Bulls for Beef-On-Dairy?
The use of beef sires on lower-end genetic-merit cows has become a widespread trend in dairy herds around the world. Extensive use of sexed semen has enabled producers to breed...
Heat Stress – It Can’t Be Beat Without Fans!
Avoiding heat stress for cows and the associated decreases in production and fertility is a main management topic in dairy farming, and this by now in almost all climatic zones....
Fertility: How is it Evaluated in Different Countries?
Throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, the global popularity of the Holstein cow continued to climb in line with her improved performance. Heavy selection emphasis on production resulted in impressive...