Management
Sire Breeding Values For Polled And Red Holsteins Worldwide
The stability and the consistency which the December evaluations showed in almost all leading Holsteins countries rubbed off on the section for polled and red sires. Nonetheless there were several...
Calving Ease and Daughter Calving Ability: Two Different Indexes with the Same Goal
Partially thanks to the arrival of genomics, there are fewer and fewer bulls from which the descendants are born with difficulty, or from whom the daughters themselves have a hard...
Holstein UK: Propelled by Passionate Breeders who Drive Innovation
For HI’s 3rd instalment of the “herdbook series” we visit Holstein UK – who continues to bolster its position as the pivotal British herdbook by nurturing the next generation, and...
Emerging Feet and Leg Concerns in Dairy Cattle
Canadian veterinarian Dr. Gordon Atkins is renowned internationally for his presentations on functional type in dairy cattle. He has been a practicing vet for more than 40 years, and since...
Dry Cow Management: Optimal Preparation Brings Out the Best in a Cow
Most health problems with the dairy cow occur when giving birth or within the first 2 months of lactation, when her body is dealing with the stresses of calving or...
Matthew Winter: ‘The social benefits of breed societies cannot be overstated’
Lively London to leisurely Lincolnshire: Why Matthew Winter left his big-league job in the city to return to the family farm… and what he wants to achieve in his role...
RZG and the new RZ€ – Germany follows the international trend
Since the August evaluations, Germany’s dairy farmers can look at the new economic index RZ€ in addition to the RZG. However, the RZ€ is not a revolution or a huge...
Daily Change Equals Little Progress
In his 5th contribution to Holstein International, our guestwriter An American Dairyman is focusing on sire selection. As the headline says: changing your goals too often will result in too...
Vytelle Opens a New IVF Lab in Scotland
A new IVF lab in Dumfries, Scotland, will enable Vytelle to make available its hormone-free IVF technology to dairy and beef cattle breeders in the UK and Ireland. In recent...
E-Mails to HI…about stature
In my experience as a US dairyman the issues with stature today are more regionalized than worldwide. I am located in the Southeastern US. It’s unusual to see cows that...
Get Acquainted with Herdbooks All Over the World: Holstein Australia
This is the third installment in our series featuring the major Holstein herdbooks around the globe. Did you know that the same foundation animals that started the Holstein breed in...
PhönixGroup - Germany’s Newest Mega-Breeding Program
There was already a small earthquake that rattled through the German breeding branch in mid-September when 6 German breeding companies at once announced that as of January 1st, 2021, they...