Management
Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Swissgenetics
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...
New: Heat tolerance index in Italy
It was an innovation when Australia first released breeding values for heat tolerance in 2017. Since then, not only has it become common knowledge that heat stress negatively influence cows’...
10 Years of Peak: A Constantly Evolving Genetic Program
The prefix Peak is now a constant on sire ranking lists, not just in the US but other countries too. The number of studs that include bulls bred by Peak...
Global Dairy Youth Challenge: Preliminary Round Three
After the success of the first competition in 2020, for the second time HI presents the Global Dairy Youth Challenge: a competition for young people. Via four preliminary rounds, the...
Mike West: ‘Using our Extensive International Network to Keep us in Tune with What Producers will Need in the Future.’
You have often read his comments on bulls from the Semex line-up, product support specialist Mike West. The Canadian based brand name Semex has held a prominent position in the...
Unique in HI: Farms with the Highest kg/lb Fat + Protein Productions World-wide Part 1
In the Holstein world, high productions always speak to the imagination. Tremendous records of individual animals, but certainly also high averages at the herd level. But how high are the...
Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Masterrind
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...
Global Dairy Youth Challenge: Preliminary Round Two
After the success of the first competition in 2020, for the second time HI presents the Global Dairy Youth Challenge: a competition for young people. Via four preliminary rounds, the...
Selecting for Longevity: Now With Much Greater Progress
It seems that the dramatic improvement in production traits for Holsteins over the years has often been at the expense of longevity… or at least any gains in longevity have...
Good Udder Health: Important Key to Success on Modern Dairy Farms
A high somatic cell count, besides reducing milk revenue, also increases the likelihood of mastitis. Very undesirable then, due to its economic impact and the possible premature loss of valuable...
Beef-On-Dairy: Growing Interest in Angus Genetics
Angus has become the dominant breed in a number of major beef-producing countries around the globe. Effective marketing and breed improvement programs have helped to grow market share. Now that...
Pine-Tree from the Steiner Family: Continuous Vision in Combination with Abundant Passion
We will begin with her for a moment anyway. Even though, the Steiner family – the owner of Pine-Tree Dairy – will not quickly put her in the forefront nowadays....
A successful start to lactation: decisive to production and fertility
The time around calving is always tied to a lot of stress and excitement. On hand, it means that there is new life coming to the farm, while on the...