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...
‘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...
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...
Unique HI Overview: These are the 92 Most Sold Holstein Sires at AI Companies Worldwide
Who were the most sold Holstein sires in 2021? The answer follows here, in a unique overview with 92 bestsellers from 38 breeding organizations in thirteen different countries. As well...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Beta-casein A2A2: Extensive Supply of Elite Holstein Sires is Guaranteed
Beta-casein. More and more AI companies are including this trait prominently in their sire presentations. Reason: following New Zealand, Australia and Asia, also in North America and Europe, there is...
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...
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...
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...