Management
Improved Genetics for Fertility: A Major Success Story in Modern Breeding
Declining fertility rates as a consequence of intense selection for production improvement through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s created a major negative for the Holstein breed. However, the implementation...
STg General Manager Juan Moreno:‘Our Industry Made a Significant Mistake!’
For most dairy farms, sexed semen has become an indispensable instrument in management. A driving force behind the global rise of sexed semen is Sexing Technologies. But: ST did not...
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...
Choose your Red Holstein World Champion 2023
No, not on a poster this time… but, the number of candidates has increased! For the selection of the Red Holstein World Champion 2023, no less than eighteen beautiful candidates...
For superior reproduction in herd management: Metrabol
Natual, Techna’s natural health nutrition range, has for over 15 years been demonstrating the value of the Metrabol bolus for reproduction that combines natural solutions and performance. Technical, economic and...
The Global Cow 2023 is… Siemers Lmda Paris
She was the clear choice of the voting public, polling an impressive 22.4% of the total vote. In addition, all three of our official judges placed her in their top-5,...
Abundant Quality at the Holstein and Red Holstein Shows: Shakira & Lilly-Red, Radiant Queens in Madison
Lynn Harbaugh and Phillip Topp, the judges of the Holsteins and Red Holsteins respectively, had plenty of splendid candidates from which to choose in each class – the WDE 2023...
Unique news from Japan: Supersire daughter Currywebb pulverizes world record for milk!
Those who read Holstein International from cover to cover each month, likely know her name: Bell-Smart SS Currywebb VG-87. In October 2020, she appeared in Cow Country due to an...
New traits, aligned definitions – The linear description and its increasing international comparability
The chief classifiers from 14 countries met for the first time 33 years ago to come to an agreement on how the conformation traits could be better compared between different...
What Can We Learn From Other Breeds?
It’s so helpful to compare Holsteins to other breeds. What can we learn? There are a few values, that are easy to recognize in other breeds. Values which Holstein breeders...
The Early Foundation Animals of the Holstein Breed
Which animals are at the foundation of the modern Holstein breed? The global AI company AI Total was eager to highlight a number of them. Together with Holstein International, a...
Ingo Schnoor – The population standard keeps improving
Anyone who follows the large breeding programs in Europe should also be keeping track of Phönix, the breeding program founded jointly in 2021 by RUW, RBW, RA, Qnetics, RBB and...