Management

February 2023

Management

Winners of the Global Dairy Youth Challenge William Neale & Marieke Albring

In December, HI presented the eight Global Dairy Youth Challenge finalists. All eight received a lot of votes. The winner of the under 18 category: William Neale from Great Britain,...

February 2023

Management

Van de Plashoeve: Source of Dutch Blue for Beef-on-Dairy

With 45 active AI sires at thirteen different breeding companies in their homeland and abroad, Morsink Dutch Blue is a significant source for the Beef-on-Dairy sector. For more than twenty...

February 2023

Management

Oakfield Solomon Footloose The World Champion 2022

For 25 years, HI has been conducting the vote for the World Champion, but was there ever as hotly contested a dual as this year? The head-to-head battle between the...

February 2023

Management

Why Don’t we Have Greater Uniformity Among Fitness Traits Around the World?

Productive Life, Herd Life, Lifespan, Survival – it seems almost every country uses a different name. Who knew there were so many ways to refer to longevity; and that’s just...

January 2023

Management

Jürg and Alexander Hofmann (Hokovit) ‘Only the smart ones buy from us!’

For decades, the Swiss company Hofmann Nutrition AG, under the brand name Hokovit, has been an esteemed name in the European feed industry. Hokovit, which is primarily known for its...

January 2023

Management

The Value of Looking at the Actual Production Averages for Daughters of Bulls

Daughter production records – after adjustment for all the factors that might bias that data – are used to generate the genetic evaluation a bull receives. A reader of Holstein...

December 2022

Management

Diergezondheid Op Topniveau Met Drinkwater- En Klauwdesinfectie

De aanwezigheid van algen en bacteriën in het drinkwater voor hun koeien was Jan Poppe en zijn dochter Julia lange tijd een doorn in het oog. De melkveehouders uit Zwolle...

December 2022

Management

Jeff Ziegler, Select Sires: ‘Find the Most Profitable Cow and Learn to Like Her.’

‘The science tells us that these old measures of inbreeding need to be updated with modern tools and better education.’ Jeff Ziegler speaks openly about current themes in Holstein breeding...

December 2022

Management

No Production Records and No Classification on Bull Dams?

Holstein International readers regularly contact us with requests or observations. Below is a request for us to look at the topic of missing performance data on bull dams, a comment...

December 2022

Management

The French Breed INRA-95 was Produced Specifically for Use on Dairy Cows

Good early growth, extra muscularity in the hindquarter, and smaller calves to promote calving-ease; the breeding goals for the INRA-95 have been clear right from the start. This is one...

December 2022

Management

South Tyrol – A Holstein pearl in the northern Italian Alps

It is more than 60 years ago that dairy farmers in South Tyrol first imported black and white cows from northern Germany. What followed is a development that has still...

December 2022

Management

Corn: Sowing the Seed of Success

One of the prime sources of forage for dairy cows around the globe is corn (maize), providing both high fibre and energy for the diet. One of corn’s many advantages...