Misc Breeds
World-Wide Sires and Select Sires: Jersey Sires Victorious and Starlord Remain Popular
Those who have carefully followed recent editions of Dairy Breeds International will likely immediately recognize this prefix: River-Valley, from the Sauder family in Illinois. After all, they created one of...
Andreas Hörmann, breeder of Canyon & Volker: Brown Swiss power with 66,000kg/145,200lb production at culling
If there are two daughter-proven sires in service from a farm and the dams of each still look good, it is really something special. Andreas and Maria Hörmann bred Canyon...
Intruiging Sires 3 DNA - July 2023
Barros is the flagship bull of Italy’s Polar program. He was bred at Kibafarm, owned by brothers Gianpietro and Paolo Barre and located in the province of Sondrio. The herd...
Brice-ET: Line Breeding to Perfection
April 2023. His breeder, Marc Schertenleib, combined his successful “B” family even several times in Brice’s pedigree.
Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2023
With a 151 GZW, GS Dacapo is the first bull to break the 150-mark. He achieves this with enormous milk yield of +1319kg along with excellent fitness and a balanced...
Gaec Brast, France: Successful Home of International Brown Swiss Sires
132 ET-flushes have already been performed on Gaec Brast in the French department of Aveyron. Brown Swiss bulls like Sting, Noro, Nice-GP, Noro-SG, No Decibel and earlier Traction are used...
Andreas and Bettina Kocher, Switzerland: Investment in good genetics pays off
Andreas and Bettina Kocher have put together a strong Brown Swiss herd over the last 14 years. The pedigrees of their cows are dotted with illustrious names like Gordon Patty...
Intruiging Sires 2 DNA - July 2023
Poe is a bigtime production bull with somewhat different bloodlines transmitting moderate frame size and reduced stature. Bred by Brett Danyow of Ferrisburgh, VT, and Peak Genetics, he was purchased...
A French sire is the darling of AI studs The big analysis of breeding for AI
No sire has put more sons into AI service internationally in recent years than O’Malley: every twentieth AI sire from the birth year 2019 onwards, worldwide, is a son of...
Random-Luck Farm: A True Premier Breeder Herd
Breeding outstanding type animals that can consistently compete with the best in the show ring and bring home the Premier Breeder award takes a special talent. At Random-Luck Farm in...
Jakarta: Good robustness
Looking for more strength? A bull that produces animals with nice width and good muscling while still producing sufficient milk? The James son Jakarta, owned by Alpengenetik, is a good...
Melkveebedrijf Vanderlinden: complete veestapel dankzij Duitse stammoeders en Amerikaanse stieren
Melkrijke Holsteins met krachtige frames. Dat waren de koeien waar de familie Vanderlinden uit het Vlaams-Brabantse Huldenberg 15 jaar geleden naar zochten en vervolgens ook kregen. Vandaag richten Jean-Pierre en...