STEPHAN SCHNEIDER
Focus on... February 2023
There is a certain tradition whereby we bring attention to outstanding RC sires that are among the best available internationally in this segment in the February issue of HI, two...
Calbrett Miranda-P-RC: The first polled cow on the Global Cow throne
That the selection of the Global Cow 2021 would be one of the most suspenseful decisions in the history of this competition was to be expected, given the strong and...
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...
Intriguing Sires Red & Polled - February 2023
It is not the first time that the Shaggy branch, which has been developed in the Kra-Ho barn in the Czech Republic and goes back to Gen-I-Beq Goldwyn Secret, delivers...
Why Production and Fertility can be Found Together more often, and Genetics are Becoming ever More Important!
Since the introduction of the fertility breeding values in the early 2000s, a trend has been recognizable in Holstein breeding that even today is unknown to many dairy farmers: an...
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...
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...
Cow Country II - December 2022
Two new EX-97 Red Holsteins (Anita Absolute Joline-Red & Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red) as well as six EX-96 Holsteins were recorded by the US herdbook in 2022. One of the most...
Focus On... - December 2022
In the past, high milk sires always had the best chances to achieve high overall breeding values. However, the introduction of many further traits has given even average production sires...
Masterpiece Genetics & Masterrind
Ed Crossland is the owner of a small dairy farm with Holsteins and Guernseys (Gladheart) in western Maryland, near West Virginia. Although his interest originally lie especially with Holsteins, he...
Focus on... - November 2022
While the genomic top-lists almost everywhere in the world are increasingly populated with high polled sires, high daughter-proven polled bulls continue to be a rare commodity. This is particularly true...
Pröbstings Arizona: Germany’s Nr.1 and the perfect example for the philosophy of his home barn
He is Germany’s Nr.1 and a highly requested sire of sons, that much is clear. But his outstanding RZG is based on special characteristics. Pröbstings Arizona, the Arrozo son that...