STEPHAN SCHNEIDER
THI Holsteins ‘Genomic stars are not found by chance, you have to breed for them!’
It is the home of the two highest PP sires in Germany, the highest worldwide red factor sire, a top-25 sire in Spain, and many other top sires. It is...
Holstein Austria and the rise to one of the most esteemed populations in Europe
Admittedly, the 48,000 herdbook cows makeup one of the small populations in Europe. Just as small, but with considerable international orientation, is the breeding program. Nonetheless, Austria’s Holsteins are on...
Focus on... July 2022
It is primarily small AI studs that carve out their place in the international market by going after a particular breeding profile with their own philosophies. And naturally, their sire...
Focus on - June 2022
It is not a foregone conclusion that outstanding show cows make outstanding breeding cows. But they do exist, as several of the biggest talents from the show ring with noteworthy...
Health after calving is determined in the time period before calving!
It is the typical diseases like hypocalcemia (milk fever), ketosis, mastitis and metritis that hang like threatening storm clouds over the post-calving phase. And, in addition to the clinically obvious,...
Do you know the answer? Who is the sire with the most EX daughters of all-time?
Hand on your heart: would you have known which sire left behind the most EX daughters in the history of global Holstein breeding? Of course, you probably have a hunch...
Sugar-Creek Dairy: “Old Style but Good Style”
It is the home of the popular PP sire Sugar-C Just In Time-PP as well as several talented branches of deep families like the Apples, Juror Faiths, Ella Elevations, Royal...
Expo Bulle 2022: Podium of the best Red Holstein show of all time?
In the final of the Expo Bulle, all eyes naturally turned towards the two new Swiss National Champions Hanna-Vray and All-Star Elegance. However, the conversations around the ring focused on...
Au-Parchy Anemone Much more than just the granddam of the great Jolie
When Jean-Pierre Fragnière sold his classy 30-cow herd last September, an era ended for one of the most interesting prefixes that Switzerland had to offer for a long time. For...
Wilcor Holsteins The Rise of one of the Top Addresses for Conformation in Germany
It is animals like Wiesenfeld Austrias Magic Talent EX-92, Curtat Shottle Benzouka EX-93, Le Moal Lheros Elaniss EX-94 and, of course, GS Alliance Sid O’Kamila EX-90 that have shaped the...
Carlos Ugarte: ‘Bulls must be easy to match!’
If there are key positions in the breeding business, then sire analyst is certainly among them. The bulls that they generate need to meet the demands of the dairy farmers....
Focus on... May 2022
Once again, the breeding evaluations in April revealed bulls with special traits like polled or red factor as sources of interesting newcomers. While polled and particularly RC sires at the...