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February 2025
Intriguing Sires RED - February 2025

‘Beautyman is perfect for production, he is A2A2/BB, scores excellent for fitness, minus for stature with a good ratio of stature to width, and super for udders.’ Speaking is Urs Wichser about the highest indexing bull o...

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February 2025
Did Mascot’s Retreat Indicate the Disappearance of Ned Boy Blood? No! Whittier-Farms Ned Boy Continues to be Influential in Current Breeding

Genosource Captain: the world’s most powerful TPI bull. In his pedigree, we find the name of Whittier-Farms Ned Boy at least four times. Mogul: millionaire and member of the top-5 most influential Holstein bulls ever. Hi...

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February 2025
Al-Lew Monterey Ashley: The Dam of Arrow and Splendidly Complete Daughters

As a young sire, Aristocrat grabbed the headlines selling for $640,000. Today his conformation-rich brother Arrow turns out to be more popular. The American brood cow Al-Lew Monterey Ashley EX-95, via her sons with high...

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February 2025
Castelverde Goldsun Laura A living legend at Castelverde in Italy!

Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96 is more than just a cow – she is a phenomenon. With her unique combination of conformation, production and breeding potential, she belongs among the outstanding Holstein cows of Europe. La...

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February 2025
TPI or Net Merit: Which Index is the Most Appropriate for Todays Breeding Industry?

With American genetics being a major driver of Holstein breed progress around the world, their main genetic indexes TPI and Net Merit are widely known and are used extensively in international trade in the Holstein indus...

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February 2025
Adolf Langhout: ‘Developing Elite Holsteins Always Begins with an Embryo.’

For more than 35 years, Adolf Langhout has been internationally active in the marketing of elite genetics. His enterprise ALH Genetics is one of the largest importers world-wide of American Holstein embryos. Embryos from...

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February 2025
Brand New AI Company Showbox Sires Quickly Gains Global Recognition

The summer of 2023 saw a new AI company emerge: Showbox Sires. Founded by two well-known and passionate Holstein breeders: Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett, assisted by their wives Sharyn and Julie. ‘We are aiming to breed a...

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February 2025
Forages: The basis of a diet suitable for ruminants!

The biggest talent of the dairy cow is to take high-fibre forages, which cannot be used for human nutrition, and convert them to high-quality foods like milk and meat. What are forages really? How does one achieve maxima...

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February 2025
Unique Holstein Event: The Very First International Online Herd Competition

Have you ever wondered how the breeding program at your farm stacks up against others from around the world? Here is an opportunity to find out. Holstein International would like to introduce the very first International...

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January 2025
VDR Holsteins: Home of the Especially Complete and Popular Sandra Family

It is likely that precisely this month she will pass the milestone of 10,000 kg/22,000 lb fat & protein. The ten-year-old VDR Sandra 2 EX-92 (<Malki) thus provides ultimate proof that she combines all of the qualities th...

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January 2025
Herds Worldwide - January 2025

‘My breeding goal has not changed much throughout my career. I still appreciate functional cows that can last a long time and look good. Every morning I need to get up early to do the milking, and then the cows need to l...

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January 2025
Lambrecht Dairy in Wisconsin: Top Quality Forages Lead to Exceptional Components

The 320-cow herd at Lambrecht Dairy is currently averaging 92lb/42kg at 4.8% fat and 3.4% protein on twice daily milking. Located at Kewaunee, about 2½ hours north-east of Madison, the herd of 300 Holsteins and 20 Brown...

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January 2025
Cavanaleck in Canada: We now Put More Emphasis on Front Legs than any of the Rear Leg Traits

The Thompson family’s Cavanaleck Holsteins have long been a fixture on the Holstein scene in Western Ontario. The three-time Master Breeder herd continues to be a force in modern Holstein breeding. Cavanaleck is the name...

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January 2025
Rudolph Son Ramos: The Most Influential Holstein Bull on German Soil?

He was still from the old school, Ramos. First he was sampled as a young bull, so that five years after his birth, more than 100 daughters indicated his performance level. They did this surprisingly well, those first hun...

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January 2025
Focus on... Calving-Ease

The ABS bull Leeds is a high production bull with good productive life… and is a calving-ease specialist too. Leeds now has a list of young sons entering service at ABS. Sired by Sandy-Valley Laker (<Acura), Leeds is out...

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