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‘I have always admired OCD Planet Diamond EX-92, as she has developed such a tremendously positive influence at Claynook in Canada. In 2017, I was at Claynook and wanted to purchase embryos from the Zip family, from whic...

Normandy, in the central west of France, is home to Gaec de la Chapelle, where Piet and Christina Bakker milk a herd of 75 cows. That’s where we pictured one of the stars of the herd, the 12-year-old La Chapelle Hill Vit...

When genomics first arrived 15 years ago, it was impractical to include the genotypes directly into the genetic evaluation model due to the massive size of the data set involved with the Holstein breed. Instead, an appro...

Sunshine Genetics has a long history as the leading embryo transfer facility in America’s dairy-land of Wisconsin. Established in the 1970s, Sunshine Genetics has made the exporting of embryos a large part of their busin...

Another year has gone by and our selection for World Champion of the Red Holstein breed is set to begin. We will present 12 exciting candidates from 8 countries. Enjoy the sight of these impressive show champions choose...

Of course she has formidable competition, for example from Dellia, Laurie Sheik, and other female Holstein legends. But: nevertheless, Glenridge Citation Roxy still graciously carries the “Queen of the Breed” title: And...

Discovering that a favourite cow has become crampy is a frustration that many breeders have felt. Lactanet in Canada conducted the research to find out the best way to deal with this condition that affects 4.7% of cows.

It was an historic milestone, when during the recent World Dairy Expo the “Premier Sire” titles were captured by two bulls from one breeding enterprise: Farnear Holsteins in the American state of Iowa, with Farnear Delta...

‘We want to do much more than just organize a sale; we want to know who we are working with, and together build a long-term relationship and create something successful,’ says Bernd Sommer. The passionate German breeding...

Endurance: the ability to maintain a given production over the longest time possible. There is no better description for Otto van Zuilen, the protagonist of this herd report. In his younger years he travelled around the...

From the outset; bravo for the tremendous persistence of David Petersen from Iowa, breeder of the bull Majestic-Manor BluMoon. Petersen was convinced that his BluMoon deserved AI opportunities and spoke with numerous AIs...

Optimum teat position, teat length and udder balance are features that make the Synetics bull Urzokari de la Vigne ideal for robot milking. Good udder texture and strong attachments should result in long-lasting udders....

This special picture was taken by Han Hopman two months ago at the CRV AI facility in Giekerk (Friesland). Anyway, it is already exceptional to photograph four bulls together, but the fact that these are four generations...

A few months ago, the American “black beauty” To-Mar Blackstar appeared in HI: 09/2024. Born in 1983 and one of the top-20 most influential bulls in the Holstein breed. Four years earlier, the sire Hanoverhill Starbuck w...

Ambrose was one of the first Ranger-Red sons Semex released to the market in May of 2023. ‘Being a son of the awesome cow Mystique Lambda Anis, he was popular right out of the gate,’ comments Carl Barclay. ‘Upon release...