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April 2025
Startmore Rudolph: Likely the Most Generous Source of Pure Brood Cows in the Breed

Immediately an intriguing question. How many bulls do you know that provided even more influential daughters than Startmore Rudolph? Just read along: Wesswood-H Rudy Missy. Windsor-Manor Rud Zip. Ladys-Manor Ruby Jen. Co...

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April 2025
Genomic gamechangers: The newest generation for everyone?

Genomic selection has revolutionized the breeding of Fleckvieh bulls in Austria and Germany. With modern DNA analysis, farmers and breeders can evaluate the genetic quality of their young bulls early on, which makes bree...

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April 2025
Retso in New York: Six Dairy Breeds Successful under One Roof

“We are celebrating a memorable year and are preparing for the next one.” This recent post on the Facebook page of Retso turns out to not be an overstatement at all. The farm in Schodack Landing in the American state of...

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April 2025
Youthful Wilcor O Katy Wins 51st Schau der Besten

The elite sale ‘Die Auction’ plus the breeder’s gala on the eve, three current daughter groups from the Synetics breeding program, a dazzling show with Wilcor O Katy as the winner: Schau der Besten, the annual show of Ge...

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March 2025
Impressive Genosource Family Enterprise:‘The Role of Breeders is Much More than Only Adding Indexes.’

It was just eleven years ago that the American breeding enterprise Genosource began, but with a lot of dynamics and much success, it seems like the name has been well-known for decades already. And of course, there is on...

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March 2025
Herds Worldwide - March 2025

The first thing that stands out with a visit to Barozzi Holsteins in northern Italy: everything is neat! The yard, the barns, the milking parlour, the office; everything is organized and clean. ‘The results that we achie...

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March 2025
Wendland Holsteins (WEH): ‘If Your Family Also Does Well in Other Barns, Then You Have a Strong Cow Family!’

WEH Josefa, the beautiful and powerful picture cow with this report, is representative of breeding by father Jürgen and son Dennis Hintze. Strong cow families, such as the sizable J family, not only ensure growing talent...

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March 2025
At the Swiss Castel Holsteins, the Direction has Changed, but the Passion Remains

Many will still remember her. The tremendous quality of the Swiss cow Castel James Jolie, who was able to win the National Swiss show, the prestigious Swiss Expo, and the European Show 2011. And in this way, she captured...

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March 2025
Pineland Farms in Maine: Focus on Education, Recreation, and… Outstanding Holsteins

Pineland Farms in the northeastern American state of Maine is home to one of the oldest registered Holstein herds in the US, founded in 1881 by the Merrill family. In 2025, the farm – beautifully situated among the rolli...

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March 2025
Intriguing Sires DNA - March 2025

‘The thing I like the best about this bull is there isn’t anything I don’t like about him. He checks every box from production, type, fitness and pedigree. And being a Sheepster son that is A2A2 is an added bonus.’ Speak...

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March 2025
Focus on... March 2025

‘McDonald-P-Red is definitely a star in mastitis resistance, very much like his sire Ronald,’ comments Kevin Jorgensen from Select Sires. ‘It likely comes from Ronald’s granddam who was a Numero Uno, and he excelled in S...

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March 2025
BullTalk - March 2025

The progeny proven bull Predar has managed to attain Germany’s highest score for longevity (RZN). With no less than 138 RZN, he reigns over all progeny proven and DNA tested bulls in Germany. The Pursuit son out of an EX...

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March 2025
Lydia and her Daughter Lustre have Created one of the Great Type Families of the Breed

Lydia is the fountainhead behind a family that produced 3 Canadian Royal Grand Champions: This is clearly one of the most consistent type transmitting families of the breed. And now there is much more to report – and fro...

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March 2025
Sheepster’s Background: How the Glare Family Appears in the News Again Thirty Years Later - And Now Globally!

No, he is not yet progeny proven, the nearly four-year-old Trooper son OCD Sheepster. In August, his first progeny proven index is expected. However, the Select Sires graduate is already regarded as a superstar in many c...

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March 2025
Cow Country - March 2025

3176 TPI, position 92. This top-100 ranking of Hurtgenlea Parfect Myndi VG-86 on the American cow index list shows that the several generations of a homebred cow family owned by the Hurtgen family in Wisconsin are still...

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