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Scrolling through social media is a phenomenon of our time, with countless contributions being ignored or unconsciously acknowledged, and then there are posts where one has the feeling to scroll back to take a closer loo...

The story of Jolana starts in November 2013, when Otto Meinders had a hospital stay in Leer and happened to walk past the sale barn during the first VOST-Select-Sale while out for some fresh air. A special calf caught hi...

With 959 gPLI, Ballycairn Peace 6568 Sherese is far and away the nr.1 of all tested female Holsteins in the United Kingdom. The five-month-old DG Peace (<Captain) daughter traces via her dam Ballycairn 5798 Sherese VG-85...

Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A distinctive, speckled cow with a very distinctive name, she became the icon for a bloodline that gained respect throughout the Holstein world. Via a long list of influential sires including Larcr...

JMM Memoire was the winner at this year‘s Swiss Jersey Night, at which a total of 84 animals were presented. The third-parity Memoire is a Fizz daughter belonging to Damien Carrard and is classified EX-95. For her udder...

Like we quite often do when we tackle articles about monumental cow families – we have to start with an apology… Obviously when a cow family has been so good, for so long, it is impossible to capture all the highlights o...

Their roots lie in the most eastern tip of Ontario. However, during the past three decades, the descendants of the Canadian Dutchglen Chieftess-Red have notably distinguished themselves in the Netherlands: Especially tha...

Jean-Baptiste Decheppe of Gaec du Tombuy at Gimecourt in the north-east of France has a cow with a special story. ‘Gourmande was not born on our farm. It was our friend and neighbor Adrien Dailly, who sells seeds, who fo...

The name Cleavage is known to everybody. She is the impressive Mogul daughter from the heart of the Roxy family. Cleavage herself is the 10th consecutive EX generation and she pass this impressive breeding power on to he...

After Laury and Tom Loutsch-Scholtus completed their apprenticeship in Canda, they decided to take over the farm of Laury’s father in the Redange canton of Luxembourg. They have been breeding under the Attert Holsteins p...

Two cows from the Lass family at Clydebank – the three-quarter sisters Gay Lass EX and Gay Lassie VG-88 – both rank among the top-10 star-brood-cows of the breed in Australia. Family member Clydebank Allen Leonie EX-94 w...

Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96, bred by the Quaini family in Italy is not a normal cow. At an impressive age of 11 years and a lifetime production of almost 140,000kg/308,000lb milk she caused excitement once more at th...

In 1995 when the Canadian Cow of the Year award was established, they found exactly the right cow to set the standard, the inaugural winner being the legendary Comestar Laurie Sheik. Last year when the 2022 Cow of the Ye...

In this Excellency issue there is no better cow to feature than the one that has produced the most EX daughters in breed history, the 2001 World Champion Tri-Day Ashlyn. With 73 EX daughters worldwide, there is no other...

‘This cow is truly breathtaking!’ With these words, judge Molly Sloan expressed precisely what many spectators in the stands were thinking; the splendid Sunibelle Esprit became the undisputed Holstein Champion during the...