Herd reports
Vestermarken: High Performance Herd from the North of Denmark
The Jørgensen family’s Vestermarken Jersey herd from North Jutland has been among the countries leading production herds for some years. A major focus is to produce top quality forages so...
Stanton Farms: ‘We Want to Offer Genetic Solutions to our Customers.’
It is less than three years ago (HI 8/2021) that we provided extensive coverage of the unprecedented breeding achievements of Stanton Farms in the Canadian Ilderton. Or actually we should...
Hinnemann Holstein in Germany:In the top-5 for Production Thanks to Elite Management and Focused Breeding
‘We try to make the production circumstances for our cows as optimal as possible.’ On the farm of Philipp Hinnemann in Germany, nothing is left to chance: Not in terms...
Trent-Way Genetics: Smart RC Strategy Leads to Rapid and Powerful Results
In a nicely hidden valley, about 60 km southwest of Madison in the American state of Wisconsin, we find the relatively new breeding enterprise Trent-Way, owned by Trent and Kelsey...
Willem’s-Hoeve Holsteins:Pursuit of New AI Sires Keeps the Breeding Fire Burning
Until the arrival of genomics, Willem’s-Hoeve Holsteins provided many AI sires each year, in part due to the multi-talented and easy breeding Rita family. Subsequently, the market changed drastically. By...
Logic-PP & Leyhigh-PP: Representatives of Thriving Drewholme L Family
With the purchase of a Gibson daughter out of Idee Lustre, Andrew Martin, who was young at the time, laid the foundation for all the exceptional breeding success that is...
Mauk-E-Way Holsteins Youthful Enthusiasm Leads to Rapid Breeding Progress
This report takes you along to the dairy farm of a young and ambitious couple with five children in the eastern part of the American state of Wisconsin. They have...
Wintersell: One of the Oldest Black-and-White Herds in the UK
The popular O-Man son Wintersell Milo received widespread use in the UK and semen was exported to various countries around the world. The Wintersell herd where he was bred is...
How the Thusy Herd Became Even More Powerful… and More Black & White! Search for an Elite Cow from the Au Parchy Jolie Family was Successful
No, you can’t see it anymore. The bridge with the name “Pont-de-Thusy”. With the construction of a dam in 1948, this long and unique stone bridge disappeared entirely under water,...
Well Considered Purchase in 1993 Leads to an Exceptional Family at Ferme Mystique
In some tie stall barns, it happens, you walk in the barn and you are impressed with the first cows, continue walking… and you continue to be impressed! Especially, if...
Emu Banks: The Nr.1 BPI Herd in Australia
The Roumare son Emu Banks Christmas spent two years topping the daughter-proven sire list in Australia, and earlier this year Emu Banks Rizboy became the Nr.1 on the genomic bull...
Longevity and Top Productions at Koepke: ‘Good people, good feed, good bedding & good genetics.’
Do you still remember her: Koepke 1660, a.k.a. “Granny”? Twenty years ago, in 2003, she gained legendary status when she broke the American milk record for lifetime production. A record...