October 2024

Sires Report

S-S-I Montross Jedi Indeed, Very Straight Legs, But Still Very Influential in the Holstein Breed

His debut in August 2015 was phenomenal. Both in the US and Canada, he immediately captured both the gTPI and gLPI lead. As such, S-S-I Montross Jedi clearly became the...

October 2024

Management

Unique Overview: The Most Popular Red Factor Sires World-Wide

An indisputable fact: red factor bulls have played a decisive role in the evolution of Red Holsteins. The pedigree of an undeniably elite bull like Rubels-Red (the sire of, among...

October 2024

Herd reports

Level-Plain Holsteins: Lots of AI Sires, All from One Homebred Cow Family

Breeders who want to breed animals with competing or even higher genomics than those from large nucleus programs, give themselves a huge task. Keith Nettekoven does not shy away from...

October 2024

Cow Families

UK Dairy Day 2024: Golden Title for Evening Sidekick Jennifer

Some champion titles carry extra weight. Purely due to the sublime quality of the competition. The Holstein title at the 10th UK Dairy Day is one of these, with a...

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September 2024

Management

Cremona International Livestock Fair: the anticipation grows

The 79th edition of this historic show is scheduled to take place at CremonaFiere, Nov. 28 – 30, 2024.

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