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She is a cow that makes the mouth water and her pedigree likely does the same for many experienced Holstein fans. The cow we are presenting on this page is Lohmann’s Elly-Lilly, born in 2011. So far, nothing special has...

Don Bennink of No-Fla Holsteins in Florida has a clear vision which guides his breeding in his over 10,000 head herd: his ideal cow has a slightly below average size, has good production with high components and is convi...

The Roz family at Siemers Holsteins in Wisconsin has become one of the top performers on the genomic scene. A finalist in this year’s Global Cow competition is Siemers Delta S-Roz-Ann, a great grand-daughter of foundatio...

This story comes without any reference to high-testing and intensively used sons or grandsons. Without high genomic values. Without bull dams. And nonetheless this is the story of one of the best breeding cows there is i...

Holstein International first contacted Murray Polson from Australia this summer for some information about his cow Mario Park Goldwyn Alicia (for July’s CowCountry). We expected to obtain some brief notes, but instead we...

While we were travelling for several stories two years ago in Austria, we had the opportunity to visit a special operation. The host on this lovely morning at the end of august 2017 was Thomas Riegler. Thomas, who operat...

It all goes back to the 2009 International Intrigue sale where a cow sold with a package for a monumental $1.5 million. That cow is now one of the modern-day legends of the breed: Regancrest Chassity. Whilst there are ma...

During the Sale of Stars 2018, a 50% share in the EX-94 Lauthority daughter Bons-Holsteins Koba 219 was sold for C$47,000 to Westcoast Holsteins. Embryos from the cow family have now left for buyers in 14 different count...

She did it again. For the second time after 2016, the 15-year-old Swiss exceptional phenomenon Suard-Red Jordan Irene EX-97 was crowned World Champion. What more is there to tell about a cow which, thanks to a record cla...

Standing out on the TPI list of the highest and also the most reliable bulls is View-Home Monterey, who is the only transmitter with >3.00 PTAT. One of the 6466 classified daughters that contributes to his 3.20 PTAT and...

‘She was my once in a lifetime cow,’ begins Cameron Hickling of the Master Breeder Hicklee herd in Ontario. Hicklee Dundee Glow EX-93 produced over 100,000kg (220,000lb), consistently calved every March for 11 lactations...

With a jump of 162 TPI points, AOT Silver Helix stormed to the top of the TPI list in August. The Silver son from the Halo family combines big-time production with positive fertility and calving traits and a solid type p...

Apprentice has already left his mark on the breed, especially via his sons such as the wildly popular red bull Swingman. Apprentice was bred by an investor group Endeavour Genetics (Endco) of Illinois. The red carrier Ki...

With two sons in the progeny proven top-10, the German bull dam KNS Reality VG-86 is meeting expectations in Italy. Her Balisto son Brasileiro (3398 PFT) stands out with high milk transmitting. Comedy, Reality’s Commande...

For more than a year IPS of the USA has been offering their Tobin son Chile-PP on the international market and the demand for the homozygous polled sire, who goes back to Brandt-View BWM Wendy VG-88 via Powerball-Castawa...