BERT WESSELDIJK
December 2021
Bossink Holsteins: Highly Balanced, Quality Cows via Proven Genetics and aAa
‘We find it tremendous when our cows are good enough for the show, but we are certainly not show breeders.’ Gerrit van der Kolk consistently follows his own vision and...
July 2020
Unique Overview: All 200,000 kg/440,000 lb. Holsteins World-wide
The club has 24 members world-wide– with numbers 25 and 26 now standing on the threshold – and is considered an elite group of absolute lifetime production champions. No less...
June 2019
Heline: The New Queen of Europe
During the finale of an enthralling Holstein show, thousands of enthusiastic Holstein fans in Libramont (Belgium) witnessed as judge Mark Nutsford crowned the pitch-black Du Rahun Chelios Heline as European...
February 2019
“Beef on Dairy”: Significant Increase in the Use of Beef Bulls on Dairy Cows
In HI, we seldom or never write an article about the beef breeds. Nevertheless, there is a good reason to do that now, because the use of beef bulls on...