Canada
BullTalk - March 2021
This coming summer, it will be five years ago that DNA sire Melarry Frazzled made his debut: in 13th place with 2751 gTPI. Today, the Josuper son scores 2705 TPI,...
After a showdown, especially with Rose and Hailey: O’Kalibra is the All-Time World Champion!
Just three Holsteins were able to become a World Champion twice in their career: Thrulane James Rose, RF Goldwyn Hailey and Decrausaz Iron O’Kalibra. Precisely these three matadors ended up...
Focus on... Top Red Conformation
An enormous frame, deep and open ribs, impressive milk type, outstanding udder and strikingly correct feet & legs are the eye-catching traits with which the ST sire Doral-Red is finding...
Intriguing Sires - February 2021
‘For three index releases in a row, Calvo has been able to improve, especially for production. His daughters leave a positive impression on farms. In the fall of 2019, we...
Intriguing Sires - February 2021
‘Star is bred for robot milking and combines everything that the RUW breeding program stands for: production, components, average stature, udder, feet & legs, excellent fitness, polled and RC.’ We...
Cow Country - February 2021
Mark Brantner in Pennsylvania, together with his family, is pursuing a dream: owning a dairy farm with beautiful and high-producing Holsteins. And the realization of that dream could be assisted...
Cow Country - February 2021
The forced cancellation of the annual Irish National Dairy Show in October led to a competition to determine the Champion of the Decade. Ridgefield Dundee Portea EX-95 claimed the title...
Velthuis Farms in Canada: Birthplace of Atwood
Velthuis is one of just 5-6 breeder herds across Canada that continues to play a significant role in the breeding of young sires for AI. Atwood, Einstein, Imax and Gymnast...
Bull Talk - January 2021
He has not yet appeared on HI’s cover as a mature bull… but now it seems like the right moment. Seagull-Bay Silver is no longer alive, but: he is the...
Cow Country - January 2021
Outstanding udders, daughter fertility, production and conformation: those are the principles that Tom and Rick Simon have used to develop their world famous Farnear herd they are the formwork that...
‘Everyone in the world wants a daughter out of her!’
‘Oh, was she ever in heat!’ Joel Lepage from the Canadian province of Quebec still vividly remembers the scene. In 2015, when he participated with an Atwood yearling in Canada’s...
Chalou: A Cow Anyone Would Love to have Standing in Their Barn
Boulet Goldwyn Chalou EX-96 was Canada’s Cow of the Year 2018. She first attracted international attention at the World Dairy Expo in 2012 when she was Honorable Mention Grand Champion....