Cow Families
Cow Country II - February 2022
Most breed-leading cows need to be backed by a breed-leading family – and Canada’s Nr.1 Conformation Cow (+17), Duckett Sidekick Ollie VG-87-2yr (max), is no different. Coming from the heart...
Cow Country I - January 2022
RUW Elite originates from the embryo program at RUW (Phönix) and was born in October 2016 on the farm of Thomas Schäfer (SHS Holsteins). A very fortunate moment, concludes Schäfer...
Early-Autumn Golden Rae: The High Indexing Branch of the Roxy’s
The Nr.1 indexing female in the breed comes from the family of Golden Rae. The Golden Rae’s have grown to a position of prominence in well-known herds such as Morningview,...
Global Domination for Gold-N-Oaks MVP Aria …and her story has just begun!
You may be aware of Gold-N-Oaks MVP Aria’s success as a bull-dam through her trailblazing son, Westcoast Alcove, in Canada… But do you know about her breeding success in France,...
This is Most Likely the Highest Classified Polled Red Holstein Cow in the World
A beautiful drive through the mostly mountainous Pennsylvania – one of the ten American states with the most milking cows – brings us to the heart of the state, where...
Cow Country II - January 2022
Dulais Afterburner Amanda VG-86 is the Nr.40 index cow in the United Kingdom. Nev Roberts, her breeder, especially praises her pedigree. Via Dulais Pesky Amanda EX-93 (<Welcome Armitage Pesky), the...
Apple is the All-Time Red World Champion
It was the perfect time to conduct the All-Time Red World Champion competition, a silver lining to a dark cloud that has shrouded the world’s show rings over the past...
Cow Country II - December 2021
Solomon sired the Reserve Champion at the World Dairy Expo this year, the 4-year-old Oakfield Footloose, a rising superstar of the show world. Another Solomon daughter in the news is...
Cow Country - December 2021
With Himeyers Brain, a brand new prefix appeared in the top of the Swiss sire line-up. The Letsgo son from Swissgenetics scores 1602 gIset, with high indexes for conformation and...
Puckeroro Worthy Coralie: Foundation of a Great New Zealand Cow Family
Born in 1958, Coralie established a family that has provided numerous successful AI bulls, produced a number of multi-generational EX branches to the family, and has made a prominent contribution...
Cow Family Tournament: Responses from the Breeders
In November’s HI, you could become extensively acquainted with Nr.4 and Nr.3 of HI’s Global Cow Family Tournament: Braedale Gypsy Grand and Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy. On this page, you find...
HI’s Cow Family Tournament: Here are the highest ranking, numbers 2 & 1!
In the HI issues of September, October, and November, the excitement continued to rise; in the meantime, you have become acquainted with numbers 3 through 10. Now follows the absolute...