Cow Families
Cow Country - September 2019
Don Mayer in Wisconsin has such confidence in Catamount’s genetics, in three years he would like 75% of his 55-cow Mayerlane herd to be from her family. Every calf born...
Chief Mark Susy EX-97: The Queen of Castelverde
Although we are now nearly 30 years on from when Castelverde Chief Mark Susy EX-97 was born, her genetics have not got old. In the Castelverde herd her genetics are...
Penn-Dell’s Kathy Family: High-Type Branch of the Kays
The Kathy family at Penn-Dell is built around a daughter-dam pair of 94-point cows that have both been Grand Champion at their county fair. Further back in the pedigree we...
Sunnyside Nelly Atwood: Leading to Dazzling Success for a 16-Year-Old
At +4.82 for type, Schur-Vu Undenied Neon is a standout among young genomic bulls. He’s the kind that creates excitement among type enthusiasts everywhere. The source behind this impressive type...
Cow Country - August 2019
Ladd was the first polled bull used by Casey Jones on his family farm Scenery-View Farm in Pennsylvania. The results are noteworthy; within two generations Scenery-View Crackup (Simplicity-Silver) was bred;...
Cow Country - August 2019
In the All-New Zealand photo competition, the Ohaka-based Sherraine herd won all 3 milking classes. And testament to this 180-cow herd’s breeding, two of these cows were from Sherraine’s homebred...
Cow Country - July 2019
After their herd dispersal sale in April, the only milking cows the Irish Sinnott family kept were their homebred dam and daughter pair – Ballyboy Goldwyn Carmen VG and Sid...
Océanie: One of Europe’s Premier Red families
Production, longevity and type: It is hard to find a breeder who isn’t interested in at least one of these traits – and it is even harder to find a...
Idee Goldwyn Lucia: Lustre Family Shines Again
Idee Lustre was Grand Champion at the Royal in 2002, and in the almost 20 years since, this family has never been far from the news. The latest accolade was...
Gastlosen Integral Laylani and a dream story
The truth of the matter is that we would like to use as few words as possible for this story to maximize the focus on the picture that our photographer...
Cow Country - July 2019
With 2111 TPI, Niclo O-Man Debbie VG-87 (born 2004) is one of the very highest American index cows from her birth year. The O-Man owned by the Nichols and Longshore...
The family behind GAH Olga des Grilles, Europe’s record seller!
Tuesday February 26, 2019 was a historical day in France. Indeed, a very special heifer was sold during the Paris Dairy Sale at Simagena and registered a new European record...