March 2025

Herd reports

Wendland Holsteins (WEH): ‘If Your Family Also Does Well in Other Barns, Then You Have a Strong Cow Family!’

WEH Josefa, the beautiful and powerful picture cow with this report, is representative of breeding by father Jürgen and son Dennis Hintze. Strong cow families, such as the sizable J...

March 2025

Management

Genetic Base Change: Updating the Standard to Reflect the Current Breed Population

An animal’s genetic evaluation indicates how its genetics compare to other animals in the breed. Different countries use different approaches when determining which animals should be in that base group...

March 2025

Herd reports

Pineland Farms in Maine: Focus on Education, Recreation, and… Outstanding Holsteins

Pineland Farms in the northeastern American state of Maine is home to one of the oldest registered Holstein herds in the US, founded in 1881 by the Merrill family. In...

March 2025

Cow Families

Lydia and her Daughter Lustre have Created one of the Great Type Families of the Breed

Lydia is the fountainhead behind a family that produced 3 Canadian Royal Grand Champions: This is clearly one of the most consistent type transmitting families of the breed. And now...

March 2025

Herd reports

Herds Worldwide - March 2025

The first thing that stands out with a visit to Barozzi Holsteins in northern Italy: everything is neat! The yard, the barns, the milking parlour, the office; everything is organized...

Monthly magazine for modern Holstein dairymen.