August 2024

If you want to learn more about how a farm produced over twenty 100,000kg cows in 12 months, this article is for you. From securing a sustainable future to lowering carbon footprint – find it all here!

Just a short distance west of the metropolis of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec we find the beautiful farm of the Cloutier family. In 2021, they made national (and international) news thanks to a nice Master...

To HI’s question ‘Which of your own sires should be used more often”, HI received a tremendous response from AIs world-wide. Besides the answers that you can find in an article elsewhere in this HI issue, we also include...

With 2.5 udder health – this index is based on 2.3 somatic cell and 2.5 mastitis resistance – the French Gymnast son Omnast is a specialist in that category. Also for longevity (2.2) and fertility (1.7) he scores splendi...

Nowadays there are many great daughter-proven Renegade sons, though Leaninghouse Taos is likely the most complete overall. Taos was bred by Rock-Hill Dairy in New Mexico. ‘At that time, Select Sires had a close relations...

In our previous history story, we looked at the pedigree of the matchless transmitter S-S-I Renegade and ascertained that in his near generations, just two transmitters appear twice: Man-O-Man and Shottle. Last time, we...

The first episode about the enormous influence of the family of Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 appeared in HI’s recent July issue. Now time for the impressive sequel, including the fantastic Red Range.

KHE-Indiana VG-87 was up for sale as a heifer at the Thringia Auction Time in 2014. At the time, she was the highest Enforcer daughter with 166 RZG and was sold to a breeding cooperative. She was out of a VG-88 Windbrook...

Although born shortly before the turn of the century, the current TPI score of 2014 displayed by Milkworth Manfred Yadda proves that she was entirely made for the 21st century. Today, we know her as an influential founda...

The Netherlands has a special place in global Holstein breeding, as the country is regarded as the cradle of the global Holstein breed. After all, the original black & white cow from the Netherlands were regarded in Nort...

The time around calving marks an important period in the life of a cow and remains a big challenge on dairy farms. The last 40 days before and the first 60 days after calving are a significant factor in determining both...

In HI’s July issue, we published part one of a unique document, in which AI companies all over the world indicate which of their own bulls deserve to be used more often. Since HI received a tremendous response – for whic...

Herd sizes are getting larger all around the world, posing their own set of challenges and opportunities. We asked some specialists who are involved in designing and delivering programs to large herds to give some insigh...

‘Every market is different, and our primary goal is to deliver the best bull for every market,’ explains Simon Noppen of BBG. The BBG is active in more than 50 countries and is among the worldwide leaders in the market f...

‘Over the last couple of years sexed dairy semen has continued to gain traction here in Ireland, with the top end of herds bred to top dairy bulls and the remainder to beef,’ explains Stephen Dowling from Dunmasc. ‘New i...

Using beef genetics on lower genetic-quality dairy cows has been a common practice in many countries for years. Dairy farmers have recognised that producing a beef cross calf generates more value compared to a Holstein b...

Genes Diffusion has nearly 50 years of tradition behind it’s beef-on-dairy program. Their product line for beef sires selected specifically for use over dairy cows is know as Safe. Bulls used in this program have to meet...

Data, traceability, quality assurance and sustainability are all very important elements that have been built into every stage of the supply chain. ‘We now have over 35,000 carcass records from our beef-on-dairy program...

For decades, Synetics and its partners have placed a lot of emphasis on the Beef-on-Dairy strategy. So that today no less than eight breeds – all tested based on field information – are available for Beef-on-Dairy; Yperi...

Natual, Techna’s natural health and nutrition offer, has been building and demonstrating the technical, economic and societal benefits of the METRABOL bolus for over 15 years. What are the keys to the success of this uni...

The Oman Mirror family has produced some of the true breed-changing sires of the past two decades – from Robust to Jedi, Duke, King Royal to Renegade and Captain. Here we look at the branch of the family that produced th...