Herds worldwide - July 2024

The Fazenda Analândia enterprise owned by the De Boer family – situated in the Dutch colony of Castrolanda (Castro Parana) in southern Brazil – has 500 Holstein cows and just as many young stock. The average daily produc...

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Doorco Holsteins: ‘We Focus on Everything Necessary for a Long-Lasting, Profitable Cow.’

Seven times, Doorco Holsteins – located in northeastern Wisconsin – has been recognized as a “Herd of Excellence”. No less than 49x they received the “Progressive Breeders Registry”. In addition, no less than 19x the “Pr...

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Hallow Holsteins: Home of Ireland’s Famous Twizzle Cow Family

The Irish County of Wexford is the ancestral home of former US President John Kennedy, and a park carrying his name has been developed as a memorial. County Wexford is also home of Hallow Holsteins, a herd that has gaine...

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BullTalk - July 2024

Seven years ago he was born with a decidedly remarkable pedigree: a son of Livington, who himself was a son of Stellando son Malcolm. Also not widely known was his maternal grandsire Delta Incentive, a son of Fender son...

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Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2024

‘Oli, a Conway grandson via sire Letchworth, is the nr.2 gLPI bull. Both in Canada and the US (3159 gTPI) Oli dazzles via strong components, desirable fitness, and high conformation (+10 conformation/2.37gPTAT). See here...

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Thanks to Renegade, the Man-O-Man Genes Are Entirely Current Once Again

With his nearly faultless transmitting profile, the American S-S-I PR Renegade is one of the most popular transmitters of the modern era. He is also a successful sire of sons, with a long list of popular sons (Trooper, P...

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Peak AltaZazzle: Steadily growing influence!

With his genomic breeding values, Peak AltaZazzle was able to debut at Nr.1, which attracted a lot of attention. Today, Zazzle has found a spot among the row of superstars that breed wonderfully on both the male and fema...

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Intriguing Sires DP - Juny 2024

‘Holocron was already popular as a young DNA bull and remains popular, also after his first daughter proof. Farmers are happy with the Holocron daughters.’ Speaking is Francesco Veronese from Intermizoo about the Italian...

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KAX Gladius: People Know What They’re Getting

‘The popularity of Gladius is tremendous and still continues to increase. This trend has to do with his very good daughters. Many farmers want to milk more of his daughters and are using Gladius as a progeny proven sire...

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Focus on... July 2024

Those who select for the combination milk, udder, and longevity, cannot bypass America’s nr.1 bull Darth Vader, given +2458 lb milk, 258 lb fat+protein, 1.70 udder and 6.2 longevity. The son of Thorson (Cowen-Charl) out...

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Prudence Family: Source of Late-Maturing Holsteins with Index Power

Sherman Herrington, a passionate breeder in the American state of New York, laid the foundation. He set out to develop Holsteins that would reach their peak at ten years of age or so. The echo of this goal still reverber...

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Cow Country I - July 2024

‘They are all problem-free free-stall cows that show very good legs. Particularly the very good feet with depth of heel that guarantees they wouldn’t get Mortellaro,’ says Martin Biederbick. He is the proud owner of EHS-...

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Simon Lalande: Always Searching for that Special Cow

Simon Lalande is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished cattlemen in the industry. His Ferme Blondin just west of Montreal has bred or developed numerous show champions, he has sold elite genetics all around the...

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Red Impact Competition 2024: Bomaz Rubels 9524 Wins in a Split Decision from Rubellia

In the event of a tie, preference goes to the popular vote! And that’s what it came down to, a tie, with the popular vote choosing Bomaz Rubels 9524-Red as the Red Impact winner for 2024. Still, it should be noted that R...

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AI’s Recommend Their Own Favourites These Bulls Should Be Used More Often:

For decades already, sire selection primarily takes place via indexes. The number of bulls that are selected based on word of mouth reports, evaluating daughters, or in other ways, is small. Still, we all know: the quali...

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Conformation and PTAT: What are the Differences?

In general, a good bull is a good bull, no matter what country he is used in! That sounds like a perfectly reasonable statement, right, yet there are exceptions to this rule - bulls with impressive proofs in one country...

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