October 2020

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, once said, “the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” The dairy industry is filled with people who passionately love what they do, whether they were born into it or not. It’s...

Gillette is one of the most renowned prefixes on the Canadian Holstein scene – a top-10 finish in the Global Breeder award; home to Smurf, the world’s highest producing dairy cow in history; and along with Comestar, Gill...

They are red, young and high conformation. They are polled, breed for positive components and come with attractive pedigrees. It is not easy to find young sires in the Red Holstein segment that meet these expectations. B...

With 3842 PFT (based on 212 milking daughters) he holds a strong 2nd position on Italy’s ranking of progeny proven sires. However, despite that high total index, All.Nure Rally scores just -0.22 for conformation. Will th...

‘Achiever was the first bull from the Icon Sires program at ABS, and thus continued to be extremely popular with many customers world-wide. The fact that he is the Nr.1 progeny proven Net Merit bull in the world certainl...

The ability of Morningview Kingboy to transmit a mixture of solid production with elite type has resulted in a powerful legacy. Daughter-proven sons such as Woodcrest King Doc and Plain Knoll King Royal in the US, Stanto...

Gladius is the new leader in Germany, based on both gRZG (169) and the new economic index gRZ€ (2904). Gladius will transmit lots of milk (2265kg) with positive components (+.12% fat and +.01% protein) in combination wit...

The exciting news from the UK is the arrival of a homozygous polled bull at almost 700 PLI, and he comes from the Debutante Rae’s. The Hotspot son was bred by Norbert Holtkamp of Wilder Holsteins at Vreden, Germany. His...

In 2018, Sweetview Avalanche Mitsou, at 30 months of age, became the Reserve Grand of the Red Holstein Show at the Canadian Royal. Now in her third lactation, the beautiful Red Holstein from Up-Ridge Holsteins in Ontario...

Naturally, there are special reasons to explain why we are presenting the 4-year-old Maren here. The VG-88 Goldday daughter, whose pedigree, via daughters from Mascalese and Goldsun, goes back to a cow family that the Un...

‘Hellen 589 is, in time to participate in the NRM next year, pregnant to Dempsey. She is enormously powerfully built, but also has the femininity that Dempsey requires.’ John de Vries, a dairy farmer in the northern Dutc...

The German breeders had a fine sense of the breeding capital that the Commander daughter GOL Nachtigall had to offer. This summer, a large majority of them voted for the five-year-old Holstein from the barn of Heino Ahre...

Everything comes to an end. Also the life of a World Champion with a marvelous career. In the accompanying photograph is Bopi Talent Lotanie-Red, who in October 2018 at 10 years of age was acclaimed as the Red Holstein W...

Programs that give recognition to outstanding brood cows have been implemented in various Holstein countries worldwide. In the US two different awards are given to identify superior transmitting cows, Gold Medal Dam (GMD...

It is a beautiful drive from downtown Madison. There, in the centre, is the “State Capitol”, a remarkable building. But breeding enthusiasts know about a much more remarkable structure in Madison: the Coliseum, or the Al...

No, we don’t want to draw the devil on the wall and we do not want to give inbreeding, which was helped the breed with its impressive development over the last decades, a bad image. Nonetheless, the actual numbers, parti...

No, there is no special topic for this interview. This interview is not only a general review of Holstein breeding, but also a view towards the future. And it is an interview with someone who has influenced and helped sh...

Through its LG brand, Limagrain Europe is a leader in animal nutrition and is known for its expertise and ability to offer varieties that meet to the needs of producers. To complement its high-fibre digestibility corn va...

The costs incurred for treatment and from lost production due to mastitis have made it one of the biggest challenges facing the average dairy producer. Selecting cows that are more resistant to udder infections is theref...