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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...

‘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-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In the picturesque hills of Carinthia in southern Austria where the green pastures nestle into the mountainsides lies the farm of the Tatschl family. Since 1906 they have been working the land here, generation after gene...

The Pronto daughter Rosa of Martin Rehm has already produced 170,000kg/374,000lb milk with 4.1%F and 3.6%P and is pregnant again. Two of her daughters have also cracked the 100,000kg/220,000lb mark and the third is close...

The bull Laugen-P was bred from the Biver Mause cow family on the farm of Markus and Stefan Kofler in South Tyrol. The cows are strong while the productions conditions in the northern Italian mountains are tough.

The Gubelmann family have bred one of the top genetic merit herds of Canada, and produced the highly proven bull Kingsley and the new release sires Kachow and Dionysis-P. On the female side, Gubelmann animals totally dom...

With the Gardan daughter Gerda, Georg Florin attracted the attention of the international Brown Swiss scene at the European Show 2008 in Rotholz. Twelve years later her great-granddaughter Norwin Gentle celebrated a huge...

Snoopy ranks at Nr.1 ISU in France, and is also 209 gPPR in the US and 134 gGZW in Germany. He is a son of Jonmar, who is now proven and transmits lots of production from smaller cows with nice udders. ‘Snoopy’s dam Perd...

Laugen-P is currently one of the most interesting polled sires in international Brown Swiss breeding. He presents himself as an all-rounder with a super balanced, no-holes proof: +820kg milk +.29%f +.22%p, 114 type with...

AG Valps is a Vance son who was bred on the farm of Martin Schlecker in Osterberg and comes from a family strong for production and components. His Alpsee dam produced about 8,300kg/18,300lb 4.8%F 4.1%P in her first lact...

The daughter-proven Sinatra son Optimal is one of the most desirable Brown Swiss bulls bred in France. He breeds cows with many strengths and no extremes.