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January 2018
Seaver: Goldwyn Son With a Difference

Goldwyn was one of those “once in a lifetime” type of bulls in the way that he dominated show-rings around the world like no other sire. His many high-type sons – including Atwood, Fever, Dempsey, Gold Chip, Reginald, La...

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January 2018
BullTalk - January 2018

Are you looking for outcross? Sires from deep cow families with several lactations, longevity and proven type? And DNA figures are less important to you? Then 2-year-old Spell It is an interesting choice. He is a son of...

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January 2018
Intriguing Sires DNA - Lightstar & Mister Rey & Klutch

‘Lightstar made a fantastic debut in December by jumping straight to Nr.2 for our total index with 163 gRZG,’ explains Torsten Lenk from Masterrind. ‘He is Nr.1 for daughter fertility among the German top-100 genomic sir...

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February 2019
Intriguing Sires - Jotani & Rager-Red & Red Impuls

Besides Julandy in Germany, the Julia family from the Dutch Werler breeding herd also has an extremely popular transmitter in its home country, namely Jotani. The more than 5-year-old Jotan son out of a Konvoy daughter o...

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December 2017
Barn Equipment To Boost Milk Production

Whether you are thinking about enhancing your existing barn or building a new one –integrating milk-boosting tools will most likely be an advantageous goal. Here we investigate some possibilities.

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December 2017
Iway des Vignes Rousses: France’ “showiest” bull dam

You’ve probably already heard the name of this Meridian daughter. She is famous for her show results and her fantastic udder. But do you know that she is also a wonderful bull dam and an incredible production cow? Yes, i...

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December 2017
Oelhorst Coba’s: Elite Black & White Family Provides “Unplanned” Red Holstein Talent

Breeders regularly combine their best Holsteins with RC and Red Holstein sires in the hope of creating attractive breeding material for red & whites. However, the start of the red Coba line at Oelhorst Holsteins in Ambt...

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December 2017
Fiona: Head of a Thriving Branch of the Ebony Family at Opsal Ridge in Wisconsin

Finley was the biggest name to come from the Fiona family – he was the bull that put the Opsal herd on the international Holstein map more than a decade ago. Later the cow Opsal Planet Fame spent three years ranked as th...

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December 2017
Golden-Oaks Champ Rae: Everyone Wants More from this New Holstein Source

The Debutante Raes, Lana Raes, Perk Raes and Cinderellas; all these successful breeding lines have proceeded from Hanoverhill Tony Rae EX-96. Right now, a prominent new Rae line is emerging in the US, this time based on...

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December 2017
Bodier: This French Breeding Herd Contains Three Valuable Gene Sources

In France, hardly any prefixes are used. That is unfortunate, because while in North America successful breeders can be identified via their prefixes, in France you have to dig much deeper for the breeder’s name. This is...

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December 2017
Melarry: Breaks Through in Elite Breeding Due to Genomics

Last April, HI published an article about the deep F family at Melarry, and now – eight months later – the breeding enterprise from Minnesota has its own report. Rightfully so, because besides the F branch, the milking h...

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December 2017
Oakfield Corners makes $200,000 sale tops and 6,500 embryos annually

We apologise! 11 generations of family farming, a large herd, breed-leading genomics and top type animals… There’s simply too much to write about Oakfield Corners Dairy in 2 pages – but we will give it our best shot! Her...

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December 2017
Who Needs Genomics When You Have The Dolly Family?

There are 17 star-brood cows from the Dolly family in the British Kirkblythe herd. Born in 1991, the greatest is its founding member Kirkblythe Leadman Dolly EX-90 31*. Here we report on today’s impact left by this top U...

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December 2017
Cow Country - December 2017

Ideal Dairy Farms (1,900 cows) in New York is the home of several excellent cow families. Well-known examples are the EX-94 Bookem daughter Quiet-Brook-D Babybrook and particularly the Cookiecutter Halo family, started b...

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December 2017
SPH Mercury: Lots of Quality behind Germany’s Highest Mogul Son

His full-sister SPH Yelena VG-89, about whom you can read more in this issue, is the topic of conversation in the German breeding scene this year. Hardly any other Holstein in the country can bring together exciting show...

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