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August 2023
Intruiging Sires DP - August 2023

In June, Newhouse Sneeker 422 VG-87 (Stol Joc-O-Man) a second generation 100,000 kg/220,000 lb cow was discovered by HI’s Dutch language publication HIPlus as one of the most prominent sources behind the current Dutch si...

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August 2023
Unique: Influential Bull Dams and Breeding Icons Behind the Highest Canadian Sires!

Ultra-short generation intervals make it challenging to identify recognizable family influences in the pedigrees of young sires. HI went actively looking. After the June publication with the most prominent family influen...

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August 2023
WEL Wembley – A sensational find that deserves attention

For a long time, the W family, which was developed in the herd of Martin and Heinrich Welsing near Bocholt in western Germany, was a hard working free-stall family dotted with several consistent and enduring cows. And it...

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August 2023
Cow Country - August 2023

She has an absolutely stunning appearance: Priestland 6877 Master James Rose VG-88, one of the five classified daughters of Golden-Oaks Master at Priestland Holsteins in Northern Ireland. Just as her name already hints,...

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August 2023
Pagiepass: Splendid French Ambassador for American Barbie Family

Among the most northeastern departments of France is Moselle, which borders both Germany and Luxembourg. In this hilly region – close to the community of Filstroff – we find the dairy farm of Dominique Weber, which is of...

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August 2023
Udder health: Besides breeding, management plays an important role

Udder diseases continue to be one of the primary culling reasons for dairy cattle. For several decades, udder health has been a main breeding priority and yet it remains a complex topic. Further to that, breeding is only...

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August 2023
Melanie Harmitt: The State of the Industry in the UK

Melanie Harmitt is the CEO of Holstein UK: Here she gives us some insights into the British dairy industry. Each year 3,000 British Holstein breeders register over 200,000 animals with Holstein UK.

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August 2023
Colganados Genetics: From a Colombian Dream to World Champion Shakira

You are likely familiar with the American show cow Colganados D Avianca-Red EX-96? The prefix stands for much more than just this beautiful Destry daughter. Colganados, or “Cows from Colombia”, is the name of Francisco R...

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August 2023
Ever-Green-View in Wisconsin: : Home of Multiple World Record Milk Cows

In the 1970s, Tom and Gin Kestell established the Ever-Green-View herd at Waldo in eastern Wisconsin, close to the shores of Lake Michigan. Today they manage the high performing 100-cow herd along with son Chris, his wif...

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July 2023
Markus Mock: ‘Time has come to have a live auction again!’

If there were to be a ranking of the most spectacular auctions in Europe, the Mox Type & Utility Sale would definitely be near the top. Few other privately organized auctions attract so many enthusiastic breeders from so...

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July 2023
Sabbiona Holsteins: Italian Source of Excellence for Fifty Years – 452 Homebred EX Cows!

In the location where Ireneo Ciserani started exactly fifty years ago with one cow, today there is a beautiful modern operation with 650 milking cows and 750 head of young stock. Productive Holsteins (13,500 kg/29,750 lb...

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July 2023
The Ambition at OCD: ‘Breeding an Elite Conformation Sire That is Also Very Suitable for Commercial Herds.’

The prefix is one of the best known in modern Holstein breeding: OCD. It is the source of one of the most influential Holstein cows in recent times (Miss OCD Robst Delicious), of one of the most popular current sires of...

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July 2023
Riverdane: The Farm Four EX-97 Cows Have Called Home!

South Africa, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands… Mark Nutsford’s transatlantic judging appointments speak for themselves. But what do you know about hi...

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July 2023
Selz-Pralle Dairy: The Achievements of World Champion Aftershock 3918 Are Becoming More and More Impressive

Last February, the milky Joliam Salvator Ava 5251-RC EX-93 earned a prominent place in HI’s article about foundation sire Salvatore. Ava 5251 belongs to Selz-Pralle Dairy in Wisconsin; one of the best conformation herds...

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July 2023
Ranger Red: The red high achiever and the huge potential of his sons

In April 2021 the star rose of a bull who was to revolutionize breeding. 3Star OH Ranger-Red, the Rubels son from the already-now legendary bull dam Lakeside Ups Red Range, overtook the lead on the international RH lists...

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