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July 2023
Intruiging Sires DP - July 2023

Moonshiner is one of the early sons of Tahiti in the Select Sires program and was bred by Tom Kugler of Fly-Higher Holsteins, NY. Milk production, balanced type and good fertility summarizes Moonshiner who is the only pr...

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July 2023
Siemers Parfect: New Nr.3 on the Proven Sire Chart

Parfect has successfully made the jump to proven sire status. After a young sire career when he was never far from the limelight due to his very complete, no-holes proof, he now finds himself at Nr.3 on the TPI chart. An...

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July 2023
Foucs on... July 2023

Dans le monde entier, le nombre de vaches traites par des moyens robotisés augmente. Que cela modifie ce que l’on demande aux vaches est une conséquence logique, dans laquelle principalement les caractères de pis fonctio...

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July 2023
BullTalk - July 2023

‘I have seen his Prosperous dam, Bandares grandam, and Damaris great-grandam myself; all three are impressive cows with tremendous udders. All three are still active in the barn of breeder Gerd Wemkens in Schwanewede, wh...

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July 2023
Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2023

He is the first Cartoon son to take to the field in Germany with such high breeding values. He is the Nr.5 of all polled bulls and the Nr.2 of homozygous polled sires on the basis of the German RZG. He comes from an inte...

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July 2023
Cow Country - July 2023

‘I’ve always really admired Jocobs Britany as a truly great brood cow,’ explains Andrew Den Haan. ‘Then the year when the National Show was held in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, we got the chance to buy three daughters.’ Andr...

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July 2023
Danish Amber-PP-Red: Generous Source of High and Complete Red & White Polled Genetics

During the recent April round, 3Star-Tirsvad Ambo-P-Red debuted in second place on the Canadian red & white list, while his full brother Ranking-P-Red appeared with high conformation in the German top-10. The Ranger sons...

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July 2023
Fertility & Genetics: Become Familiar with the Different Traits that have Produced a Major Success Story

The most important improvement over the past 20 years ensuring the Holstein retains its position as the world’s premier dairy cow has been in the area of her fertility. Credit for turning around the declining trend for f...

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July 2023
Ultra-deep Pedigree Leads to a Modern Bestseller: Kings-Ransom Dreambig

The bull that you see pictured on this page is a special star for owner St.Jacobs. Listen for a moment to St.Jacobs manager Brian Behnke: ‘From Kings-Ransom Dreambig, more doses have been sold than from any other St.Jaco...

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July 2023
Andreas Hörmann, breeder of Canyon & Volker: Brown Swiss power with 66,000kg/145,200lb production at culling

If there are two daughter-proven sires in service from a farm and the dams of each still look good, it is really something special. Andreas and Maria Hörmann bred Canyon and Volker, achieve an average lifetime production...

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July 2023
Random-Luck Farm: A True Premier Breeder Herd

Breeding outstanding type animals that can consistently compete with the best in the show ring and bring home the Premier Breeder award takes a special talent. At Random-Luck Farm in Wisconsin we found a breeder who does...

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July 2023
A French sire is the darling of AI studs The big analysis of breeding for AI

No sire has put more sons into AI service internationally in recent years than O’Malley: every twentieth AI sire from the birth year 2019 onwards, worldwide, is a son of the desirable French sire. Take just Canyon-DE, An...

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July 2023
Andreas and Bettina Kocher, Switzerland: Investment in good genetics pays off

Andreas and Bettina Kocher have put together a strong Brown Swiss herd over the last 14 years. The pedigrees of their cows are dotted with illustrious names like Gordon Patty EX-95, Gardan Halla EX-94, Ace Finesse EX-92...

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July 2023
Gaec Brast, France: Successful Home of International Brown Swiss Sires

132 ET-flushes have already been performed on Gaec Brast in the French department of Aveyron. Brown Swiss bulls like Sting, Noro, Nice-GP, Noro-SG, No Decibel and earlier Traction are used internationally.

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July 2023
Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2023

With a 151 GZW, GS Dacapo is the first bull to break the 150-mark. He achieves this with enormous milk yield of +1319kg along with excellent fitness and a balanced type pattern. Sired by the Cadence son Dane, he is from...

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