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Which conformation talents do a young American Holstein need to display for the maximum score of EX-92? Those looking at this photo of the second lactation Wi Fisherdale AC Extend, will receive a good impression. ‘Our da...

A short generation interval has helped to keep this Canadian cow family current, not just from a production standpoint but also for solid, functional type. With a history of over 80 years breeding Holsteins, Glengarry St...

It was the year that Holstein International started, 1994, the same year that a new name in the Brown Swiss world appeared on the scene: New Generation Genetics. That was the year that Dan Gilbert, who had worked with th...

One of the large AI companies in southern Germany is Bayern Genetik (BG). The name has become known world-wide thanks to its powerful breeding program for Fleckvieh. BG currently launches 60-75 young sires annually. ‘Tha...

With the merger of smaller organizations in Steiermark and Niederösterreich, Genostar was established in 2009, thus becoming the largest AI company in Austria. The most prominent breeds in Genostar’s working region are F...

By now you are familiar with Synetics as the successor of Evolution and Masterrind. Then you realize that here we are talking about a large program, in which a significant number of breeds receive opportunities: Holstein...

In California, a tour de force has been accomplished. An authentic tour de force, on the initiative of Ron Pietersma. At his Legend Dairy Farms in the Californian Chino, one of the world’s original dairy breeds has been...

Feel free to take a look at the interesting table that is printed here. Indeed: for all of these breeds, you can go to GGI-Spermex! And the list is not even entirely complete! ‘Precisely one of the major advantages of GG...

‘Cows that efficiently convert feed into lots of milk, that also have high longevity with strong scores for health: These are the cows that dairy farmers like to see on their farms. Feed costs are high, land is expensive...

‘Our goal is to be able to offer our farmers the most interesting sires. Especially for smaller populations, it is then necessary to work with other AI companies.’ Speaking is Helmut Gossner from the German AI company Be...

‘JPI is a total index that is receiving a lot of attention, as is CM$. Both indexes help the breed by providing direction, and we look at both when making combinations and when choosing which sires to test. But: for over...

Undoubtedly one of the best sources of the Dutch Friesian breed (which lies at the foundation of the Holstein breed) is the Dutch AI company KI Kampen. Today this organization has a wide assortment of sires from various...

‘JPI is a total index that is receiving a lot of attention, as is CM$. Both indexes help the breed by providing direction, and we look at both when making combinations and when choosing which sires to test. But: for over...

Every summer, heat stress leads to lost milk production and supressed fertility rates in the modern dairy cow. Selection for more heat tolerant animals, incorporating the slick gene, providing housing conditions with bet...

The latest genetic disorder to be identified in the Holstein breed involves calves that appear normal but can’t stand up. It has taken researchers more than a year to unravel the details behind this affliction known as R...