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In this investigative article HI explores the UK’s Star Brood system and discovers more about its leaders, as well as some select position holders.

Heidenskipster Goldwin Destiny, the dam of the German type and longevity specialist Beart, made her career in the Netherlands. Her best daughter is in Australia: Kaarmona Snowman Destiny 2 VG-86. Owner Rohan Sprunt comme...

The 100-cow herd of Darita Holsteins in Indiana, Herd of Excellence in 2018, is the home of a bull-dam who only needed one son to make a name for herself. The bull of which we are speaking is Darita Saturn. The Meridian...

Windsor-Manor Rud Zip EX-95 was a cow ahead of her time when it comes to productive life and the health traits she transmitted. The cow family rocketed to the top of the charts through the exploits of Global Cow winner O...

Six appealing sons on the German DNA list, with two in the top-10. The record of KNS Missboard-P is truly phenomenal. Especially when we consider that four of these six sires have “P” behind their name, and two even “PP”...

Two full sisters. Both in their 10th lactation. Both scored excellent. Both 13 years old. Both have surpassed 100,000 kg. Both Shottles. Both outstanding brood cows. Both fit. Yes, indeed, this unique situation can be fo...

The Nr.1 NM sire, Nr.2 gTPI sire, Nr.1 NM cow, Nr.1 gTPI female (<9 months old) and Nr.1 gPLI sire. What do they have in common? Impressively they’re all members of the Bomaz Pizza family – find out more, here!

615: That is the aAa code of the Italian bull Berico. As such, he was already very popular as a young sire, and today with hundreds of milking daughters, his index is stronger than ever. HI visited breeder Faccin and spo...

In April 2016, Louxor blew away the entire French DNA competition and debuted at a record high 237 gISU, no less than 24 points above the nr.2. Last December, the Iznogoud son set another fabulous record. Based on 70 dau...

It was a noteworthy debut given by Germany’s new daughter-proven Nr.1, the Mardi Gras son Monarch, in the December evaluations. It was particularly noteworthy because the offspring from the Laurie Sheik family, already s...

AltaMarlon has a very balanced, no-holes proof that has steadily climbed and now lands him at Nr.1 LPI bull in Canada. ‘He sires consistently good type, highlighted by beautiful udders,’ explains Mike Menendez from Alta....

An Estonian proverb says, “If your spirit is wise, age does not judge.” Of course, this expression does necessarily apply to breeding. Nonetheless there is an entire collection of bulls from around the world that deliver...

An interesting list from Holstein USA: the sires with 97% or higher reliability. Notable: half of this ranking is bulls from Select Sires. Even more remarkable: 9 of the 10 (with the exception of Ponder) are alive and ac...

Super sires: A phenomenon that we come across in Holstein breeding from time to time, among the very big names. These Holstein sires are so unique and superior in terms of their transmitting ability that the sons have gr...

Over the past 10-15 years the Canadian herd Kingsway Farms has progressively risen to prominence in the area of breeding, developing and selling top quality show animals. Iconic show cow families such as Allie and Jasmin...