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The Young Breeder School (YBS) in Battice (Belgium) is well-known around the world. The young participants arrived from 17 different countries. Primarily from Europe, but also from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and for...

We continue to hear it from dairy farmers the world over: conformation remains important. Not immediately to breed show cows, but especially to create problem-free cows, who can easily do their work each day. Without pro...

The US Holstein Association established it’s Marketplace Sires program in January 2019. The program now offers an exciting range of breeder-owned sires, adding some intriguing options to the semen market.

The field of dairy cattle genetics uses two “languages”, Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) and Breeding Value. Evaluations from the US are expressed in PTA’s while most other countries use Breeding Values. What are th...

The 79th edition of this historic show is scheduled to take place at CremonaFiere, Nov. 28 – 30, 2024.

An indisputable fact: red factor bulls have played a decisive role in the evolution of Red Holsteins. The pedigree of an undeniably elite bull like Rubels-Red (the sire of, among others, Ranger-Red) consists in large mea...

One of the biggest challenges in dairy farming is to simultaneously improve production and fertility. In addition to the efforts of breeding organizations which focus on genetic reproductive traits, several companies off...

Hungary’s agriculture is shaped by the high number of agricultural operations, from small family farms to large, modern businesses. Cash cropping has traditionally played an important role, though animal breeding and dai...

For a couple of years, An American Dairyman is from time to time writing articles for Holstein International, looking at different topics in the breeding industry. This time our mystery author (with plenty of knowledge a...

The Verein Ostfriesischer Stammviehzüchter (VOSt) enjoyed an unprecedented, successful August release, with leading positions for Holstein and Red Holstein, both DNA and progeny proven. And that while the AI company in O...

Over the past 15 years the world of dairy cattle breeding has moved to a whole new level of sophistication, capitalizing on the ability to look directly at the genes that make up an animal. American company Zoetis brings...

Here they are: the bulls that in recent times have been used the most at AI companies all over the globe. No less than 50 in all, from AI companies in fourteen countries. The size of these AI companies varies (of course)...

This is the 20th edition of the Global Cow Competition. Giving recognition to the most influential brood cows of the breed; that is why this competition was started. And that is what this competition has indeed done nine...

BoviSync improves herd management through better software. Dairies of all sizes have benefit from managing their herd with BoviSync. BoviSync is cloud native with browser, android, and desktop applications.

The Netherlands has a special place in global Holstein breeding, as the country is regarded as the cradle of the global Holstein breed. After all, the original black & white cow from the Netherlands were regarded in Nort...