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With 959 gPLI, Ballycairn Peace 6568 Sherese is far and away the nr.1 of all tested female Holsteins in the United Kingdom. The five-month-old DG Peace (<Captain) daughter traces via her dam Ballycairn 5798 Sherese VG-85...

Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A distinctive, speckled cow with a very distinctive name, she became the icon for a bloodline that gained respect throughout the Holstein world. Via a long list of influential sires including Larcr...

JMM Memoire was the winner at this year‘s Swiss Jersey Night, at which a total of 84 animals were presented. The third-parity Memoire is a Fizz daughter belonging to Damien Carrard and is classified EX-95. For her udder...

For several decades global warming has been a topic of discussion and analysis. In this process, the overwhelming conclusion is that in many parts of the world, the climate will show more extremes. Particularly the conti...

Fifty years ago, on March 12, 1974, the world’s first Holstein ET calf was born. This bull calf, named Rockalli Son of Bova, marks the starting shot of the enormous influence of the reproductive technique ET (Embryo Tran...

Since its founding in May, 1974, Semex has made a remarkable trip through the world of cattle breeding. What began quite humbly developed into a success story that now spans over 50 years and mirrors the worldwide progre...

There is a burst of activity in global Jersey breeding. That is evident from the research that Jersey International did with AI organizations all over the world. How many new young Jersey sires are being launched annuall...

‘Jerseys in New Zealand have gone through a period of being unfashionable,’ explains Mark. ‘However, a lot has changed since the 1990s when there were butter surpluses, to today when a ton of butter is 2.5 times the valu...

Rob Derksen started his career in cattle breeding in 1973, at Victorian Artificial Breeders (VAB), where he first came into contact with the Jersey breed. Derksen has been employed by Genetics Australia (GA) since it was...

Welcome to the exciting first selection of the Jersey World Champion. Twelve of the best Jersey cows from eleven countries are set to compete, spoiling you for choice. Enjoy a look at these impressive show winners and ch...

In HI’s February edition we made mention of “Lambda mania”: the tremendous global interest in Farnear Delta-Lambda. An eminent example is his daughter Siemers Paris 27856 EX-91, Global Cow 2023. She is the dam of the top...

The Jersey world is preparing for the fascinating World Jersey Cattle Conference which will take place on June 16-22, 2024 in Denmark. This global conference is held once every three years. Three years ago the conference...

‘We try to make the production circumstances for our cows as optimal as possible.’ On the farm of Philipp Hinnemann in Germany, nothing is left to chance: Not in terms of management, nor in terms of breeding. Which has r...

Canadian sire Boldi V Gymnast started his career as a bull that excelled in various evaluation systems. He ranked especially well on the basis of the RZG in Germany, and as his career unfolded, it was in fact in Europe t...

One of the brand new AI companies in North America is Showbox Sires. For distribution, they work with Select Sires and Semex, and the first four sires to be presented on their website are Duckett Tatoo Hendrix, JM-Valley...