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Time for a remarkable sire. He is five years old and displays (progeny proven) his highest TPI index ever: 2887, based on 448 milking daughters. As such, he has jumped to a well-deserved 9th TPI position. But that is not...

Which total merit index do you use in choosing the bulls for your herd? Which traits do you focus on in particular? Which traits do you put less emphasis on? Are there extra traits you would like to see added to the inde...

Admittedly, the 48,000 herdbook cows makeup one of the small populations in Europe. Just as small, but with considerable international orientation, is the breeding program. Nonetheless, Austria’s Holsteins are on the ris...

The importance of conformation for the profitability of a cow is a recurring topic of discussion. But: a sire that wants to achieve a certain international popularity will not succeed without above-average conformation....

‘By the end of 2022 we expect figures to show that over 60% of beef produced in the UK comes from dairy herds,’ explains Cogent beef program manager Boomer Birch. ‘Our goal at Cogent is to help producers achieve maximum...

At first he attracted attention with his successful sons – including the much publicized Mendel-P (see BullTalk HI 06/2022) – and now with milking daughters in his proof Entity is again in the spotlight. ‘He has been a p...

‘This cow is incredibly balanced with enormous milkiness. For an eighth-lactation cow she has an outstanding udder that is very well attached,’ are the words of judge Paul Hannen, who crowned Clonpaddin G-Fame as Grand C...

Dogwood Farm in Virginia, 50 miles/80 km west of the centre of Washington DC, is the domain of Pottsdale Holsteins. ‘RORA Elevation was bred just seven miles or eleven kilometres away,’ explains Nancy Potts. A legend on...

At Jenlar the Brown Swiss compete with Holsteins on a daily basis to retain a position in this well-managed dairy herd. Along the way Jenlar has bred and developed a number of stars of the show ring too. Their cow Jenlar...

For the families of Christian and Simon Schild of Ottoberg in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, daily life often revolves around Brown Swiss breeding. And about schwingen.

In July 2020, in the 6th edition of BSI, the name of the then 13-year-old Nor-Bella Supreme Dabble was paraded. She is one of the highest Canadian lifetime producers of the Brown Swiss breed. And you know what? Today, Da...

When Brent and Anne Crothers emigrated seven years ago from New Zealand to Great Britain, they had milked Holsteins, Ayrshires and Jerseys for years – and also obtained various show titles. Their emigration to the Britis...

The family of Georg Schedel of Egg in the Unterallgäu district in Germany milks around 200 cows, most of them Brown Swiss. Important is the strong family bond – and the healthy and fit cow.

The Seasidebloom son Sinatra of Genostar has proved himself with >1,100 daughters in milk. Particularly for fitness it looks good, with persistency, udder health and fertility being plus points.

Only a few weeks after he went back into service as a daughter-proven sire, Pete was the most-used sire in this category. Now everyone is excited to see how his breeding values develop with higher reliability.