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Most breed-leading cows need to be backed by a breed-leading family – and Canada’s Nr.1 Conformation Cow (+17), Duckett Sidekick Ollie VG-87-2yr (max), is no different. Coming from the heart of one of the world’s hottest...

Dellarossa Inseme Belfante (<AltaZarek/4179 gPFT) is one of the most complete young sires in Italy. Appearing behind the Inseme transmitter is an intriguing cow family, developed at the family operation Allevamento Della...

In the year 2008, the herd sale of Gauglera was an absolute highlight on the breeding scene in Switzerland. The herd of the Oberson family was known for its extraordinary quality and attracted many domestic and internati...

Delta Reloader and VDR Slash are prominent in the progeny proven top-10. Delta Jacuzzi, the sire of various high sons, is the Nr.1 progeny proven sire on the Red Holstein list: Three prominent Dutch bulls that mark the c...

Do you know the feeling? You have settled on a sire that impresses you, a bull that is among the top of the breed and promises maximal breeding progress. But then you decide against using him because he doesn’t meet your...

Accurate heat detection has influence on the number of inseminations required and calving interval, which in turn has direct impact on the farms financial bottom-line. The challenge is to more accurately detect heats whi...

The “comeback bull”, as he was called. When dairy farmers milked daughters of this bull, they wanted more: And returned to the bull. That’s why there continued to be orders for the vital Valiant son Fisher-Place Mandingo...

Big milk, high fertility, impressive classifications, balanced breeding, multiple Master Breeder shields and one big goal… to be the best managed herd in the province. Gain invaluable insight from the progressive Canadia...

The Elmar herd in northern Victoria has often made news headlines over the past two decades, principally via the exploits of their Jessica cow family. Three years ago the move was made to confinement housing and away fro...

Hoof problems are still one of the leading reasons as to why cows are involuntarily culled. And as always, digital dermatitis, foot rot, sole ulcers and limax (interdigital hyperplasia) are huge challenges that dairy far...

‘During the past few years I have witnessed the Holstein breed becoming whiter. It is increasingly difficult to find a good bull that is 75% or more black. I manage a large dairy farm in the tropics at a high elevation,...

You may be aware of Gold-N-Oaks MVP Aria’s success as a bull-dam through her trailblazing son, Westcoast Alcove, in Canada… But do you know about her breeding success in France, Germany, Switzerland and Spain? Read on to...

RUW Elite originates from the embryo program at RUW (Phönix) and was born in October 2016 on the farm of Thomas Schäfer (SHS Holsteins). A very fortunate moment, concludes Schäfer five years later. ‘We are very impressed...

Dulais Afterburner Amanda VG-86 is the Nr.40 index cow in the United Kingdom. Nev Roberts, her breeder, especially praises her pedigree. Via Dulais Pesky Amanda EX-93 (<Welcome Armitage Pesky), the Afterburner is a grand...

The Nr.1 indexing female in the breed comes from the family of Golden Rae. The Golden Rae’s have grown to a position of prominence in well-known herds such as Morningview, Trent-Way and Genosource, and a number of bulls...