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Close to Ruffiac, 77 km southwest of Rennes in the French region of Brittany, a cow family is quickly expanding. In the home herd, it already makes up more than 35% of the entire herd (360 head total), but… the young AI...

Who were the most sold Holstein bulls during the past six months? HI posed this question to breeding companies world-wide. The answers resulted in the unique accompanying overview: 77 bestsellers from 32 AIs from 12 diff...

With a combination of a different sire lineup (Millington-Jacey-Sudan) and a balanced no-holes proof, Totem claimed the Outcross title for 2020. Not only does this popular seller for Select Sires rank at Nr.15 on the pro...

KNS Rendezvous has now more than proven herself as a brood cow. The well-known German Man-O-Man daughter from the offspring of the famous French Jocko daughter Radieuse EX-91 is the dam of Bookem son Boss, who at OHG sco...

‘From the outset I want to say – and I admit that I am biased – that we are tremendously enthusiastic about this bull. I told Semex that in the next two years we will be looking at numerous outstanding milking Cockpit da...

It is not always the breeding values that explain the popularity of certain sires. There are more characteristics that are important to dairy farmers when selecting bulls, like cow families, pedigrees, casein profile, po...

In April, he immediately debuted in the German progeny proven top-5, and in August, he climbed six points, making him the strong German Nr.2: Sinus. ‘His compact, average-statured, and robust daughters have a tremendous...

In the list of influential sires in the American population, we see a notable trend. Never before has a bull approached the legends Elevation and Chief as closely as today. His name is O-Bee Manfred Justice (O-Man) and h...

The Wisconsin herd Bert-Mar Farms is home to the reigning Red-Impact winner, Luck-E Advent Asia, along with many members of her extensive family line. A quick look at the farm’s colorful facebook page will tell you that...

When HI asked Gill Zeilon and Waldemar Andersson – the manager and former manager respectively of the Swedish Holstein herdbook – about the best Holstein herds in Sweden, various farms ended up high on their shared top l...

An average production of 13,471kg/29,636lb, an average production per day of life of 23.1kg/50.8lb, a herd turnover rate under 20%, an unbelievably balanced and strong conformation as well as 120 heifers sold per year. I...

This is the third installment in our series featuring the major Holstein herdbooks around the globe. Did you know that the same foundation animals that started the Holstein breed in Australia in 1886 also established the...

Black Silver is a new name in the world of international Holstein genetics. Founded by some passionate young Holstein breeders from Canada, Black Silver has entered the highly competitive industry with an offering of gen...

There was already a small earthquake that rattled through the German breeding branch in mid-September when 6 German breeding companies at once announced that as of January 1st, 2021, they would be working together on a c...

In my experience as a US dairyman the issues with stature today are more regionalized than worldwide. I am located in the Southeastern US. It’s unusual to see cows that are extremely tall unless they are part of a show-s...