Australia
Focus on... July 2020
In addition to the traditional overall breeding values, indexes that are focused on economically relevant traits are gaining traction. Besides production and longevity, health traits are heavily weighted. As a...
Cow Country - June 2020
Around 60-70% of the 100-cow Marshland herd (Wisconsin, US) goes back to the 1960s cow, Marshland Reflection Beatrice EX-91. Understandably for a long-standing family there are many branches at Marshland,...
Cow Country - May 2020
As the 1750-cow Cirio herd in Italy is in the fluid milk market, it has always been looking for production. Five years ago it began putting more emphasis on health...
Avonlea: One of the Most Respected Names in Australian Holsteins
Both the Grand Champion and the Reserve at this year’s International DairyWeek in Australia were bred in the Gardiner family’s Avonlea herd. Avonlea has long been regarded as one of...
Cow Country - March 2020
Heidenskipster Goldwin Destiny, the dam of the German type and longevity specialist Beart, made her career in the Netherlands. Her best daughter is in Australia: Kaarmona Snowman Destiny 2 VG-86....
Cow Country - February 2020
After 45 years of breeding Holsteins, a lifelong goal was achieved for the Lang family of Springhill Farms as their homebred Springhill-OH Wind Jada EX-91 was named Grand Champion of...
Cow Country - January 2020
Back in the early 1990s Richard Charles’s family had a non-pedigree, commercial herd. However being a young, enthusiastic Holstein fan, the pedigree world was a new avenue Richard wanted to...
Focus on... Secret Polled Tips
For more than a year IPS of the USA has been offering their Tobin son Chile-PP on the international market and the demand for the homozygous polled sire, who goes...
The Story of Australia’s 2018 Cow of the Year Started with a Dream…
Holstein International first contacted Murray Polson from Australia this summer for some information about his cow Mario Park Goldwyn Alicia (for July’s CowCountry). We expected to obtain some brief notes,...
Ardylbar in Australia: Success in Times of Drought
Ardylbar has been a prominent name on the Holstein scene in Queensland over recent decades. Down through the years a regular supply of show champions has come from the Ardylbar...
Cow Country - October 2019
After years of absence, Brent and Kim Mitchell from Victoria immediately captured the Intermediate title with Mitch Aftershock Irene at Australia’s national show (IDW) in 2017. Two years later they...
Cow Country - July 2019
After their herd dispersal sale in April, the only milking cows the Irish Sinnott family kept were their homebred dam and daughter pair – Ballyboy Goldwyn Carmen VG and Sid...