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Masterpiece Genetics & Masterrind
Ed Crossland is the owner of a small dairy farm with Holsteins and Guernseys (Gladheart) in western Maryland, near West Virginia. Although his interest originally lie especially with Holsteins, he...
GGI-Spermex & Genetics Australia
‘GGI-Spermex is the leading export organization for Fleckvieh and Brown Swiss world-wide,’ says Martin Wimmer from GGI-Spermex. ‘The fact that Germany has the largest Fleckvieh and Brown Swiss populations, and...
KI Kampen & Danish Jersey Export
‘Customers of KI Kampen who use FH sires are especially looking for problem-free grazing animals in large herds. They are not looking for a few toppers, per se. As much...
Bosgoed: Holstein, Jersey & Brown Swiss
This splendid, colourful photograph in the eastern Netherlands was taken by Han Hopman of dam Bosgoed Gre 241 and her son Bosgoed Black Pete (<Aurora Jeroen; Holstein). So far, the...
KI Samen has Set Its Own Breeding Strategy for Forty Years Already ‘We believe in practical truth.’
KI Samen was established in 1982 by Antoon van Nieuwenhoven and dairy farmers Bas and Theo Engelen. Forty years later, this privately-owned Dutch AI company still exudes lots of enthusiasm...
Intriguing Sires DP - November 2022
‘In Switzerland, we are thrilled to have such a high production and fitness bull with correct conformation.’ Jürg Stoll from Swissgenetics is referring to Ewing who (after Ranger-Red) is the...
Brigeen Farms: Historic breeders herd with a modern and progressive outlook
‘Cow families are extremely important to us, because we are looking for predictability in breeding results.’ Betsy Bullard from Brigeen Farms attaches great value to the carefully constructed cow families...
Intriguing Sires DP - October 2022
‘Yolo is very popular; his semen is sold out every month, both sexed and conventional,’ says Roger Turner from Jetstream Genetics about the Bandares son Yolo, who with more than...
Unique in HI: Farms with the Highest kg/lb. Fat+Protein Production World-wide (Part 2)
In HI’s September issue, part one of our unique overview of the highest production farms world-wide appeared, with an overview of elite milkers from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Great...
Unique in HI: Farms with the Highest kg/lb Fat + Protein Productions World-wide Part 1
In the Holstein world, high productions always speak to the imagination. Tremendous records of individual animals, but certainly also high averages at the herd level. But how high are the...
Fairmont in Vermont: With Purebred Holsteins, Responding Flexibly to the Market
A commercial dairy with 1450 head and a breeding program with elite cows; Fairmont LLC in the northern part of the American state of Vermont has developed in the span...
Good Udder Health: Important Key to Success on Modern Dairy Farms
A high somatic cell count, besides reducing milk revenue, also increases the likelihood of mastitis. Very undesirable then, due to its economic impact and the possible premature loss of valuable...