Cow Families
The Swedish Barbies: ‘Survivors, Who Never Disappoint!’
Two full sisters. Both in their 10th lactation. Both scored excellent. Both 13 years old. Both have surpassed 100,000 kg. Both Shottles. Both outstanding brood cows. Both fit. Yes, indeed,...
Cow Country - March 2020
The 100-cow herd of Darita Holsteins in Indiana, Herd of Excellence in 2018, is the home of a bull-dam who only needed one son to make a name for herself....
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....
Windsor-Manor Zip: Elite Family Whose Fortunes Continue to Rise
Windsor-Manor Rud Zip EX-95 was a cow ahead of her time when it comes to productive life and the health traits she transmitted. The cow family rocketed to the top...
Bomaz Pizza: 30 Years of Hard Work An Experiment that Paid Off
The Nr.1 NM sire, Nr.2 gTPI sire, Nr.1 NM cow, Nr.1 gTPI female (<9 months old) and Nr.1 gPLI sire. What do they have in common? Impressively they’re all members...
Missboard: German Wholesaler in High Polled Sires
Six appealing sons on the German DNA list, with two in the top-10. The record of KNS Missboard-P is truly phenomenal. Especially when we consider that four of these six...
Stormi Hazel: More Than a Third of Her Classified Daughters Score 94 or Higher!
The EX-96 Stormatic daughter Quality-Ridge Stormi Hazel was one of the big name stars on the North American show scene. However, even more impressive was her success rate as a...
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...
Baviere: Super Brood Cow Behind an Exciting Branch of the Spottie Family in France
Sunnylodge Prelude Spottie was a first crop young-sire daughter of Ronnybrook Prelude that became the Canadian Cow of the Year 1998. Her son Sunnylodge Linjet was Premier Sire at the...
Whinchat Tippy: Generations of Long-Life, High-Scoring Cows
Within the UK Whinchat herd there are three dominant families – Savoire Fare, Farrah and the oldest of the three: Tippy. Despite starting with foundation cow Avondale Lance Tippy VG...
Cow Country - February 2020
‘She has made all my dreams come true!’ Thomas De Brabander speaks directly from the heart when he talks about Failue de L’Herbagere EX-90. De Brabander has owned the Savard...
Australian Bonnie Family Hits the Big-Time in North America
Throughout the Holstein world there are many, many examples of highly successful cows and cow families that have been established from animals exported from North America. However, here is a...