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October 2024

Misc Breeds

Australia’s Cairnbrae Daisy Family: Combining Elite Indexes with Show-Winning Type

Cairnbrae Valentino Daisy 11 was Grand Champion at the 2019 International DairyWeek and at the time was the Nr.1 BPI cow in Australia – the only cow of any breed...

October 2024

Misc Breeds

Lone-Pine in Canada: Where Production and Type Combine

Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion at the Canadian Royal in 2023 was Lone-Pine Jordan Booster, while Reserve Grand Champion at the All-American Show 2023 in Louisville was Lone-Pine Nighttrain Lula....

October 2024

Misc Breeds

Unique Overview The Leading Jersey Herdbooks Worldwide

At a time when the number of dairy farms and the number of dairy cattle worldwide are dropping, the Jersey breed is defying this trend. To give perspective, this overview...

September 2024

Cow Families

It’s a Barbie World: Barbie Goes Global

It was just 20 years ago that Regancrest-PR Barbie, bred at Regancrest Farms in Iowa, emerged as the Nr.1 PTAT cow of the breed. However, Barbie transmitted much more than...

September 2024

Management

Zoetis: Bringing Precision Agriculture to the Dairy Industry

Over the past 15 years the world of dairy cattle breeding has moved to a whole new level of sophistication, capitalizing on the ability to look directly at the genes...

August 2024

Cow Families

The Menna Family: Captain’s Dam is the Heart of a Proprietary Line at GenoSource

The Oman Mirror family has produced some of the true breed-changing sires of the past two decades – from Robust to Jedi, Duke, King Royal to Renegade and Captain. Here...

August 2024

Management

Genes Diffusion: Long History of Selecting and Proving Bulls for Beef-On-Dairy

Genes Diffusion has nearly 50 years of tradition behind it’s beef-on-dairy program. Their product line for beef sires selected specifically for use over dairy cows is know as Safe. Bulls...

August 2024

Management

Large Herds: Optimizing Breeding Programs to Maximize Economic Return

Herd sizes are getting larger all around the world, posing their own set of challenges and opportunities. We asked some specialists who are involved in designing and delivering programs to...

August 2024

Management

World Wide Sires: ProfitSource Branded Terminal Sires for the Beef-On-Dairy Market

Data, traceability, quality assurance and sustainability are all very important elements that have been built into every stage of the supply chain. ‘We now have over 35,000 carcass records from...

August 2024

Management

ABS Global: The NuEra Genetics Beef Product Line

Using beef genetics on lower genetic-quality dairy cows has been a common practice in many countries for years. Dairy farmers have recognised that producing a beef cross calf generates more...

August 2024

Management

Dunmasc: Finding That Sweet Spot Between Good Carcass Weight and Easy Calving

‘Over the last couple of years sexed dairy semen has continued to gain traction here in Ireland, with the top end of herds bred to top dairy bulls and the...

July 2024

Management

Red Impact Competition 2024: Bomaz Rubels 9524 Wins in a Split Decision from Rubellia

In the event of a tie, preference goes to the popular vote! And that’s what it came down to, a tie, with the popular vote choosing Bomaz Rubels 9524-Red as...