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Cow Country II - April 2023
Grand Champion at the Estevanens Show in Switzerland last fall was Londaly Armani Lovely-Red EX-94. Earlier in her career Lovely had been Intermediate Champion at the Swiss Expo 2017 and...
Do Grazing Conditions Require a Different Type of Cow?
Holsteins have become the universal dairy cow and dominate in most major dairy countries. However, it may not be a “one size fits all” situation. The interaction of genetics with...
Intriguing Sires DNA - April 2023
In order to register any young bull in Canada a genomic test is required. The Dickieson family of Birkentree Holsteins at North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, wanted to register a...
Intriguings Sires DNA - March 2023
Sitting at Nr.5 in Germany is the high component bull Nexo, a son of Nexus (<AltaCabot). Nexo traces back to the family of Markwell Blackstar Raven EX-95. The grand-dam Peak...
Beef-On-Dairy: Semex Breeds a Nr.1 Indexing Beef Bull from Their Internal Program
Semex offers it’s popular Elevate genomic testing program to help dairy producers choose the females to breed with sexed semen to produce herd replacements, diverting other females to be bred...
Whiteleather in Ohio Source of Deep, Home-bred Cow Families
The name Whiteleather has been part of the Holstein scene in Ohio for generations. In 2021 this herd had a cow set a new national production record for amount of...
Intriguing Sires DNA - February 2023
Rubble should sire medium sized cows with well-attached, high-quality udders, high components and trouble-free performance. This Conway son traces back to the Sandy-Valley Sapphire family that produced such bulls as...
Cow Country III - February 2023
The full brothers MB Luckylady Bullseye (+857lb milk, 3.31 gPTAT, 2523 gTPI, at Semex; 08/2022) and Eye Candy (+301lb milk, 3.28 gPTAT, 2552 gTPI, at Select) are two of the...
Why Don’t we Have Greater Uniformity Among Fitness Traits Around the World?
Productive Life, Herd Life, Lifespan, Survival – it seems almost every country uses a different name. Who knew there were so many ways to refer to longevity; and that’s just...
Get Familiar with the Herd Karnview: You are Going to Hear Much More from Them!
The year 2022 saw the Karnview herd gain considerable prominence in Holstein circles. A successful sale in the spring was followed by a stellar show season. Exhibiting at the World...
Paris: Super Brood Cow with 25 Sons in AI
Over the last two years, Siemers Parfect has become one of the best known young genomic bulls in the industry and has many well-balanced, high indexing offspring to prove it....
Cow Country II - January 2023
Eclipse Altitude Princess-Red was first Junior-2 and Intermediate Champion of the Holstein Show at Australia’s International DairyWeek 2022, as well as Intermediate and Grand Champion Red Holstein. ‘I’ve always liked...