France
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...
French Record Bull Now Progeny Proven
In April 2016, Louxor blew away the entire French DNA competition and debuted at a record high 237 gISU, no less than 24 points above the nr.2. Last December, the...
BullTalk - February 2020
An interesting list from Holstein USA: the sires with 97% or higher reliability. Notable: half of this ranking is bulls from Select Sires. Even more remarkable: 9 of the 10...
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...
Pure Breeder’s Workmanship Leads to France’s Only Millionaire
Most likely Jocko will never lose this status: the most popular Holstein bull in French history. After all, no other French bull has ever passed the milestone of one million...
Bull Talk - January 2020
In Italy, Westcoast Perseus (Penmanship-Doorman) is successful as a sire of sons: the list of top-25 DNA-tested sires includes no less than five Perseus sons. One of them is the...
Intriguing Sires - December 2019
Twitch is the nr.1 gTPI son of Helix, since August, the progeny proven leader in the US. The more than two-year-old STgenetics bull displays an all-round high and attractive profile...
Leroy Frères: Aiming for 100% Polled
Slowly but surely, gains are being made by polled within international Holstein breeding. In the one country (including Germany) notably quicker than the other. There are now farmers that are...
Bull Talk - November 2019
In April, he had insufficient daughters (30). But by August, the number had risen to 138 head and he was able to storm onto America’s TPI top-30: Wet Tatum Mitchell,...
Polled is the new goal for the Dafné family!
The Dafné family from Gaec du Moulin Trefoux in the west of France is well-known for fine shows results, females with high potential and high breeding values from new sires....
Cow Country - November 2019
Standing out on the TPI list of the highest and also the most reliable bulls is View-Home Monterey, who is the only transmitter with >3.00 PTAT. One of the 6466...
Cow Country - November 2019
‘She was my once in a lifetime cow,’ begins Cameron Hickling of the Master Breeder Hicklee herd in Ontario. Hicklee Dundee Glow EX-93 produced over 100,000kg (220,000lb), consistently calved every...