Germany
Youthful Wilcor O Katy Wins 51st Schau der Besten
The elite sale ‘Die Auction’ plus the breeder’s gala on the eve, three current daughter groups from the Synetics breeding program, a dazzling show with Wilcor O Katy as the...
Help Us choose the World Champion 2024
This is the 27th edition of the World Champion competition! On the following pages you will find 18 of the most outstanding Holstein cows that have dazzled in show-rings around...
Cow Country - March 2025
3176 TPI, position 92. This top-100 ranking of Hurtgenlea Parfect Myndi VG-86 on the American cow index list shows that the several generations of a homebred cow family owned by...
Small German AI OHG Harvests Five Top-10 RZG Sires: ‘We Strive for the Most Efficient Breeding Program Possible’
Five sires in the progeny proven top-10 RZG. This remarkable result was obtained by OHG during the December release. Remarkable, because the German herdbook (38,000 animals on milk production recording)...
Herds Worldwide - March 2025
The first thing that stands out with a visit to Barozzi Holsteins in northern Italy: everything is neat! The yard, the barns, the milking parlour, the office; everything is organized...
Herds Worldwide - January 2025
‘My breeding goal has not changed much throughout my career. I still appreciate functional cows that can last a long time and look good. Every morning I need to get...
Cow Country - December 2024
For twenty years, Dan Reuter has been breeding at Reuter Dairy (950 milking cows) in Iowa, with the offspring of Barbie sister Regancrest-RB Bunny EX-93. With as a notable result...
Cow Country - November 2024
GENIA IS BRILLIANT‘We strive for a highly efficient, economical and resource efficient cow,’ states Jürg Hofmann of Hokovit Genetics in Switzerland. One of his current stars is the Silverridge Einstein...
Milchhof Diera: German Exemplar for Management, Breeding, and Productivity
Managing a large dairy (30 employees) with leading results year in, year out, requires, knowledge, organizational skills, and craftsmanship. The owners of Milchhof Diera have been very successful in this...
Intriguing Sires RED - October 2024
With an gRZG of 158, Malaga-Red is the current Nr.1 red and white sire in Germany. Above all, it is his outstanding production traits that propel him to this position....
HWH-3Star Ella-P-RC: German Solitair Daughter with Seven Sons in AI
‘It is interesting to see how a relatively small investment can eventually lead to so much influence… like a small stone that you throw in the water, with the rings...
Cow Country - September 2024
What is the synonym for “complete” in modern Holstein breeding? It may be Jacobs Goldwyn Brittany EX-96. She was successful in the showring, has a production high of 18,000kg/39,700lb and...