Herd reports
Breeding is a marathon
For the families of Christian and Simon Schild of Ottoberg in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, daily life often revolves around Brown Swiss breeding. And about schwingen.
Jenlar: High Performance Brown Swiss in Wisconsin
At Jenlar the Brown Swiss compete with Holsteins on a daily basis to retain a position in this well-managed dairy herd. Along the way Jenlar has bred and developed a...
Sugar-Creek Dairy: “Old Style but Good Style”
It is the home of the popular PP sire Sugar-C Just In Time-PP as well as several talented branches of deep families like the Apples, Juror Faiths, Ella Elevations, Royal...
Du Bon Vent The French Source of Inkapi and Atacama is Home to More Quality
When you read this HI edition, she will be nine years old: Du Bon Vent Inkapi. The elite cow which year-in-year-out continues to capture titles and whose tremendous conformation is...
Wilcor Holsteins The Rise of one of the Top Addresses for Conformation in Germany
It is animals like Wiesenfeld Austrias Magic Talent EX-92, Curtat Shottle Benzouka EX-93, Le Moal Lheros Elaniss EX-94 and, of course, GS Alliance Sid O’Kamila EX-90 that have shaped the...
Zwanebloem Holsteins: Beautiful Dairy Farm in Belgium with a Breeding Dream
Forty years ago, Roger and Annemie Masscheleyn purchased a lease farm with twenty cows and twenty hogs. Together with their sons Wannes and Reinout and their families, they founded one...
Scarlet-Summer: The Only Two Red Cows in the World with 30,000kg/66,000lb Records
Central Pennsylvania is home to a herd that includes the world’s highest producing red cows. However, with two-thirds of the cows scored EX, even the keenest Holstein connoisseur would be...
Go-Farm:Average Daily Production of 38 kg/84 lb and the Source of Nr.1 Sires and Cows
Go-Farm Miura, with 4352 PFT, is the leader of the Italian progeny proven index list, where seven Go-Farm sires are in the top-50. The DNA top-50 even includes nine Go-Farm...
Bosside in Wisconsin: The Sale of Genetics has Always Moved us Forward in a Big Way
Over the last 30 years the Bosside name has had a constant presence on the international Holstein scene. At first it was Bosside Ruben, then Bosside AltaRoss, Co-op Bosside Massey...
The New Future of Sandy-Valley Holsteins
Around the New Year, news came: the well-known breeding enterprise Sandy-Valley Holsteins in the American state of Wisconsin was discontinuing. HI launched the news via both its publication “Holstein International”...
Roc Happy Put Ferme de la Roche on the International Map
‘I certainly did not want to use O-Man. Outstanding for fitness, to be sure, but too modest for conformation.’ That was the opinion of Philippe Guibert. Until he could purchase...
Lareleve Canada’s Top Production Herd
For 2021 they broke through the 17,000kg/37,400lb barrier!! Lareleve has a 305-day average of 17,061kg/37,613lb 3.9%f 3.2%p on110 cows. Join us for a visit to Canada’s top production herd.