Herd reports
Maple-Dell: Striving for Type, Without Forsaking Profitability
The minute we stepped out of the car we knew it was going to be a good visit. Following a miserable, cold and wet morning, the rising spring sun was...
Darnlaw Farm: Breeding for Excellent Type and Potential 100,000 kg Cows
No less than seven representatives of Darnlaw Farm (prefix: Townlaw) – including six of them scoring EX – passed the milestone of 100,000 kg in 2018. In the modern free-stall...
Here is #9 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Mil-R-Mor
The results are complete: the top-25 most influential breeders of the past 25 years. But, as promised, the results will appear one month at a time. Appearing in HI’s previous...
Master Breeder Rolandale - ‘Type will become even more important in the future.’
Impressive. That is the right word – and certainly not an overstatement – to describe the entire herd of father Rolland and son Marc-André Dubois in Quebec. What powerful type,...
This Stormatic daughter (photo) produced 305,000 lb/138,630 kg Young daughters of Elevation, Astronaut and Bootmaker follow in her footsteps!
Highly remarkable: a herd of 150 Holstein cows with 25 daughters of Paclamar Astronaut, Paclamar Bootmaker and Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation! And: more of their daughters are on the...
Libramont 2019 Makes Belgium the Centre of Holstein Breeding Once Again
The European Holstein Show returns to Belgium! Fifteen years after the last of various editions in the Belgian capital of Brussels, on April 9 the most beautiful Holsteins from thirteen...
R Green-Acres in Wisconsin: Home of Pride Holsteins
The village of Pepin in central-western Wisconsin lies on the shores of Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River. It used to be very much a farming community, but today it’s...
Here is #10 of the most influential breeders during the past 25 years: Pine-Tree!
The votes have been counted. That took much longer than we had expected. Never before in HI’s 25 years of existence has a competition drawn so much participation. The steady...
Wilder Holsteins -Riding Momentum to the Top of Germany’s Breeding Scene
To keep his fairly large Tirsvad program successful, the Danish breeder Søren Ernst Madsen prefers to work with cow families that can generate high sires in various index systems. The...
Westcoast Holsteins: From Show Champions to Breed Leading Sires
It’s hard to believe! Wescoast Holsteins was only formed in 2010 and yet it has already become a major force in the breed. They’ve paraded champions at North America’s major...
New Genetic Source on the Banks of the Po: Cristella Holsteins
AI companies like Inseme, Intermizoo, ABS and Semex keep a close eye on this Italian farm: Cristella, owned by the Marchi-Balestreri family. That is not surprising, because for a number...
Lisduff: Consistent Focus on Fertility, Protein and Type
The cows at Lisduff Farms in Ireland live entirely off of grass for eight months of the year, walking a significant distance daily to and from the parlour, have a...