Italy
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...
From Goldsun to Ashton, Athos & Aladdin Genes from Former World Champion Toc-Farm Amyly Continue to Blossom
Last February in HI you found an extensive report about the Italian Holstein star Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96, and a month earlier a portrait of her splendid Irish half-sister Cormacoo...
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...
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...
Castelverde Goldsun Laura A living legend at Castelverde in Italy!
Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96 is more than just a cow – she is a phenomenon. With her unique combination of conformation, production and breeding potential, she belongs among the outstanding...
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...
Cremona International Livestock Fair: the anticipation grows
The 79th edition of this historic show is scheduled to take place at CremonaFiere, Nov. 28 – 30, 2024.
Cow Country I - July 2024
‘They are all problem-free free-stall cows that show very good legs. Particularly the very good feet with depth of heel that guarantees they wouldn’t get Mortellaro,’ says Martin Biederbick. He...
Herds worldwide - July 2024
The Fazenda Analândia enterprise owned by the De Boer family – situated in the Dutch colony of Castrolanda (Castro Parana) in southern Brazil – has 500 Holstein cows and just...
When strong cows hear the wolves howling
The bull Laugen-P was bred from the Biver Mause cow family on the farm of Markus and Stefan Kofler in South Tyrol. The cows are strong while the productions conditions...
Modern, Large, Independent, and Purely Italian: Intermizoo Proudly Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
It is not that long ago that Italy had various purely Italian AIs, every single one of them with sires that were being used world-wide. Elpzoo with Del Santo Corsaro...
Cow Country II - May 2024
The story of Jolana starts in November 2013, when Otto Meinders had a hospital stay in Leer and happened to walk past the sale barn during the first VOST-Select-Sale while...