Management
Proof Reliabilities Give You a Means to Assess Risk
An animal’s genetic evaluation is an estimate of the genetics it will transmit to its offspring. The reliability tells us the likelihood of how much the proof might change once...
Carlos Ugarte: ‘Bulls must be easy to match!’
If there are key positions in the breeding business, then sire analyst is certainly among them. The bulls that they generate need to meet the demands of the dairy farmers....
Lionel The Most Extreme Milk Transmitter Ever
Bounding to the top of the TPI charts with the April proof release was the Frazzled son Lionel, with an amazing TPI of 3172. And at +3397lb of milk, he’s...
Excluding Genomics: Would That Give Us a More Accurate Measure of a Proven Sire’s Genetic Merit?
Recently a breeder contacted Holstein International with an interesting question…’Once a bull gets a number of daughters in production why don’t they just remove the genomics from his proof altogether?...
Unique HI Overview: The 58 Most Sold Red Holstein Sires at AI Organizations World-wide
Information from a total of 39 AIs from eleven different countries stand at the foundation of the list of 58 most sold Red Holstein sires for the year 2021. A...
The Premiere: Polled Impact Competition 2022!
It is the first time that HI is conducting a vote for the Polled Impact Cow, but that does not mean that we are too late or too early: Quite...
Bles Dairies: Purpose Driven Company with Global Reach and Local Impact
The Dutch company Bles Dairies was founded in 1990 as a livestock exporter supplying pedigreed Holstein heifers to Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. A genetics division was added in 1997...
Calf Diarrhea: A Prevalent and Also Solvable Phenomenon
On many dairy farms, calf diarrhea is a frequent source of frustration. Additional work, higher costs, reduced revenue, and even dead calves are all reasons for this. The best remedy:...
Beef-On-Dairy at Select Sires: The New BART Program to Produce Bulls for Use on Dairy Cows
Beef semen sales in the US reached a record 8.7 million units in 2021, up 21% from the previous year. Indeed, 10 years earlier only 1.3 million units sold and...
An American Dairyman: Don’t Fence Me In
It’s April and time for new sire proofs. Many breeders want to update their sire selection after all new sire summaries worldwide. An American dairyman – who appears regularly with...
Holstein Association USA: The Adoption of New Technology is Driving the Breed Forward
“To provide leadership, information, and services to help members and dairy producers worldwide be successful” …that’s the mission statement of the Holstein Association USA. As the largest dairy breed organization...
Single-Step: Next Generation in Genetic Evaluations
Genomic evaluations first arrived in 2009 and created a revolution in Holstein breeding that more than doubled the rate of genetic gain. Continued refinements and improvements have produced incremental increases...