Management
Return On Genetic Investment
‘From my former work before joining the genetics industry I was very familiar with the concept of return on investment,’ comments Italian Luca Santuari. ‘The challenge for us is to...
50 Years of Koepon - ‘I would do it all over again.’
This year it is 50 years ago that the first Koepon dairy farm was started in Garnwerd in the Dutch province of Groningen. The very first farm would later be...
Unique Overview: All 200,000 kg/440,000 lb. Holsteins World-wide
The club has 24 members world-wide– with numbers 25 and 26 now standing on the threshold – and is considered an elite group of absolute lifetime production champions. No less...
Introducing the Herd-Books around the world: Holstein Canada
Holstein breed associations around the globe are a significant force in directing the breed progress worldwide. In this series, Holstein International will introduce many of the leading herd-book associations around...
Source the bulls with the highest female fertility and high production
Are you overlooking the passive improvement you could gain in your herds’ fertility?
Do-It-Yourself AI - New Developments in the Marketplace
Do-It-Yourself Artificial Insemination (DIY AI) has made significant gains in recent decades. World-wide, millions of Holsteins are being bred by farmers themselves or by employees on dairy farms. Besides the...
Uniform-Agri: Demand for Management Software in the Dairy Industry Continues to Grow
From quick processing of daily administration to complete overviews of herd performance; it is hard to imagine modern dairy farming without a well-functioning management program. Since 1986, Uniform-Agri has specialized...
Overview: here are the Different Traits that go into Feet & Leg Evaluations.
No matter whether your breeding goals are aimed at producing a cow for commercial milk production, a high-type show animal, or if you are trying to breed elite genetics for...
Exclusive HI Survey: Selection Traits, Sire Selection, and Experiences with Daughters of Sires
Which traits receive the most attention in sire selection? What is the contribution of DNA and polled sires on your farm? Which bulls have you used the most for inseminations...
GAA: Totally Oriented to Servicing Large Commercial Dairies
Established in 2012, Global Ag Alliance (GAA) initially sold fresh semen to large commercial herds in California. ‘The goal was higher conception rates but it proved too costly so we...
From Australia to Europe and America: The Exclusive Update About the Highest Living EX Holsteins in the World
Whether or not we are speaking about an economically relevant trait here has no bearing. The fact is that that hardly any distinction is tied with so much emotion as...
Awards in Switzerland: Cows with Lots of Stars & Gold Medal Cows
Canadian Holsteins with several breeding stars often appear in HI. British Holsteins with several stars were placed in the spotlights in the March 2020 issue. Now we turn our attention...