Ruann

February 2025

Herd reports

Ruann Genetics: ‘Our Goal with Every Mating is to Breed an EX cow’

‘Our EX cows are our most valuable cows, and the cows from whom we want offspring.’ These words spoken by Patrick Maddox describe exactly the breeding strategy followed by him...

October 2021

Cow Families

Cow Country I - October 2021

Weenarda Farms (Ontario) is one of the twenty highest index farms in Canada. Notable: all animals on this farm with 52 milking cows have homebred pedigrees. ‘Early on, my parents...

April 2019

Cow Families

Cow Country - April 2019

Does the Jonsson family in Stöde, Sweden have an international production champion with their Wilhelmine, who will turn nine years old next month? Possibly not. However, it is certain that...

April 2019

Cow Families

Cow Country II - April 2019

JK DG Esmeralda EX-90 is as special on paper as she is in real life. Firstly she is a product of the special Doorman-Goldwyn-Shottle cross, whilst on the maternal-side she...

November 2017

Herd reports

California’s “Supermarket for Genetics”: RuAnn & Maddox Dairy: 1,400 Home-Bred Excellent Cows!

The San Joaquin Valley in California is 300 miles long and 100 miles wide and is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. A combination of rich...