Sandy-Valley
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A Major Impact Bloodline Worldwide
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A distinctive, speckled cow with a very distinctive name, she became the icon for a bloodline that gained respect throughout the Holstein world. Via a long list of...
De-Su Delta 4900 Increasingly Influential at DeNovo Genetics and ABS
De-Su Frazz Tahiti (2986 TPI) in the top-5, Denovo 2705 Venture (2941 TPI) Nr. 9 and Denovo 14744 Ginetta (2898 TPI) in 17th place. With three sons in America’s progeny...
The New Future of Sandy-Valley Holsteins
Around the New Year, news came: the well-known breeding enterprise Sandy-Valley Holsteins in the American state of Wisconsin was discontinuing. HI launched the news via both its publication “Holstein International”...
BullTalk - July 2021
He is the revelation of the Italian list (new in the DNA top-3 with 4652 gPFT) and in fact, he is even more the revelation of the Swiss top list,...
Here is the Grand Finale of HI's Cow Family Tournament
In HI’s March 2021 issue, you found preliminary round one: 50 impressive cow families from various continents. This presentation was followed in the April edition by preliminary round two, again...
BullTalk - June 2021
With 38 milking daughters (and 16 classified) he does not yet reach the official French top list, but with his 188 ISU and +3.1 type, he would clearly be the...
The sequel: Here is the Second Preliminary Round of HI’s Cow Family Tournament!
In our recent March issue, HI’s tournament of the world’s most influential cow families commenced with preliminary round 1, in which 50 promising cow families from continents other than North...
BullTalk - July 2020
You already read it in HI: AOT Helix, America’s progeny proven nr.1 bull, is the “Talk-of-the-Town” with his outstanding profile. Now we go to a Helix daughter, from the widely...
Cow Country - December 2019
Don Bennink of No-Fla Holsteins in Florida has a clear vision which guides his breeding in his over 10,000 head herd: his ideal cow has a slightly below average size,...
Here is #6 of the most influential breeders of the past 25 years: Sandy-Valley!
Spectacular! We have not yet started with the top-5 of our competition and now already we come across real heavyweights… en route to the absolute Nr.1, which will be revealed...
Intriguing Sires DNA - Tarrino & Braveness & Nebula
‘Tarrino is currently Modesty’s highest available son, and his numbers have continued to climb,’ comments Rick VerBeek from Select Sires. ‘He comes from the Colby Taya family that is extreme...
Sandy-Valley: America’s Top Index Herd Shares Some Management Details
When the Holstein Association recently announced the winners of its Progressive Genetics Herd awards for 2017, the herd with the highest average TPI in the US (at 2450) was Sandy-Valley....