USA

May 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country - May 2023

Stanton Farms in Ontario has already provided several elite LPI cows. But the achievements of Stantons Bighit Melody-P VG-85 are unprecedented. Her daughter Stantons Margaret is Canada’s Nr.1 for gLPI...

April 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country - April 2023

In February 2023, HI presented 22 EX daughters of the Roxy descendant Gloryland-I Goldwyn Locket EX-94. Remarkable: an unmentioned VG-85 Doorman out of Locket has likely provided the most valuable...

April 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country II - April 2023

Grand Champion at the Estevanens Show in Switzerland last fall was Londaly Armani Lovely-Red EX-94. Earlier in her career Lovely had been Intermediate Champion at the Swiss Expo 2017 and...

March 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country II - March 2023

Keur Zohare VG-87, owned by Marcel Heylen (Keur Holsteins) in Belgium, is a remarkable Holstein. Thanks to her sire Ohare-P and her dam, a daughter of Laron-P, she was born...

March 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country I - March 2023

Jelmer van der Meer, who milks his 90-cow herd in the north of the Netherlands, began investing in embryos for the first time 5 years ago. The result of his...

February 2023

Cow Families

The next chapter of the Roxy story Gloryland-I Goldwyn Locket

Glenridge Citation Roxy was born almost 55 years ago on April 15th, 1968. Her influence on the breed has been gigantic, to the point that she has been respectfully recognized...

February 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country III - February 2023

The full brothers MB Luckylady Bullseye (+857lb milk, 3.31 gPTAT, 2523 gTPI, at Semex; 08/2022) and Eye Candy (+301lb milk, 3.28 gPTAT, 2552 gTPI, at Select) are two of the...

January 2023

Cow Families

Cow Country I - January 2023

Randy Frasier, the owner of Elmvue Farms in New York, started participating in North American national shows more than 50 years ago. Highlights were the Supreme Champion titles in 1992...

December 2022

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DP - December 2022

A balanced type profile with moderate stature, nice udders, good components and outstanding mastitis resistance… there is a lot to like about this red Apprentice son from the heart of...

December 2022

Cow Families

Cow Country II - December 2022

Two new EX-97 Red Holsteins (Anita Absolute Joline-Red & Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red) as well as six EX-96 Holsteins were recorded by the US herdbook in 2022. One of the most...

December 2022

Cow Families

Cow Country - December 2022

With 30 milking cows, De Winkels Holsteins, owned by Henk Jan van Driel, is not large. Nevertheless, the achievements are noteworthy. During the last classification visit, three two-year-olds scored VG-88...

December 2022

Management

Global Dairy Youth Challenge: The Finale!

In February, HI will present the winners. Also read in HI’s February edition about which participants in the four preliminary rounds of the Global Challenge submitted the best rationale for...