March 2025

It was just eleven years ago that the American breeding enterprise Genosource began, but with a lot of dynamics and much success, it seems like the name has been well-known for decades already. And of course, there is on...

The first thing that stands out with a visit to Barozzi Holsteins in northern Italy: everything is neat! The yard, the barns, the milking parlour, the office; everything is organized and clean. ‘The results that we achie...

WEH Josefa, the beautiful and powerful picture cow with this report, is representative of breeding by father Jürgen and son Dennis Hintze. Strong cow families, such as the sizable J family, not only ensure growing talent...

Many will still remember her. The tremendous quality of the Swiss cow Castel James Jolie, who was able to win the National Swiss show, the prestigious Swiss Expo, and the European Show 2011. And in this way, she captured...

Pineland Farms in the northeastern American state of Maine is home to one of the oldest registered Holstein herds in the US, founded in 1881 by the Merrill family. In 2025, the farm – beautifully situated among the rolli...

‘The thing I like the best about this bull is there isn’t anything I don’t like about him. He checks every box from production, type, fitness and pedigree. And being a Sheepster son that is A2A2 is an added bonus.’ Speak...

‘McDonald-P-Red is definitely a star in mastitis resistance, very much like his sire Ronald,’ comments Kevin Jorgensen from Select Sires. ‘It likely comes from Ronald’s granddam who was a Numero Uno, and he excelled in S...

The progeny proven bull Predar has managed to attain Germany’s highest score for longevity (RZN). With no less than 138 RZN, he reigns over all progeny proven and DNA tested bulls in Germany. The Pursuit son out of an EX...

Lydia is the fountainhead behind a family that produced 3 Canadian Royal Grand Champions: This is clearly one of the most consistent type transmitting families of the breed. And now there is much more to report – and fro...

No, he is not yet progeny proven, the nearly four-year-old Trooper son OCD Sheepster. In August, his first progeny proven index is expected. However, the Select Sires graduate is already regarded as a superstar in many c...

3176 TPI, position 92. This top-100 ranking of Hurtgenlea Parfect Myndi VG-86 on the American cow index list shows that the several generations of a homebred cow family owned by the Hurtgen family in Wisconsin are still...

An animal’s genetic evaluation indicates how its genetics compare to other animals in the breed. Different countries use different approaches when determining which animals should be in that base group for comparison pur...