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The Netherlands has two famous Pietje families. Descending from the Woudhoeve Pietjes is Poppe Snow-RC, the maternal great-grandsire of Gywer-RC. The Skalsumer Pietjes provided Skalsumer Sunny Boy, for years the bestsell...

From time to time a superstar arrives on the Holstein scene, a cow that can do it all; a top producer with the type to compete at the top level, a great brood cow with daughters to follow in her footsteps, and a prominen...

Last February in HI you found an extensive report about the Italian Holstein star Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96, and a month earlier a portrait of her splendid Irish half-sister Cormacoo Goldsun Fame EX-96. Now we trav...

This is the 27th edition of the World Champion competition! On the following pages you will find 18 of the most outstanding Holstein cows that have dazzled in show-rings around the world over the past 12 months. While yo...

Immediately an intriguing question. How many bulls do you know that provided even more influential daughters than Startmore Rudolph? Just read along: Wesswood-H Rudy Missy. Windsor-Manor Rud Zip. Ladys-Manor Ruby Jen. Co...

Aot Deluxe Hi-Lighted appeared in the news one year ago, thanks to her Nr.1 gLPI son Beyond Hi-Power. The consistently high DNA indexes of all her descendants predicted more AI sires. Today Select Sires and Semex have a...

The elite sale ‘Die Auction’ plus the breeder’s gala on the eve, three current daughter groups from the Synetics breeding program, a dazzling show with Wilcor O Katy as the winner: Schau der Besten, the annual show of Ge...

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...

In the past year she was already named Reserve World Champion, but in 2024, Premium Apple Crisp Lilly-Red secured the sought-after title as Red Holstein World Champion. Twelve outstanding cows from around the world compe...

Genosource Captain: the world’s most powerful TPI bull. In his pedigree, we find the name of Whittier-Farms Ned Boy at least four times. Mogul: millionaire and member of the top-5 most influential Holstein bulls ever. Hi...

As a young sire, Aristocrat grabbed the headlines selling for $640,000. Today his conformation-rich brother Arrow turns out to be more popular. The American brood cow Al-Lew Monterey Ashley EX-95, via her sons with high...

Castelverde Goldsun Laura EX-96 is more than just a cow – she is a phenomenon. With her unique combination of conformation, production and breeding potential, she belongs among the outstanding Holstein cows of Europe. La...

Normandy, in the central west of France, is home to Gaec de la Chapelle, where Piet and Christina Bakker milk a herd of 75 cows. That’s where we pictured one of the stars of the herd, the 12-year-old La Chapelle Hill Vit...