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Did you know that during the past seven months, Farnear Delta-Lambda was the sire mentioned most often in all breeder reports in HI? And did you know that Lambda’s sire, Mr Mogul Delta, is the second highest Mogul son of...

You already know Wilt Emilio, the Capital Gain son who as a young sire garnered attention in elite breeding realms and who last year fully made true on his promises. Today he scores +3.33 PTAT on the American base with 1...

With two family branches in the top-10 of most recognized brood cows (HI 07/21), the L family in the Clydebank herd (300 milking cows) is one of the very strongest in Australia. In July, HI published a picture of Clydeba...

Looking for an enthusiastic breeder? Someone who attains significant success with his strategy? Then we are at the right address at the farm of John de Vries in the Dutch Boijl. ’I’ve been intensely passionate about bree...

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed beef semen. This month we introduce Qnetics from Germany and Select Si...

Legendary milk bull Uecker Josuper has put this Wisconsin family farm on the international Holstein map. In an era when genomic selection has moved bull breeding very much to the realm of large-scale, intensive breeding...

In this edition of HI we have nine pages on which we present the most important news from the various segments of daughter proven and genomic sires as well as the niches of polled and Red Holstein. Slightly apart are the...

With Gillette Blitz 2nd Wind, La Presentation Daurel and Stantons Freddie Cameo being the only three cows with more Canadian brood-stars than Brabantdale Spooky EX – you know she ranks amongst the breed’s best. But how m...

‘No matter how good a producer, we cannot supply the present demand in as timely a fashion as we would like.’ Speaking is Louis Prange from STgenetics about one of the big phenomena from the Holstein breed: Genosource Ca...

They are being used world-wide: bulls born in the Stantons herd in Ontario. For many years already. ’He is extremely popular, with high demand from all over the world,’ we heard from owner Semex about the elite type bull...

Scientific Holsteins of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is owned by Matt & Mandy Nunes and family and is identified by Holstein enthusiasts around the globe as the home of the Debutante cow family. Scientific Debutante Rae EX...

Do you remember SHA Rubicon Grumeti VG-85? Just in December past, the dam of Germany’s Nr.1, SHA Foreman, and several other well-placed top sires, she generated enough attention for us to give her a two-page feature. How...

Woodcrest King Doc, thanks to his combination of an exceptional gPTAT and good gTPI, was initially considered a “crossover” bull. Since his daughters came into production, and his TPI rose to a top-10 level, the Select S...

‘Aptitude continues to be a popular progeny proven sire. He has settled in several markets and continues to sell well,’ says Mike West about the Davinci son, who via Epic, MOM and Goldwyn descends from MD-Delight Durham...

Coming with the interesting sire stack Discjockey-Applicable-Mascalese is the double headlining sire Sabbiona Inseme Tantum, who occupies the Nr.1 udder position in both Italy (4.68 ICM) and Switzerland (151 MS). From Go...