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‘Working internationally, Synetics comes into contact with strongly differing circumstances, and can offer breeds that are well-adapted,’ says Mariëlle Breheret, who indicates that Normande and Brown Swiss are good alter...

In the middle of this month, Besamungsstation Greifenberg (BSG) will open a brand new production and collection barn. The German AI has 40 Fleckvieh bulls and 30 Brown Swiss sires in their current line-up. We asked Katri...

With the construction of a new facility for semen production and processing at the existing Kagelberg site in Austria, Genostar shows trust in its breeders for its future. This investment will allow breeders to be excite...

In recent years, Mahango-Pp has established himself as the leading dual-purpose Fleckvieh sire in the world. With a perfect combination of milk and carcass yield as well as the desired polled trait, he has revolutionized...

GGI-Spermex represents twelve German AI organization world-wide. The catalogue includes twelve dairy breeds! The largest, after Holstein/Red Holstein, are Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and Angler. ‘The weeks following each new...

Besides a varied lineup of Holstein and Red Holstein sires, KI Kampen is also focused on the originally Dutch breeds MRIJ (red & white) and FH (black & white). ‘Our MRIJ lineup currently consists of four progeny proven s...

Siemers Parfect has become one of the most popular sires of his generation. Parfect’s performance as a sire of an extensive list of sons, along with a long list of bulls out of Parfect daughters, ensure that he will beco...

‘Even if you were to take the very last cow in each class, then you would still have a group of outstanding cows.’ Yes, there was unanimity in Bulle: the quality of all participants (black and red & white) was at an unpr...

They may not have sales representatives on the road selling semen – in fact they have no sales staff at all – and yet Validity Genetic Testing has gained a significant market share in the Canadian AI industry. We talked...

This Frenchman certainly deserves attention: Polibay from Synetics. He was already one of the leaders and bestsellers of his generation, according to Lea Poncet from Synetics, and is confirming these qualities, now as a...

Scrolling through social media is a phenomenon of our time, with countless contributions being ignored or unconsciously acknowledged, and then there are posts where one has the feeling to scroll back to take a closer loo...

The story of Jolana starts in November 2013, when Otto Meinders had a hospital stay in Leer and happened to walk past the sale barn during the first VOST-Select-Sale while out for some fresh air. A special calf caught hi...

In April 2023, Canada became the first country to add the trait Methane Efficiency to its genetic evaluations for Holsteins. In many other countries, developmental work is now well advanced and we can expect to see selec...

Grand Champion World Dairy Expo (US) and Royal Winter Fair (CA). Erbacres Snapple Shakira had excellent cards to win the World Title 2023. While the competition turned out to be very strong, she entirely made good on her...

In our March issue of HI we reported on the versatility of our young breeders. Here we would like to present some more very interesting countries and clubs.