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Simon Lalande: Always Searching for that Special Cow
Simon Lalande is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished cattlemen in the industry. His Ferme Blondin just west of Montreal has bred or developed numerous show champions, he...
Hallow Holsteins: Home of Ireland’s Famous Twizzle Cow Family
The Irish County of Wexford is the ancestral home of former US President John Kennedy, and a park carrying his name has been developed as a memorial. County Wexford is...
BSI Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2024
Snoopy ranks at Nr.1 ISU in France, and is also 209 gPPR in the US and 134 gGZW in Germany. He is a son of Jonmar, who is now proven...
BSI Intriguing Sires DNA II - July 2024
Laugen-P is currently one of the most interesting polled sires in international Brown Swiss breeding. He presents himself as an all-rounder with a super balanced, no-holes proof: +820kg milk +.29%f...
Parfect: Impacting the Breed in a Similar Way to Blackstar
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...
Apple-Red: The Dam of More Than 100 EX daughters!
The Apple dynasty is playing a dominant role in red & white breeding and has given a whole new meaning to the term ‘elite conformation’. With her sale price of...
Dave Eastman Explains how Validity Genetic Testing Became Involved in the Semen Market
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...
Using Genetic Selection to Reduce Methane Emissions
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...
Conant-Acres: Consistently Among the Top Type Herds of the US
Each year the Holstein Association publishes a list of the top BAA herds in the US, the herds with the highest average age-adjusted type classification score. Conant-Acres has consistently ranked...
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A Major Impact Bloodline Worldwide
Larcrest Cosmopolitan: A distinctive, speckled cow with a very distinctive name, she became the icon for a bloodline that gained respect throughout the Holstein world. Via a long list of...
Calf Vitality: Selecting Genetics to Improve Heifer Survival
Over the past 15 years, Holstein breeding programs worldwide have produced dramatic gains, not just in terms of production but also for health and welfare outcomes too. Especially the rebound...
Holstein World Championship: Choose your World Champion 2023
It’s in a new format and a new time-slot…but it’s the 26th edition of the World Champion competition! This time we have more cows representing more countries than ever before:...