JAN BIERMA
BullTalk - February 2024
As a young sire, AltaZazzle ranked high and was extremely popular. Very unfortunate then that after an accident, he had to be culled at 25 months of age. Fortunately before...
Aurora Mitchell Progeny Proven Model of a Faultless and Stable Transmitter
A model of stability! Indeed, seven years after his birth, Aurora Mitchell continues to be the nearly faultless bull that his DNA indexes predicted at the time. Those who look...
Mauk-E-Way Holsteins Youthful Enthusiasm Leads to Rapid Breeding Progress
This report takes you along to the dairy farm of a young and ambitious couple with five children in the eastern part of the American state of Wisconsin. They have...
How the Thusy Herd Became Even More Powerful… and More Black & White! Search for an Elite Cow from the Au Parchy Jolie Family was Successful
No, you can’t see it anymore. The bridge with the name “Pont-de-Thusy”. With the construction of a dam in 1948, this long and unique stone bridge disappeared entirely under water,...
BullTalk - January 2024
Nr.1: +4.99 gPTATSince the December release, the world has a new Nr.1 for PTAT: the Denmark bred SHG Lego is good for +4.99 gPTAT with 2356 gTPI and owned by...
Well Considered Purchase in 1993 Leads to an Exceptional Family at Ferme Mystique
In some tie stall barns, it happens, you walk in the barn and you are impressed with the first cows, continue walking… and you continue to be impressed! Especially, if...
STg General Manager Juan Moreno:‘Our Industry Made a Significant Mistake!’
For most dairy farms, sexed semen has become an indispensable instrument in management. A driving force behind the global rise of sexed semen is Sexing Technologies. But: ST did not...
Bulltalk - December 2023
With 159 gRZG, he is nr.4 on the German DNA list, but he has a fully American pedigree: Montague. A son of AltaZazzle son Progenesis Monteverdi (2960 gTPI) out of...
Longevity and Top Productions at Koepke: ‘Good people, good feed, good bedding & good genetics.’
Do you still remember her: Koepke 1660, a.k.a. “Granny”? Twenty years ago, in 2003, she gained legendary status when she broke the American milk record for lifetime production. A record...
Flying Start for New Organization Jersey International
Denmark is one of the prominent Jersey countries in the world and the export of Danish Jerseys has been lively for decades already. On that stage there is now an...
KI Kampen: FH and MRIJ Breeds Very Suitable for Three-Way Crossbreeding
Of course, the Dutch AI company KI Kampen has now become known world-wide due to successful progeny proven sires like Koepon Random and Weinterper Solution. However, in addition to the...
BVN: ‘Sensational Progress for Fleckvieh’
With its 75th anniversary, the German AI company BVN is enjoying a special year. ‘During that time, the Fleckvieh breed has made sensational gains,’ explains Andrea Hefner, responsible for the...