Misc Breeds

July 2023

Herd reports

Andreas Hörmann, breeder of Canyon & Volker: Brown Swiss power with 66,000kg/145,200lb production at culling

If there are two daughter-proven sires in service from a farm and the dams of each still look good, it is really something special. Andreas and Maria Hörmann bred Canyon...

July 2023

Misc Breeds

Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2023

With a 151 GZW, GS Dacapo is the first bull to break the 150-mark. He achieves this with enormous milk yield of +1319kg along with excellent fitness and a balanced...

July 2023

Misc Breeds

Andreas and Bettina Kocher, Switzerland: Investment in good genetics pays off

Andreas and Bettina Kocher have put together a strong Brown Swiss herd over the last 14 years. The pedigrees of their cows are dotted with illustrious names like Gordon Patty...

July 2023

Misc Breeds

Brice-ET: Line Breeding to Perfection

April 2023. His breeder, Marc Schertenleib, combined his successful “B” family even several times in Brice’s pedigree.

July 2023

Misc Breeds

Intruiging Sires 3 DNA - July 2023

Barros is the flagship bull of Italy’s Polar program. He was bred at Kibafarm, owned by brothers Gianpietro and Paolo Barre and located in the province of Sondrio. The herd...

July 2023

Misc Breeds

A French sire is the darling of AI studs The big analysis of breeding for AI

No sire has put more sons into AI service internationally in recent years than O’Malley: every twentieth AI sire from the birth year 2019 onwards, worldwide, is a son of...

March 2023

Misc Breeds

Melkveebedrijf Vanderlinden: complete veestapel dankzij Duitse stammoeders en Amerikaanse stieren

Melkrijke Holsteins met krachtige frames. Dat waren de koeien waar de familie Vanderlinden uit het Vlaams-Brabantse Huldenberg 15 jaar geleden naar zochten en vervolgens ook kregen. Vandaag richten Jean-Pierre en...

July 2022

Herd reports

Breeding is a marathon

For the families of Christian and Simon Schild of Ottoberg in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, daily life often revolves around Brown Swiss breeding. And about schwingen.

July 2022

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DNA 1 - July 2022

Bari is a young bull and will become available this summer. Peter Zischg from Superbrown expects that the Italian Barca son will become popular, especially since he is a full...

July 2022

Herd reports

Nor-Bella: Home to a Lifetime Production Champion

In July 2020, in the 6th edition of BSI, the name of the then 13-year-old Nor-Bella Supreme Dabble was paraded. She is one of the highest Canadian lifetime producers of...

July 2022

Herd reports

Jenlar: High Performance Brown Swiss in Wisconsin

At Jenlar the Brown Swiss compete with Holsteins on a daily basis to retain a position in this well-managed dairy herd. Along the way Jenlar has bred and developed a...

July 2022

Sires Report

Pete: from zero to hero

Only a few weeks after he went back into service as a daughter-proven sire, Pete was the most-used sire in this category. Now everyone is excited to see how his...