March 2024

Sires Report

Gymnast: A Major Impact Sire in European Breeding

Canadian sire Boldi V Gymnast started his career as a bull that excelled in various evaluation systems. He ranked especially well on the basis of the RZG in Germany, and...

March 2024

Management

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:...

March 2024

Herd reports

Hinnemann Holstein in Germany:In the top-5 for Production Thanks to Elite Management and Focused Breeding

‘We try to make the production circumstances for our cows as optimal as possible.’ On the farm of Philipp Hinnemann in Germany, nothing is left to chance: Not in terms...

March 2024

Cow Families

Markwell Blackstar Raven: One of Blackstar’s most respected daughters

Like we quite often do when we tackle articles about monumental cow families – we have to start with an apology… Obviously when a cow family has been so good,...

March 2024

Herd reports

Trent-Way Genetics: Smart RC Strategy Leads to Rapid and Powerful Results

In a nicely hidden valley, about 60 km southwest of Madison in the American state of Wisconsin, we find the relatively new breeding enterprise Trent-Way, owned by Trent and Kelsey...

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