Holstein International

Holstein International Holstein International - Monthly magazine for the modern Holstein breeder. Published in 5 languages:

Holstein International is an international breeding magazine that publishes wide ranging, unbiased content. Articles in Holstein International include in-depth reviews of the leading sires from around the world, the most current cow families, relevant management topics and features on events. In each edition, at least two breeders open their doors to you to share their vision and provide insights

on how they run their business.

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๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ.Knowledge about genetic correlations is essential in our ind...
17/07/2025

๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ.

Knowledge about genetic correlations is essential in our industry. Some examples: it is known that milk volume has a strong correlation with protein volume. And it is known that fat production is negatively correlated to DPR (daughter pregnancy rate). But: correlations are no fixed numbers, they change over time due to breeding directions. Nate Zwald, born, raised and active at Bomaz Farms in Wisconsin โ€“ and a well-known name in the Holstein industry, as he has worked at ABS and Alta for many years โ€“ recently took a look at these figures again, and discovered some remarkable changes.

๐Ÿ“„ Nate Zwald | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/genetic-correlations-some-notable-changes-in-recent-years

๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ: ๐€ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐The name of the Wentrot family has long been known to interested Holste...
11/07/2025

๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ: ๐€ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐

The name of the Wentrot family has long been known to interested Holstein people, at least in Germany. For years it has been the herd with the most EX cows in the country. Currently, an impressive 71 of 250 animals are EX. How is that achieved? It is high time for a visit!

๐Ÿ“„ ๐Ÿ“ท Christine Massfeller

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/wentrot-a-visit-to-germanys-most-excellent-herd

Henrik Wentrot

๐‰๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ-๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง.In June, Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs EX-94 became the r...
10/07/2025

๐‰๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ-๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง.

In June, Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs EX-94 became the runner-up in HIโ€™s World Champion 2024 competition. The Grand Champion of the Canadian Royal descends from an excellent cow family that has stood out for 30 years already in the herd of the Hendrickson family in Wisconsin. Read all about the Jeffrey-Way T family and its queen Twigs!

๐Ÿ“„ Jorden Stegink

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/jeffrey-way-hard-rock-twigs-provides-her-cow-family-with-a-queen

๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ!Climate change is presenting new challenges to cattle farming around the...
09/07/2025

๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ!

Climate change is presenting new challenges to cattle farming around the world โ€“ even in temperate zones. Cows experience heat stress starting at 22ยฐC. The consequences: decreased feed intake, lower milk production, reduced fertility and rates of disease. Management and feed strategies can help in the short term, while genetics can offer long-term solutions โ€“ especially the slick gene.

๐Ÿ“„ Meinhard Huber | ๐Ÿ“ท Christine Massfeller

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/cows-in-climate-change-the-slick-gene-can-help

Select Sires Inc. Tropical Resilience Genetics

๐‚๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸคOur readers are passioned people. For them, everyday is cow appreciation day. Today we put a spo...
08/07/2025

๐‚๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค

Our readers are passioned people. For them, everyday is cow appreciation day. Today we put a spotlight on some of them. ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ: ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ.239 NVI based on 1,158 daughters: Delta Perfect debuted strongly a...
07/07/2025

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ: ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ.

239 NVI based on 1,158 daughters: Delta Perfect debuted strongly and energetically during the Dutch April release. Indeed, the extremely popular Woody son from CRV promises to breed the economic and functional cow that many farmers are eager to work with. This is entirely in line with the family around his great-grandam, the 100,000 kg/220,000 lb cow Delta Paulina-RC EX-90.

๐Ÿ“„ Jorden Stegink | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/delta-perfect-energetic-debut-for-enduring-sales-hit

๐–๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ˆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ? ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?...
05/07/2025

๐–๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ˆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ? ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

Todayโ€™s sires of sons determine (many) generations for the future. Who are the sires of sons that AI organizations worldwide are using today? And how are they selected? In an exclusive article in cooperation with about 50 AIs, HI sheds light on all the topics around current selection of sires of sons.

๐Ÿ“„ Jan Bierma | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/we-asked-50-ai-companies-who-are-the-sires-of-sons-right-now-and-how-have-ais-world-wide-selected-these-sires-of-sons

๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ: โ€˜๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐กโ€™California is the top milk production state in the US, ...
04/07/2025

๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ: โ€˜๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐กโ€™

California is the top milk production state in the US, and the heart of its dairy industry is Tulare County, 3 hours north of Los Angeles. With the highly efficient dairy operation Terra Linda Dairy being a significant contributor. And purebred Holstein breeders: โ€˜We strive for VG and EX cows in our program because they last and milk.โ€™

๐Ÿ“„ Doug Savage | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/terra-linda-dairy-we-are-holstein-breeders-through-and-through

Terra Linda

Happy 4th of July to our American friends! ๐ŸŽ‰As with other big Holstein countries, we would like to present a selection o...
04/07/2025

Happy 4th of July to our American friends! ๐ŸŽ‰

As with other big Holstein countries, we would like to present a selection of herd reports made in that specific country on their national holiday!

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ | 4th of July | ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ / ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

Read the herd reports from United States:
https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/tag/herd-report-usa

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ: Holstein International ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ Magazine | โญ๏ธ Extra: Brown Swiss International Magazine๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโ€ข Genetic correlat...
01/07/2025

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ: Holstein International ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ Magazine | โญ๏ธ Extra: Brown Swiss International Magazine

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ
โ€ข Genetic correlations
โ€ข Slick gene
โ€ข Sires of sons from 50 AI companies world-wide
โ€ข Jeffrey-Way Tina
โ€ข Ballytigue Penny
โ€ข Delta Perfect
โ€ข Brown Swiss International

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ
โ€ข Terra Linda Dairy | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
โ€ข Wentrot | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/editions/holstein-international/july-2025

29/06/2025

๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ:

In this episode of DairyVoice, Tim Abbot from Showbox Sires talks withJan Bierma from Holstein International . They discuss Janโ€™s history in the business, and the passion behind the Holstein International publication. They take a deep dive in to where the most progress on breeding cattle has been made in the past couple decades and on Holstein Internationals future.

Listen to the podcast here:
https://youtu.be/UghS27Ujbiw?si=Jy1lnxoMu2zvd_CR

27/06/2025

An uphill catwalk from these 4 handsome Semex-bulls: Peyto, Ambrose, Parbo & Animation.

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