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.

๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž: English, Dutch, French, German & Italian
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ: 12x
๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Print & digital
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๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Over 28,000 people enjoy Holstein International

๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐žNo, this article is NOT about vaccines, colostrum, or protocols. Itโ€™s about using sorted ...
18/09/2025

๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

No, this article is NOT about vaccines, colostrum, or protocols. Itโ€™s about using sorted versus conventional semen. The current mainstream thought follows something like thisโ€ฆ estimate the number of replacement heifers are needed, use limited sorted-semen to produce these, then breed the rest to BEEF. A trend that seems useful in many situations. So, this is not an article to challenge this mantra. But, just seeding a few ideas in dairymenโ€™s brain..

๐Ÿ“„ An American Dairymen | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/giving-calves-a-fighting-chance

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž - ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“Our latest Herds Worldwide takes you inside three unique dairy farms. Meet Hilltop Dairy...
16/09/2025

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž - ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

Our latest Herds Worldwide takes you inside three unique dairy farms.
Meet Hilltop Dairy ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, Belbrook ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, and the Garzaner family ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น, and discover the passion, breeding decisions, and traditions that shape their herds.

Get inspired by their journeys! Start reading: https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/herds-worldwide-september-2025

๐„๐ฐ๐ข๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ: >๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ /๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฅ๐› ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ !On the list of German farms with the highest life...
15/09/2025

๐„๐ฐ๐ข๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ: >๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ /๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฅ๐› ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ !

On the list of German farms with the highest lifetime production at culling, one name stands out time and again: Ewig in Stolberg (near Aachen). On this family farm in the rolling hills near the three-country point of Germany-Belgium-Netherlands, for several successive years already they have achieved an average lifetime production of more than 100,000 kg/220,000lb for cows that are culled!

๐Ÿ“„ Bert Wesseldijk | ๐Ÿ“ท Christine Massfeller

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/ewig-in-germany-100000-kg220000-lb-lifetime-production-at-culling

13/09/2025

The International Online Video Competition for milking heifers is on!๐Ÿ”ฅ More and more entries are coming in and we are excited to share the latest entries with you!

๐–๐€๐๐“ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐€๐“๐„?
Do you want to join the competition? That is still possible! You can submit your video in September. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, September 30th.

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/competitions/herd-competition-2025

๐‘๐š๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐›๐จ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ: โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.โ€https://www.holste...
12/09/2025

๐‘๐š๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐›๐จ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ: โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.โ€

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/raamsteeboers-top-milkers-in-the-netherlands-we-have-a-strong-preference-for-north-american-genes

โ—๏ธŽ ๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ โ—๏ธŽ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซWithin the 100-head dairy herd of the Walker family () in Wisconsin Dells (Wisconsin, US), t...
09/09/2025

โ—๏ธŽ ๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ โ—๏ธŽ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ

Within the 100-head dairy herd of the Walker family () in Wisconsin Dells (Wisconsin, US), this Walk-Era KD Marine EX-94 is truly a cow to be proud of. The splendid King Doc daughter forms the seventh generation EX, all homebred! Photo: .

๐’๐š๐ง๐จ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ โ€“ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐€๐† ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ!What is now a model farm of Hungarian Holstein bree...
09/09/2025

๐’๐š๐ง๐จ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ โ€“ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐€๐† ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ!

What is now a model farm of Hungarian Holstein breeding and a completely different face just a few decades ago. Vegetables used to be grown in Komรกrom and Csรฉm, near the Danube โ€“ peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers. After the dissolution of the USSR the market became unstable, and marketing grew increasingly difficult. In 2013 the strategic decision was finally made to shift the focus to two pillars: dairy farming and potato production. The name โ€œSolum,โ€ derived from Latin, doesnโ€™t mean potato by coincidence. To this day, cropping, particularly potatoes, plays an important economic role alongside livestock and Holstein breeding.

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

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/sano-agrarinstitut-solum-ag-milk-production-at-a-world-class-level

Sano - Die Tierernรคhrer

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž?Especially in North America, th...
08/09/2025

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž?
Especially in North America, the use of sires of sons is protected; most often access is only given to their own AI. HI spoke about this with dozens of AI companies world-wide and maps out their opinions in this HI article.

๐Ÿ“„ Jan Bierma | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/diverse-opinions-about-promising-sires-of-sons-maintain-exclusivity-or-freely-available

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.At first Duckett Holsteins attracted the...
05/09/2025

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.

At first Duckett Holsteins attracted the spotlights via their superstar show-cow Frosty, then they helped develop an IVF embryo satellite facility which they now own, and more recently they became partners in the bull-stud program Showbox Sires.

๐Ÿ“„ Doug Savage | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman

Duckett Holsteins | Showbox Sires | Vierra Dairy Farms

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ (๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ)In this unique overview, Holste...
04/09/2025

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ (๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ)

In this unique overview, Holstein International presents the ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ from various Holstein countries around the globe. The first of a two-part article recognizes the top herds from 9 different countries ranked on their average cow performance for total fat + protein. Read the thoughts from some of the worldโ€™s top cow managers as they comment on what it takes to achieve such elite level production.

๐Ÿ“„ Doug Savage | ๐Ÿ“ท Han Hopman | Christine Massfeller | Anne-Mette Evers

https://www.holsteininternational.com/en/story/the-elite-producers-farms-with-the-highest-production-averages-around-the-world-part-1

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ: Holstein International ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ Magazine๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโ€ข Top production herds part 1โญโ€ข DNA tested indexesโ€ข Progeny ...
02/09/2025

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ: Holstein International ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ Magazine

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ
โ€ข Top production herds part 1โญ
โ€ข DNA tested indexes
โ€ข Progeny proven indexes
โ€ข NoBull Sires
โ€ข Global Cow 2025 Candidates
โ€ข Sire of sons availability
โ€ข Red Holstein indexes
โ€ข Sexed versus conventional semen
โ€ข Rach-Len Dundee Lilly
โ€ข Huddlestone Lisa
โ€ข Interview Dr. Alfred Weidele | CEO at Synetics and Phรถnix

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โ€ข Solum/Sano | HU
โ€ข Raamsteeboers | NL
โ€ข Lebold Farms | CA
โ€ข Ewig | DE
๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž
โ€ข Bellbrook NZ
โ€ข Garzaner | AT
โ€ข Hilltop Dairy | US

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