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The new Holstein breed – what has changed and what is still to come?
06-01 | Article

The new Holstein breed – what has changed and what is still to come?

With crossbreeding, the dairy cow produces milk for human consumption while also providing a calf to enter the beef system for meat. Photo: Canva
24-10-2024 | News

Interest in dairy-beef crossing grows in N. America and Europe

The EpiHerd project aims to find the factors that switch off good genes. Photo: Canva
16-07-2024 | News

Boosting dairy farm resilience with precision screening

The study did not uncover any negative effects of Holstein dairy cows carrying and giving birth to beef crossbred calves. Photo: Canva
26-06-2024 | News

Holstein dairy cows producing beef crossbred calves – a closer look

Bull fertility: Improving cow conception rate
12-06-2024 | Article

Bull fertility: Improving cow conception rate

Sex-sorted semen (SS) allows dairy producers to control the ratio of bull to heifer calves and better manage their profits. Photo: Canva
20-05-2024 | News

Enabling genetic progress twice as fast in dairy

Research by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Professors Raphael Mrode and Mike Coffey has enabled them to identify economically important traits and implement genomic approaches that lead to healthier cows with higher milk production. Photo: Canva
01-05-2024 | News

First genomic index for crossbred cows boosting dairy in Africa

Annual trends in herd health from 2010 to 2023 show that 70% of herds had a SCC below 200,000 in the year ending August 2023 compared to just 26% in 2010 – an improvement of 44%. Photo: Canva
29-01-2024 | News

UK dairy: Impressive improvements in SCC and fertility

Michael Eavis is no stranger to the competition, having been a previous winner in 2014, but the Worthy Farm holding has changed considerably in the past decade to the adoption of new technology. Photo: Matt Cardy
12-01-2024 | News

In the running to win prestigious UK dairy competition

Schrijver says he is very dedicated to improving the Canadian dairy industry. “It means a lot to me to leave a good industry to the next generation of dairy farmers.” Photo: Gert Schrijver
22-09-2023 | Article

Dutch farmer dedicated to improving dairy in Canada