Holstein cattle at the UC Davis Dairy Facility. Chromosomes from a legendary bull born in 1962 account for almost 14 percent of the genome in the current Holstein population in the United States. A ...

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Proper care of newborn calves is always the best choice. If recent phone calls are any indication, the high price of beef apparently has producers re-thinking the value of Holstein bull calves. The ...

A Holstein Friesian that sired more than 17,000 daughters and 90,000 granddaughters has been inducted into a bull ‘Hall of Fame.’ Animal genetics company Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) has a ...

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A barn and farm equipment on Maple Lawn Farms in Fulton were destroyed Sunday by a fire, the Howard County Fire and Rescue Services said. A Holstein bull was killed, and a diesel tractor and about 120 ...

HOBART | A 6-year-old purebred Holstein bull named Fritz is missing and may have been the victim of cattle rustlers, owner Robert Berndt said. Berndt filed a theft report with police on Nov. 13, said ...

A new entrant has taken the top spot on the genomic Holstein sires list in the latest bull rankings published by the AHDB. Peak AltaOrvar is a young bull – sired by AltaZeolite and out of an ...

A young, high-bred Holstein bull, en route from Pennsylvania to Porto Rico (object: paternity), arrived last week on the Staten Island shore of New York Harbor in a big strong crate on a motor truck.

MY CONFIDENCE in the performance of our Holstein Friesian bulls was well founded as I studied the factory docket when it arrived the other day. These bulls were 22-24 months old at finishing and were ...

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