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August 23, 2017 During the Dairy Fairy Mariënwaerdt there was great success in the R&W ring for the Bakker family from Batouwe Holsteins & Fam. Van Zetten who won the Reserve Intermediate Championships with KOE Fabiola-Red! Fabiola comes from a deep German cow family going back on the Res. German National Champion: KOE Fabiola EX-90. Other success for the Bakekr family went to Gert Bakker (8 years) who won the Intermediate Clipping competition with his calf: Batouwe AP Apple Red.   Read More

August 23, 2017 Willemshoeve Holsteins had another great day at the Dairy Fair in Mariënwaerdt. This time Willemshoeve Rita 1263 (s. Bradnick) won the 2-yr. old Championships! Her herd mate and already well-known brood  & show cow: Willemshoeve Rita 9863 (s. Danillo) pointed out as the Honorable Mention Senior cow of the day. One of the youngest “Willemhoeve” members: Fay de Jong (3 years old) participated for the first time and won the Reserve Championship for showmanship.   Read More

August 22, 2017 The Eurogenes Online Embryo Sale has started today! A very interesting mix between female embryo combinations, high index embryos, Jersey embryos and a few very interesting TYPE embryos such as: FEMALE DOORMAN (#1 PTAT Proven bull), Female CHILL (PTAT +3.26), Female JACOBY (PTAT +3.90) & EMILIO (PTAT +4.01) embryos. Click further for more information.   Read More

August 18, 2017 The VENTE DRAKKAR 2017 will be held on Friday, the 1st of September 2017. What can you expect? The same atmosphere, the same high quality cattle to sell, in a little different format. The barns of Drakkar Holsteins will be open on Friday, September the 1st with all sale cattle prepared to inspect and with the free drinks and BBQ night. The sale will be held with the TAG+ sale method. The sale website + catalogue will be online next week, more info will follow! Here already a few examples of the great cattle selling!! Click further for some examples.    Read More

August 18, 2017 Holbra DG Charas is the ONLY bull in the breed with semen available which combines: >2600 GTPI, +9.1 PL, +3.4 DPR, +1.5 PTAT, <5 SCE (4.8 SCE) and he is A2/A2!! A unique and very popular combination of qualities which are demanded by farmers all over the World. Additional he breeds cows with a negative stature, and positive components (+0.14% Fat and +0.07% Protein) and great udders (+2.27 UDC). Charas was bred by Holbra Holsteins and Diamond Genetics as a Damaris son out of CNN Mogul Chamea from the Larcrest Cosmopolitan's. Charas is available through AI Total.    Read More

August 18, 2017 The new star at Cogent is NH Sunview Fantastic, he is the highest PLI bull on the Cogent bullchart with PLI 730. The demand for his semen is high, he has a great allround faultless profile with high components (UK: +0.26%F +0.13%P) and has a different and outcross pedigree. Fantastic is a Flattop son from NH HS Marilyn Monroe VG-86-DE 2yr., she was the German Masters Sale '14 topseller for € 84.000 and is still the reigning #1 RZG cow in Germany!    Read More

August 18, 2017 Two important donorcows at Lakeside- / Upstream Holsteins has been re-scored, Bolton daughter Holbra Paya raised her score to VG-89 with an EX-91 Mammary System. This fat & high protein cow (5.0%F 3.8%P in her 2nd lactation) was one of the cows of the Bolton progenygroup in 2010, she is dam of the Excellent Lakeside Snowman Paya of Ponderosa Holsteins (sold for € 41.000) and her Goldwyn daughter Upstream S Princess was Jr. Champion at the Spring Show Ermelo '17. CNN H Liner Lillie is now VG-85 in her 2nd lactation. Lillie her daughter Lakeside Silver Lilly is one of the highest GTPI Silver daughters in the breed and has already huge progeny, like the #1 gPFT heifer in the breed, an RZG 165 Charley dtr, a Charas son with almost 2800 GTPI and more!    Read More

August 15, 2017 The annual summershow Oldebroek was a very successful one for ARGH Holsteins. The day started with the Championship Sr. Calf with the fancy Doorman daughter HaM Doorman Angel which goes back on the Royal- & Madison Champion Tri-Day Ashlyn EX-96-USA, which was purchased through the Holland Masters Sale 2017. The Jr. Heifer Class won by Ar Amazing Aart, she is a Beemer daughter going back on the legendary R&W cow KHW Regiment Apple-Red. The 3rd title won by the fancy Distinction daughter Roccafarm Comine. This descendent of the Larcrest Cosmopolitan’s won the Reserve Champion title in the milking heifer class.   Read More

August 15, 2017 Oosterbrook Chevrlet Jazzs, owned by Oosterbrook Holsteins has recently been pictured in her 1st lactation! Her daughter Oosterbrook Burning Star is the #1 RZG Afterburner daughter World Wide (RZG +157), she sold for € 20.000 in the German Masters Sale to a syndicate with a Canadian and German breeder (Sunview Holsteins & Nosbisch Holsteins). Oosterbrook Chevrlet Jazzs carries a great bloodline with some outcross sires:  Chevrolet x Supersonic x Colby x Laudan, from the Hol-Stiens June cow family! She also proves her high genetic production level (+2137 milk) in the Oosterbrook Holsteins milkbarn where she is projected at 11.260 kg milk in 305 days.   Read More

August 14, 2017 The new European rankings are online for females, ranked by GTPI, PTAT and Net Merit. CNN Hi-Lite is the highest GTPI heifer in Europe at the moment, sired by the #1 daughter proven sire Delta. De Volmer Sabine is still the highest Jedi daughter in Europe (GTPI +2850). Col DG Brylin is the new official #1 type (PTAT) heifer in Europe, this Crush daughter of Genesland has a huge combination of +4.08 PTAT / GTPI +2464!! Click further for all European genomic female rankings on the American index base.    Read More