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August 10, 2023 The first Riverdane Holsteins on-farm sale, called the 'Theatre of Dreams Sale' is taking place next saturday August the 19th, 2023. They are selling a collection of their very best animals from their herd. The animals presented in the special catalogue are not only the very best of Riverdane Holsteins, they are also some of the very best within the dairy industry. Currently, the herd has 36 cows classified with EX-93 or higher, including 9x EX-94, 4x EX-95, 3x EX-96 and 1x EX-97! One of the special offerings this sale is Riverdane Miss FDL Ashlyn (Lot 71), she is a Delta-Lambda from Riverdane Deman Ashlyn EX-95-UK. She is one of the highest Conformation Heifers in the World at +14 Conformation and +12 Mammary System and +10 Feet&Legs. Her dam produced over the 13.000kgM with +5.17% Fat. Grand dam to Riverdane Miss FDL Ashlyn is Riverdane Seaver Ashlyn EX-94-UK, the sister to the European Show winner Riverdane Ashlyns Gold EX-95-UK.  Click further to see the catalogue.   Read More

August 10, 2023 It has been a tremendous day for van der Eijk Holsteins at the North-Holland Summer Show in Opmeer, the Netherlands. Their Mogul daughter Anya 10 VG-88-NL 2yr., won the Intermediate Champion Ribbons and became Intermediate Udder Champion. Also success with their 2yr. old: Lady Gaga Red (Unstopabull-Red x Doc x Ladd P Red x Lady Gaga EX-97-DE EX-97-MS!), she became 2nd in her class with 2yr. olds. Herdmate Double-M Myrthe Red VG-89-NL EX-92-MS 4yr. (s. Addiction) is crowned as Reserve Senior Champion and Senior Udder Champion. The winning herdgroup was either for van der Eijk Holsteins, which made it an ultra succesful day! Click further to read more.   Read More

August 9, 2023 The Canadian bull Progenesis Forward is the #1 ICO sire in the Spanish system at +1362 ICO. Closely followed by the Spanish bull Glax Delta at +1356 ICO. At the third spot we find the German bull: Real Syn at +1352 ICO. RR Canturo is the #21 ICO sire in this ranking at +1335 ICO and we can find Arrozo son DG Jimbo at spot #33 at +1330 ICO.  A great proof for the daughter proven sire Bomaz Yacht at +1304 ICO. He is followed by 2 sires both at +1302 ICO! One of them ranks high in multiple systems: Genosource Captain and the other one is the German sire: Gywer! Click further for more spanish results.   Read More

August 9, 2023 The Dutch gNVI indexes just came in and are ONLINE available. Many new sires are debuting in the Dutch gNVI index this run. Leader in the B&W Genomics index is Fragant son Delta Encourage at +412 gNVI, he is followed by another Fragant son: Manders Upside at +361 gNVI and making the top 3 complete with All Nure Wendat at +359 gNVI. We find DG Peace (s. Captain x VG-86 2yr. Redrock) at the 15th spot at +340 gNVI with +2095kgM and +0,23% Fat and +0.12% Protein. A solide proof for DG Jimbo (s. Arrozo x VG-86 2yr. Redrock) at the 16th spot at +337 gNVI. He scores in his dutch +2128kgM with +513 INET and +101 for Feet&Legs. Leader in the R&W Genomic index is Delta Sunburst-Red at +357 gNVI, followed by 2 maternal brothers sired by Taskforce P: Delta Mindblow P Red at +344 gNVI and Delta Primetime PP Red at +340 gNVI. At the 8th spot we find DV DG Rammstein-Red at +327 gNVI with +2203kgM and +0.11% Protein and +107 Feet&legs and +106 Mammary system! Click further for more info.   Read More

August 9, 2023 Leader in the top *RC GTPI index this august 2023 index run is Stgen RC Redlea at +3067 GTPI. He is sired by Captain out of a Salvatore *RC and combines +3067 GTPI with +1067 NM$ and +1.81 PTAT. In second follows Bomaz Cola *RC at +3061 GTPI and in third follows DG Absolve *RC at +3027 GTPI. He is also a Captain son out of Ronald daughter DG OH Audrey-Red x OH DG Agriorio Red GP-NL 2yr. x OH DG Rubellia VG-86-NL 2yr. He shows a great linear with +1.07 Stature / +1.00 Rump Angle / +1.09 Thurl Width / +3.01 Udder Height and also his milkproduction traits are worth to mention: +1498kgM with +0.14% Fat and +0.05% Protein. Furthermore at the 16th spot we find SJK Foundation at +2947 GTPI and +1.12 PTAT. Click further for more results.    Read More

August 8, 2023 The indexes from the USA are now online available and with 686 daughters in his index, Genosource Captain is still the #1 International daughter proven sire at +3184 GTPI! He combines +3184 GTPI with +1224 NM$ and 2097kgM! At the second spot we find Mr. T-Spruce Frazz Lionel at +3099 GTPI. He is a Frazzled son and combines +3099 GTPI with +1223 NM$ and +3378kgM. Making the Top 3 complete with the populair Siemers Rengd Parfect (s. Renegade x Siemers Lmba Paris EX-91), he added 662 daughters to his index this run and is the Nr.3 GTPI International daughter proven sire at +3084 GTPI in combination with +2.66 PTAT. 16 bulls are testing over the >3200 GTPI in the ranking with GTPI sire >12 Months with NAAB-code. The Nr.1 sire in this ranking is Ladys-Manor Smoke Owen at +3255 GTPI with +1188 NM$. He is followed by Plain-Knoll SSI O Stader at +3242 GTPI and making the stage complete with S-S-I Earlybird Sundance at +3240 GTPI. Click further for more results.   Read More

August 8, 2023 The new indexes from Canada just came in! Also in the Canadian Index are some changes. The new leaders in the daughter proven Conformation ranking are Blondin J Crown Royal, Duckett Crush Tatoo and Tappenvale Moment at +15 conformation. They are followed by 6 sires at +14 Conformation: Farnear Delta-Lambda, Stantons Alligator, Walnutlawn Sidekick, Oh-River-Syc Crushabull, Golden-Oaks Master and Blondin Legend. Also a shared 1st spot for the #1 Conformation Genomic Sire this run at +16 Conformation, this shared spot is for Anahita, Blondin Direct,  Legit, Bullseye, Actioman and Predator. The #1 LPI Mace Daughter Proven sire of the August '23 index run is Gameday at +3767 LPI, followed by Conway at +3764 LPI and making the Top 3 complete with Genosource Captain at +3704 LPI. Click further for more info.   Read More

August 8, 2023 The German indexes are now online available at Eurogenes! The new leader in the B&W RZG Interbull Genomic ranking is Rover son Real Syn at +171 RZG! He is followed by Vivify at +165 RZG and making the stage complete with Enclave at +163 RZG! Leaders in the Interbull daughter proven ranking are DG OH Topstone and Ginetta at +154 RZG, a shared 2nd spot at +152 RZG for Bellwether, Woody and Tampa. A solide proof for Veelhorst DG Casino (s. DG Charley) at +148 RZG with 5542 daughters in his index at 1273 farms. He shows still a balanced profile at +1783kgM / +0.17% Fat / +0.05% Protein / +113 Feet&Legs / +102 Mammary System / +115 Dairy Type. The Nr. 1 R&W Interbull Daughter proven sire is Zoom-Red at +148 RZG, followed by DG OH Rubels-Red at +147 RZG and +122 RZE! At the 4th spot we find Salvatore *RC son NH Solito-Red at +143 RZG with 684 daughters in his index! Click further for more info.   Read More

August 8, 2023 The indexes of Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland) are ONLINE available now!! The highest NTM genomic sire this August 2023 proof is Mecanico from the United States at +47 NTM. At the 2nd spot we find VH Karat *RC at +44 NTM, followed by VH Sweet P at +41 NTM. DG Peace is debuting at spot 6 at +38 NTM and +114 Longevity!! Topping the daughter proven NTM list is again VH Deco *RC at +31 NTM together with the German sire Youngester. They are followed by three sires at +29 NTM: Semino, VH Bahrain and VH Goal. Click further for more info.   Read More

August 8, 2023 Genosource Captain came in as the #1 gPLI daughter proven sire this August 2023 run at +807 gPLI in combination with +1.65 TM (Type). He is followed by the Progenesis Wimbledon at +756 PLI and at the third spot we find Kimmel at +733 gPLI. Furthermore at the 9th spot we find the Topshot son from the Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95-USA family DG OH Topstone at +694 gPLI in combination with +1.68 TM, what makes him the highest Type Merit sire in this top 10 with daughterproven PLI sires. Topping in the gPLI genomics sire index is Denovo Leeds at +914 gPLI. He is followed by Denovo Highview at +902 PLI and making the top 3 complete with Wilra SSI Faneca Ebersol at +896 PLI! At the 5th spot we find Captain son DG Peace @ AI-Total at +890 PLI out of Peassens Jezebel VG-86-NL 2yr. Furthermore we find DG Space (s. Captain) at spot 21 at +846 PLI in combination with +1.16 TM. Click further for more info.   Read More