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Top donors from the Oosterhof Holsteins successful at the show
August 6, 2014 2 high indexing top donors from the herd of De Oosterhof Holsteins, the Netherlands, had great successes in the show ring at the summerfair in Ambt Delden. Supersire dtr DG My Love from the Caps Mairy cow family was 1st in her section and Reserve Champion in her class! The #2 Red Carrier heifer in Europe, Telgter Aikman Doreen *RC (GTPI +2351 / gNVI +380) was also 1st in her section and became Honourable Mention in her class. Read More
Now online & ready to order: VENTE DRAKKAR catalogue
August 5, 2014 The 5th Vente Drakkar is going to take place on Friday, August the 22nd 2014! A great event with people and consignments from all over Europe coming to this sale! 48 Animals are selling including Genomic toppers, great R&W's, fantastic show heifers, huge polled opportunities and more! Read the catalogue online and order a copy through www.drakkarholsteins.com - Tours will be organized out of different countries, there are some places available. Contact us today! Read More
Sterndale Jodie Red tops Newabbey Dispersal Sale
August 5, 2014 More than 70 animals were sold last Wednesday at the Newabbey Dispersal Sale. Top seller of the sale was the unbeaten R&W “queen” of 2012, Sterndale Sterling Jodie VG-87-UK 2yr. for 18.000 gns. Jodie Red is bred by Sterndale Holsteins and purchased by a syndicate with also Wiltor Holsteins. Read More
Snowmassia – Mega bulldam, purchased through Online Embryo Sale
August 5, 2014 Snowmassia *RC VG-86-DE 2yr. is one of the examples of a great deal made through the Eurogenes Online Embryo Sale. She purchased as an embryo of Snowman from Massia 102 *RC EX-90-NL (s. Shottle) from Flevo Genetics. Now she is an extremely successful bulldam and has sons testing over 160 RZG!!! Read More
Big triomph for BTS Avea in Opmeer
August 5, 2014 Great day for BTS Avea Red (s. Detox) yesterday during the summershow in Opmeer where she won the Reserve Championship 2yr. Old and Best Udder 2yr. Old on this big show with over 100 cows where she competed against the B&W's! BTS Avea Red is owned by Diamond Genetics and Rijnhof Holsteins and is the current #3 GTPI R&W Cow World Wide. Avea is from the Apple / Aiko cow family and has several sons in AI already and is also the dam to the new #1 GTPI R&W heifer in Europe! Read More
Final Day Eurogenes Online Embryo Sale
August 1, 2014 It is the final day of the Eurogenes Online Embryo Sale. A great line up of 35 embryo combinations are selling with several embryos produced with Sexed semen, as well World Class show type, polled, high GTPI, RZG and R&W combinations! Click further for the Auction website. Read More
Great scores for 2yr. Olds Twin Genetics
August 1, 2014 Three 2yr. Olds from the Meppelink herd (Twin Genetics) have reached high 2yr. Old scores. Ven Dairy Wonder dtr Twin Glamour 3 got the very high score of VG-88 2yr.! She was the head cow of one of the favourite progenygroups on the NRM 2014, Ven Dairy Wonder. In the individual show she won 2nd 2yr. old. The #1 GTPI Danillo dtr Willemshoeve Rita 6127 (Danillo x Ramos) scored VG-87 2yr. and the fancy Snowman dtr Holbra Lady Snow (Snowman x Prudence family) reached the same score! Read More
Europe's #1 Shamrock is fresh!
July 31, 2014 Anderstrup DG Cameryn is fresh! Cameryn is the #1 GTPI Shamrock dtr in Europe (GTPI +2317) and seems to be a tremendous transmitting cow. Her first tested dtr, DG Cameret is the World's #1 GTPI Chevrolet dtr with GTPI +2537! It's a very exclusive family for Europe, her dam is still the #2 GTPI Freddie dtr in the breed with GTPI +2422 and is dam to popular flushbulls like Stantons Camaro, Catalyst, Casual and to the #1 GTPI Anton female with GTPI +2642, all of these shows the huge transmitting potential of this family! Cameryn sells fresh on the Vente Drakkar 2014!! Read More
Next successful generation of Prudence's at Holbra Holsteins
July 30, 2014 The Prudence branch developed at Holbra Holsteins, from the American Prudence cow family, is one of the most allround branches of this family world wide. The Holbra Prudence's delivered show cows, high bulls to AI stations, high genomic females in international rankings and most of all, great cows which are performing great in several herds around the World! The most promising animals from the newest generation at Holbra Holsteins are pictured, like the Meridian dtrs of Snowman Sana VG-87 2yr., which are scoring high for GTPI, GLPI, RZG and NVI! Read More
The Bullvine article: Bons Holsteins, the type that wins!
July 29, 2014 Great article on the Bullvine about one of the greatest and most passionate type breeders in Europe, Bons Holsteins from the Netherlands. Click furhter to read the complete story. Read More
