Zandenburg Holsteins - Fam. Sommers

Ralph, Pieter & Toine Sommers

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The Ebony family brings the no. 2 NVI R&W female to light!

The Zandenburg Ebony/Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony cow family, built-up by the Sommers family of Zandenburg Holsteins, has been a prominent name in the European Holstein industry for many years. Recently, they welcomed a new NVI topper into their herd with the birth of a Ebony descendant sired by Firestone Red.... Read more

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New USA genomic results European females

The Holstein Association USA has recently published genomic results of newly tested females. Due to a computer glitch at Holstein USA, the May results were not released until the last week of May. Below are some highlights... Read more

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Zandenburg Doorman Camilla EX-90 wins reserve title

The fourth lactation Zandenburg Doorman Camilla EX-90 recently appeared in front of the video camera during an online competition of the region of Land van Cuijk. In the class with Senior Cows, the Chemello Jocko Benge VG-87 descendant made a great impression and earned the reserve title... Read more

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Exciting classification news for Zandenburg Holsteins due to the Ebonys!

Meanwhile, more than 50% of the Zandenburg dairy herd consists of descendants of the Zandenburg Ebony cow family, a line that goes back to Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony EX-94. Also during the last visit of the classifier, the influence of this great branch is clearly visible. For example, the highest scored, VG-88-points 2-yr-old comes from the EX-94 Rotate foundation cow.... Read more

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Genomic run USA delivers new top females!

The October genomic run in America has again delivered several interesting new toppers for, among others, GenHotel members Wilder, Koepon, Hurkmans and Zandenburg Holsteins. The sires in the top this month also show a lot of variation... Read more

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3 VG-88 heifers at Zandenburg Holsteins!

The herd classification at Zandenburg Holsteins resulted in three 2-yr-olds with VG-88. One of them is the red-and-white Zandenburg Jacuzzi Fabiola Red, a milking heifer from the renown Zandenburg Fabiola family.... Read more

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High gTPI females of GenHotel members

The American genomic results of females have also been published this week. Due to the unchanged calculation model, the changes are also limited here, with a few new additions to the top of Europe... Read more

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New genomic topper at Zandenburg Holsteins!

The American genomic proof run in June shows that the highest females in Europe also score above 3000 gTPI. The new list leader is with 3055 gTPI a German Pine-Tree Heroic daughter, which comes from the De-Su BW Marshal Georgia EX-90 family... Read more

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World Milkday

Today it is June 1. This day has been declared 'World Milk Day'. World Milk Day was created by the UN twenty years ago to support the dairy sector. As GenHotel, we don't want to just let this day go by, but contribute to the positive message by highlighting our hardworking members and their passionate breeding hobby.... Read more

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Top 100 NVI B&W is published

There are 13 animals from GenHotel members who have reached the top 100 black and white NVI. The highest scoring on this list has 363 NVI. The highest animal bred by members of GenHotel has an NVI of 353, placing it in fantastic 5th place.... Read more

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Excellent for Zandenburg Rocky Ebony 2!

Recently Zandenburg Rocky Ebony 2 got a new classification score, her score belongs to the highest class, namely EX-90! This fancy Bouw Rocky daughter is owned and bred by Zandenburg Holsteins. Last December we already wrote in an artikel the influence the Ebony family has on this fairy farm. The pedigree of this family has an awesome matriarch: Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony EX-94, sired by Rotate.... Read more

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Successful classification at Zandenburg Holsteins

Zandenburg Holsteins had a great start of December with a fantastic classification. This classification included a total of 45 Holstein and Red Holstein cows, including 41 heifers. The average of the black and white heifers was 84,9AV. An amazing number of 31 animals got a score of 85 or more.... Read more

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New genomics USA

The genomic run in the USA has delivered great results for several GenHotel members, with following females in the March top 50... Read more

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Pictures Zandenburg Holsteins

Two very fancy 2-yr olds are pictured at Zandenburg Holsteins. These cows are Zandenburg Meridian Camilla and Zandenburg Merchand Ebony, both already classified with high scores.... Read more

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High Sundance at Zandenburg

Zandenburg Sundance Ebony is a Sundancy daughter from the Zandenburg Ebony family. Her dam is the high producing Snowman daughter Zandenburg Snow Ebony RF VG-87 and her... Read more

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Open door day Zandenburg Holsteins

On September 19 the national Dutch Holstein judging competition will be held at Zandenburg Holsteins. On this day the farm of the Sommers family will also be open for visitors as they... Read more

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The Ebony family at Zandenburg

The Ebony at Zandenburg Holsteins, that goes back at Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony EX-94, is one of the most important cowfamilies in the herd of Zandenburg Holsteins.... Read more

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HHH-Show 2014

Today, December 12th, is the first day of the HHH Show in Zwolle. The show will start at 13.00 with the Young Breeders competition... Read more

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Proofs: Germany (B&W)

Zandenburg Pazzini, bred by Zandenburg Holsteins, is now the #2 daughterproven bull in Germany with +142 RZG. The #1 and #2 are Lennard (Legend x Ramos; +147 RZG) and Pollit (Planet x O Man; +142 RZG).... Read more

Anderstrup Ramos Camill / Chemello Jocko Benge

Zandenburg Super Camilla 1

Zandenburg Khan Camilla

Kahn x GP-84 Conway x VG-86 Sassafras

Wilra Gameday Kahn daughter with cracking TPI-score Traces back to the beloved Chemello Jocko Benge 

Zandenburg Ebony/Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony

Zandenburg Sundance Ebony

Zandenburg Gladius Ebony GP-84

GP-84 Gladius x GP-84 Chilton x GP-82 Battlecry

One of the highest females for gNVI at Zandenburg. 

Zandenburg Planet Ebony 3

Zandenburg Holysmokes Ebony

Holysmokes x VG-87 Einstein x VG-86 Kerrigan

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony 1

Zandenburg Firestone Ebony P Red

Firestone-Red x GP-82 Mcdonald-P-Red x VG-89 Rubels-Red

No. 2 gNVI female R&W 6-2024!

Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony

Zandenburg Dolmen Ebony GP-84

GP-84 Dolmen x GP-81 Fynn x EX-90 Yoda

Slightly different pedigree for gNVI

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony 1

Zandenburg Holysmokes Ebony

Holysmokes x GP-82 Renegade x VG-85 Dg Eagle

KNS Hispania

KNS Hispania

Zandenburg Sheepster Hispan

Sheepster x GP-83 Matteo x VG-85 Einstein

Very high scoring Ocd Trooper Sheepster from the KNS 'H' cow family!

KNS Hispania

Zandenburg Ramstein Hispanja Red

Rammstein Red x GP-82 Nectar P-Red x VG-89 Styx Red

All-round Rammstein Red from the family of KNS Helsinki VG-89

Zandenburg Uno Hispanja

ZANDENBURG SHEEPSTER HISPANJA

Sheepster x VG-85 Einstein x VG-88 Redrock

Fabiola

Zandenburg Dorcy Fabiola

Zandenburg Rammstein Fabio Red

Rammstein Red x GP-84 Wingstar-Red x VG-87 Jacuzzi-Red

Complete Rammstein Red from the strong Fabiola family at Zandenburg Holsteins

Zandenburg Dorcy Fabiola

Zandenburg Mask Fabiola 1 Red

Mask Red x GP-81 Gladius x VG-87 Jacuzzi-Red

Sky high NVI's from the Fabiolas!

Glenridge Citation Roxy

TJR McCutchen Diamond

Zandenburg Gameday Diamond

Gameday x VG-85 Huey x VG-86 Achiever

Young Gameday with stunning score for gTPI.  Backed by at least 9 generations VG/EX dams

TJR McCutchen Diamond

Zandenburg Letchw Roxy

Letchworth x GP-81 Stardancer x G-77 Entity

Aurora Letchworth with a perfect gTPI score!

Wanja

Zandenburg Zelgadis Wanja 1

Zandenburg Power Wanja 1

Powerstar x GP-84 Gameday x GP-82 Soundcloud

High scoring Peak Powerstar backed by the Wanja cowfamily

Proud to have bred

Zandenburg Pazzini

Zandenburg Pazzini

Planet x Zandenburg Goldwyn Ebony

Zandenburg Paston

Zandenburg Paston

Planet x Zandenburg Goldwyn Ebony

Zadenburg Galoni

Zandenburg Marco

G-Force x Zandenburg Fabiola 5

Zandenburg Pirlo

Zandenburg Pirlo

Picanto x Zandenburg Planet Ebony 3

Zandenburg Xil

Zandenburg Xil

Lotta-Hill x Farnear-TBR Atwood Babes

Zandenburg Repicon

Zandenburg Repicon

Epic x Zandenburg Man O Man Wanja

Zandenburg Monaco

Zandenburg Monaco

Snowmaster x Zandenburg Planet Ebony 3

Zandenburg Evan Mellor

Zandenburg Evan Mellor

Missouri x Zandenburg Super Camilla 1

#2 GICO in Spain (06-2016)

Zandenburg Benchmark

Zandenburg Daley

Benz x Zandenburg Battle Ebony 2

Zandenburg Virgil

Zandenburg Virgil

Accord x Zandenburg Reflector Ebony

Zandenburg Fury

Zandenburg Fury

Balisto x Zandenburg Danno Ebony 2

Zandenburg Supersire Camilla

Zandenburg Super Camilla VG-85

Supersire x Zandenburg Snowman Camilla

3 daughters over >2700 GTPI (08-2016)

Zandenburg Snowman Camilla

Zandenburg Snowman Camilla VG-89

Snowman x Anderstrup Ramos Camille

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony 1

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony 1 EX-90

Snowman x Zandenburg Twist. Ebony

Zandenburg Snow Ebony

Zandenburg Snow Ebony VG-87

Snowman x Zandenburg Twist. Ebony

Zandenburg Uno Hispanja

Zandenburg Artist

Yoda son out of the KNS Hispania family

Zandenburg Mojito

Zandenburg Mojito

Mogul x Zandenburg Snowman Ebony

Zandenburg Planet Ebony 3

Zandenburg Castro

Picanto x Zandenburg Planet Ebony 3

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony VG-88

Zandenburg Snowman Ebony VG-88, 4 sons in AI and ' passed the 100,000kg mark.

Zandenburg Hocus

Zandenburg Hocus

Wilder Hotspot P from the Zandenburg Snowman Ebony 1 branch

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