Sales

From VOST Select Sale to breeding success

At the 2022 VOST Select Sale 10, Foreman daughter Oki was offered as a promising heifer calf. With an impressive 159 gRZG combined with strong Italian and American indexes, she attracted the attention of Beerzedal Holsteins and HiPo Genetics. That joint investment has since proven to be a major success, as the now four-year-old Oki has developed into a key foundation female within their breeding program.... Read more

Genomics

3STAR Poppe Gigantic delivers international breakthrough

The April 2026 proof run marks a new international milestone for 3STAR Poppe Gigantic (Gladius x Durable). The proven sire is now ranked as the number 1 proven Holstein sire in Spain and has also moved into the absolute top ranks of Holstein Interbull lists in multiple countries.... Read more

General

Six years later: 3STAR cows prove their class at Aalshorst Holsteins

Six years ago, Tim and Roland Scholten of Aalshorst Holsteins shared their experiences about participating in the 3STAR EmbryoProgram in a testimonial titled “Joining the 3STAR EmbryoProgram leads to great successes”. What once started with the purchase of several embryo combinations has since grown into an outstanding practical example of sustainable breeding, high lifetime production and excellent conformation.... Read more

General

Caudumer Holsteins expands its 100-Tonner list in a short time!

The herd of the Haytema family (Caudumer Holsteins) is currently demonstrating in impressive fashion how longevity, lifetime production and breeding quality have evolved within modern dairy farming. Thanks to years of progress in breeding, management and housing, more and more cows are reaching high lifetime production levels. The performances within the Caudumer herd clearly reach out to this standard. Several cows are currently on their way to surpassing the magical milestone of 100,000 kg of milk.... Read more

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VG-88 for successful young duo at De Wijde Blik

Several highlights marked a successful period recently for De Wijde Blik (Nijman family). Not only did they achieve strong results at the annual Ommen and surrounding area Video Show, but the latest classification round also delivered impressive scores. With multiple young cows scoring at a high level, the herd once again demonstrated its strong combination of production, conformation, and deep cow families.... Read more

Genomics

Simply Red daughters continue to dominate Red Holstein rankings

The April index run once again brought movement to the top rankings of gNVI-tested heifer calves. Several newcomers immediately caused shifts at the top of both the Holstein and Red Holstein rankings. At the same time, many familiar names continue to prove their consistency by maintaining strong positions within the top 100 for an extended period.... Read more

General

Six years later: 3STAR cows prove their class at Aalshorst Holsteins

Six years ago, Tim and Roland Scholten of Aalshorst Holsteins shared their experiences about participating in the 3STAR EmbryoProgram in a testimonial titled “Joining the 3STAR EmbryoProgram leads to great successes”. What once started with the purchase of several embryo combinations has since grown into an outstanding practical example of sustainable breeding, high lifetime production and excellent conformation.... Read more

General

Caudumer Holsteins expands its 100-Tonner list in a short time!

The herd of the Haytema family (Caudumer Holsteins) is currently demonstrating in impressive fashion how longevity, lifetime production and breeding quality have evolved within modern dairy farming. Thanks to years of progress in breeding, management and housing, more and more cows are reaching high lifetime production levels. The performances within the Caudumer herd clearly reach out to this standard. Several cows are currently on their way to surpassing the magical milestone of 100,000 kg of milk.... Read more

General

Global icon at Koepon is fresh again!

At Koepon Genetics, another remarkable chapter has begun for one of the most influential Red Holstein cows of this generation: Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86 has freshly calved in her 5th lactation. Once again, this extraordinary cow proves not only her durability and production strength, but above all her unmatched value as a bull dam and supplier of world-leading genetics.... Read more

General

Anna 1709 RDC brings Drouner Holsteins their second EX-93 cow

Recently, no fewer than three cows from Drouner Holsteins improved their Excellent classifications. One of the standout cows was the Kenmore Triple Crown-Red daughter Drouner Anna 1709 RDC. With her impressive EX-93 total score, she became the second cow bred by the Albring family to achieve this outstanding score for overall conformation so far!... Read more

General

3STAR HWH Biba P RDC's breeding power & type captured

The promising milker 3STAR HWH Biba P RDC (s. Rammstein Red) was recently photographed due to her outstanding performance and strong breeding power. She thereby confirms her position as the dam of one of the most exciting red and polled heifer calves of the moment!... Read more

General

FarmersBid Opportunity Sale: Updates, genomics and contracts

The pre-bidding of the first FarmersBid Opportunity Sale started yesterday and several bids have already been made on various sale animals. The range is wide and varied: very interesting embryos, highly genomic-tested calves and beautiful calves & heifers from renown, international show pedigrees... Read more

Sales

From VOST Select Sale to breeding success

At the 2022 VOST Select Sale 10, Foreman daughter Oki was offered as a promising heifer calf. With an impressive 159 gRZG combined with strong Italian and American indexes, she attracted the attention of Beerzedal Holsteins and HiPo Genetics. That joint investment has since proven to be a major success, as the now four-year-old Oki has developed into a key foundation female within their breeding program.... Read more

Sales

Final Update with extra embryo contracts

The final update of the FarmersBid Opportunity Sale is ready! A few extra contracts has been added and extra info. You can find the final update and genomic overviews in pdf on the right. Pre-bidding ends today at 13.00 hour and the Finale Online Sale (in catalogue order) will start at 14.00 hour (CET). Important: there is no livestream and there will only be online bidding.... Read more

Sales

Elite homozygous polled highlight

The FarmersBid Opportunity Sale presents a very exclusive offering. From the WEH Jessica family, co-owner HWH Holsteins is offering the homozygous polled HWH HMW Phinesse PP Red (lot 20).... Read more

Sales

One of the highest females by Major Tom!

Next week, from Tuesday April 28 through Thursday April 30, the FarmersBid Opportunity Sale will take place. During this online sale , the special lot 11 THI Energy will be offered. This heifer calf immediately stands out with an impressive 156 gRZG.... Read more

Genomics

3STAR Poppe Gigantic delivers international breakthrough

The April 2026 proof run marks a new international milestone for 3STAR Poppe Gigantic (Gladius x Durable). The proven sire is now ranked as the number 1 proven Holstein sire in Spain and has also moved into the absolute top ranks of Holstein Interbull lists in multiple countries.... Read more

Genomics

Simply Red daughters continue to dominate Red Holstein rankings

The April index run once again brought movement to the top rankings of gNVI-tested heifer calves. Several newcomers immediately caused shifts at the top of both the Holstein and Red Holstein rankings. At the same time, many familiar names continue to prove their consistency by maintaining strong positions within the top 100 for an extended period.... Read more

Genomics

April 2026 bull proofs USA

In the US, the April 2026 breeding values for bulls were published this week. The April 2026 TPI formula includes a revision of the relative weightings... Read more

Genomics

Top 5 Red Holstein gRZG completely renewed!

With the April 2026 RZG index run, clear shifts once again become visible within the German Holstein bull population. Both in black-and-white and red-and-white, new entrants are creating fresh dynamics at the top of the rankings. Notably, several young, daughter-proven breeding bulls are convincingly advancing to the highest positions, and the top 5 of red-and-white genomics bulls has been completely renewed.... Read more

Sires

Discover the newest sire of sons!

After the August proof run, new top bulls became available, allowing GenHotel to update their sire of sons list. The selection of sires has thus been expanded with polled, Red Holsteins and several young Real Syn sons. Here's a brief introduction!... Read more

Sires

Improved list of sire of sons!

The recent index run in April, along with the availability of young German bulls, has enabled GenHotel to update the list of sire of sons. We are pleased to introduce a range of polled Holstein and Red Holstein sire to the list.... Read more

Sires

Additions to the list of sire of sons

After the December 2024 proof run, new, interesting sires with high scores in various systems came to light. Partly because of this, and the changing availability of already introduced sires of sons, the list of sires of sons on our website could be updated.... Read more

Sires

RUW features a 3STAR Signal P progeny group

This Friday, the Rinder Union West herdbook will host its annual Highlight Sale. In addition to the sale, they will spotlight the breeders of their bulls and present daughter groups. Last year they featured daughters of K&L Sputnik RDC; this year, the focus will be on the daughters of the proven 3STAR Signal P, who earned his first proven RZG in December.... Read more

Sires

New additions to list with sire of sons

After the April 2024 index run, the special selected list with sire of sons on the GenHotel website has been updated. Bulls that have been sufficiently used have now made way for a number of impressive, debuting bulls. With this we start this year's spring with a new top list. We like to introduce some new available bull to you:... Read more

Sires

New all-rounder 3STAR OH Shield RDC is available!

At the end of 2023, the young sire 3STAR OH Shield RC, bred by De Oosterhof and GenHotel, became available at Semex. This very high and complete red factor Progenesis Monteverdi son is expected to become very successful and could have a major impact on the global Holstein population!... Read more

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VG-88 for successful young duo at De Wijde Blik

Several highlights marked a successful period recently for De Wijde Blik (Nijman family). Not only did they achieve strong results at the annual Ommen and surrounding area Video Show, but the latest classification round also delivered impressive scores. With multiple young cows scoring at a high level, the herd once again demonstrated its strong combination of production, conformation, and deep cow families.... Read more

Type

Unique double victory for Drouner Holsteins

The FDV Wintershow in March turned into a highlight for Drouner Holsteins. Earlier, GenHotel.nl already reported on the success of Drouner Cosmo 1836 EX‑91, who claimed the title of Grand Champion at this show. That achievement received an impressive follow‑up at the very same event, as her daughter Drouner Cosmo 2238 also secured the highest honour in the Junior championships.... Read more