A remarkable milestone was recently celebrated at Oosterbrook Holsteins. Foundation cow Oosterbrook Dora Acmé (Acme RC x Obelisk) surpassed the impressive mark of 100,000kgM lifetime production during her tenth lactation. The achievement crowns an outstanding career and highlights the strength of a branch that continues to excel in production, longevity, and conformation generation after generation.... Read more
As the highest-tested offspring from Marianne P Red (s. Mo Red PP), SIE Marille Red will be one of the highlights of the upcoming sale ''SummerHighlights'', taking place on Wednesday, July 15, in Krefeld, Germany. The promising Vino P RDC daughter combines a modern genetic profile with the proven performance of the renowned Dutch Barnkamper Marilyn cow family.... Read more
The recently photographed Poppe Kanu 2037 RDC VG-86 (Pitcher-Red x Board x Brekem RDC) demonstrates in her fourth lactation exactly why the Wilder Kanu family has ranked among the elite of (Red) Holstein breeding for many years. Over time, this family has developed into one of the major pillars of the European Holstein population at Poppe Holsteins.... Read more
The latest classification day at New Moore Holsteins turned into a highly successful event, once again highlighting the strength and consistency of the herd’s leading cow families. A total of sixteen first-calvers were classified, achieving an impressive average score of 86.1 points. The highest score of the day reached VG-88, once again originating from one of the farm’s most influential families: the Esmeraldas.... Read more
On Saturday, a progeny group of the Dutch bred Drouner Potency Red took center stage at the Nationale Roodbont Show. After a group of dairy-type first calvers had been presented at the RMV Hardenberg exhibition last autumn, this national event provided the opportunity to showcase his first second-lactation daughters.... Read more
Last Saturday, the Dutch Red Holstein took center stage during the second edition of the Nationale Roodbont Show. With more than 200 Red & Whites competing in the show ring, it was an impressive day showcasing breeding quality, conformation, and passion for the breed. The two judges faced the challenging task of selecting the Dutch champions.... Read more
A remarkable milestone was recently celebrated at Oosterbrook Holsteins. Foundation cow Oosterbrook Dora Acmé (Acme RC x Obelisk) surpassed the impressive mark of 100,000kgM lifetime production during her tenth lactation. The achievement crowns an outstanding career and highlights the strength of a branch that continues to excel in production, longevity, and conformation generation after generation.... Read more
The recently photographed Poppe Kanu 2037 RDC VG-86 (Pitcher-Red x Board x Brekem RDC) demonstrates in her fourth lactation exactly why the Wilder Kanu family has ranked among the elite of (Red) Holstein breeding for many years. Over time, this family has developed into one of the major pillars of the European Holstein population at Poppe Holsteins.... Read more
The latest classification day at New Moore Holsteins turned into a highly successful event, once again highlighting the strength and consistency of the herd’s leading cow families. A total of sixteen first-calvers were classified, achieving an impressive average score of 86.1 points. The highest score of the day reached VG-88, once again originating from one of the farm’s most influential families: the Esmeraldas.... Read more
On Saturday, a progeny group of the Dutch bred Drouner Potency Red took center stage at the Nationale Roodbont Show. After a group of dairy-type first calvers had been presented at the RMV Hardenberg exhibition last autumn, this national event provided the opportunity to showcase his first second-lactation daughters.... Read more
Earlier this week, more than twenty first-calvers were classified at Visstein, with the renowned KHW Goldwyn Aiko RDC family once again demonstrating its exceptional breeding power. Several descendants from this successful cow family achieved Very Good classifications, underlining the consistency and strength of the lineage.... Read more
With her first classification score of GP-84 and a photo shoot, Alsgaard OH 3STAR Molly Red is the center of attention. The promising Red daughter of Boero RF was bred through the 3STAR Embryo Program and is jointly owned by Alsgårds Lantbruk, De Oosterhof and GenHotel.... Read more
As the highest-tested offspring from Marianne P Red (s. Mo Red PP), SIE Marille Red will be one of the highlights of the upcoming sale ''SummerHighlights'', taking place on Wednesday, July 15, in Krefeld, Germany. The promising Vino P RDC daughter combines a modern genetic profile with the proven performance of the renowned Dutch Barnkamper Marilyn cow family.... Read more
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
At FarmersBid Opportunity Sale a lot of high genomic heifers sell! Several heifers test high in many countries!... Read more
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
At the FarmersBid Opportunity Sale, the best conformation heifers from the best cow families are for sale, several directly from the most unique cows worldwide!... Read more
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
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
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
During the May genomic run in America, several newly genomic tested Aurora Fargo daughters of GenHotel members received great results... Read more
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
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
Earlier this week, the team at WKF Holsteins received a remarkable gNVI result for the newborn Peak AltaMuller daughter WKF Muller Moniek 2 RDC. With an outstanding score of no less than 468 gNVI, she exceeded all expectations.... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last Saturday, the Dutch Red Holstein took center stage during the second edition of the Nationale Roodbont Show. With more than 200 Red & Whites competing in the show ring, it was an impressive day showcasing breeding quality, conformation, and passion for the breed. The two judges faced the challenging task of selecting the Dutch champions.... Read more
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
Two classifiers visited Koepon recently and the results were fantastic.... Read more
The De Jong family of Willem's Hoeve Holsteins was once again extremely successful at the Avondbloesem Show, with the icing on the cake the title of Miss Betuwe, which went to the De Jong family for the 12th time and to a Rita for the 9th time!... Read more
JU Lonia 232 (v. Sodan) was once again successful at the video contest of the breeding club Loenen and surrounding area.... Read more
At the 30th edition of the UFF-Wintershow Utrecht in Houten, Hedra Holsteins of Arjen Vernooij from Schalkwijk was very successful... Read more
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