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Celebrating a joint total of 200,000kgM!
Visstein Dabble RF VG-86
This week, during the monthly milk recording, two cows at Visstein surpassed the remarkable milestone of 100,000 kg of milk lifetime production. Both of these cows joined the Visch family's farm through a collaboration with GenHotel. One notable cow is K&L BL Dellia VG-86, sired by Balisto, who successfully participated in the joint breeding program of Visstein and GenHotel.
Nearly 11 years old, K&L BL Dellia VG-86 (Balisto x G-Force) is the only Balisto offspring from GenHotel's acquisition, Manders Dellia 8. Although Dellia 8 did not have a long career, she significantly impacted European Holstein breeding throughout her offpsring. In addition to Dellia VG-86, G-Force is the dam of Anderstrup Aikman Dellia RDC VG-89, the highest producing 2-yr-old of Denmark in 2017. The Danish Dellia RDC VG-89, in turn, produced the well-known brood cow Anderstrup Nugget Dana Red VG-88 in 2016.
Dellia scored VG-86 as a late-maturing 2-yr-old and went on to calve seven times, achieving an average 305-day production of 11,950 kg of milk with 4.99% fat and 3.80% protein so far. In her early years, Dellia was among the top testing heifers in America, Germany, and the Netherlands during the inception of the genomics era, which led to the extensive use of her genes. Over her lifetime, Dellia VG-86 produced nearly 40 offspring. One of her sons, K&L BO Darwin (Board), eventually became a proven sire with approximately 1,700 daughters in the United Kingdom.
K&L BL Dellia VG-86 (Balisto x G-Force)
2773d 100.085kgM 5,04%f 3,90%p (8.956kg f+p)
The second cow to reach this milestone, Visstein Dabble RF, is an 11-year-old daughter by Ladd P-Red. Dabble RF received 86 points in 2016, just one month after being fresh. Now, after nine calvings and 2,971 days in production, she has also surpassed 100,000 kg of milk. Dabble hails from a prestigious German cow family; her granddam Sanessa, was purchased at a German auction in 2008 and brought to Visstein by GenHotel. Sanessa was a daughter of Shottle and descended from a VG-86 Lambada. Her full brother, Short Cut, has produced an impressive number of 21,000 milking daughters! Additionally, Dabble's first daughter, Visstein Dany, is still present at the Visstein farm. This Balisto daughter, now over nine years old, has achieved a lifetime production of 92,499 kg of milk over 2,450 days.