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HZK Widget: International Top Genetics for Bacchus Holsteins
HZK Widget
With the purchase of HZK Widget, Bacchus Holsteins adds a highly promising future star to its herd. This Cookiecutter Hadley daughter from the renowned Welcome Manfred Willa VG-88 family offers outstanding all-round potential within the international Holstein breeding market for the Van den Braak family.
During the SonderKollektion in Hessen in early February, Van den Braak together with partner HiPo Genetics secured the winning bid for this special Hadley daughter. HZK Widget impresses with an outstanding gRZG of 155 and 3221 gTPI. She also performs strongly internationally, testing at 737 gPLI in the United Kingdom and 1637 gISET in Switzerland.
Based on both her German and American profiles, Widget combines excellent conformation with high milk production, positive components, and desirable longevity. Her exceptional potential was further reflected in a total embryo contract value of no less than €23,900.
Her dam, a well-breeding Comeback daughter, calved in December and was recently classified VG-86 (VG-86 Udder) for overall appearance — providing a solid foundation for the continued development of this successful cow family.
The influential Welcome Manfred Willa VG-88 family has already produced several successful bulls in Europe and worldwide, including Can PP RDC, Sentry P and Saphir PP RDC. The family entered Europe through WEU Willow, imported to Germany as an embryo (Shamrock x Welcome Man-O-Man Walton) and for a long time one of the very few representatives of this unique line in Europe.
In the same week, her polled half-sister ZHW Whoopi Phttps://www.genhotel.nl/cow4347323 was also brought to the Netherlands. This Segway P daughter was purchased during the same SonderKollektion by Diepenhoek Holsteins and GenHotel, securing one of the highest-tested Segway P daughters for gRZG.