The Molenkamp Grietjes; what a family!


The Grietje family at Molenkamp Holsteins has shown to be very successful the last years. The first achievement of this family was the proven bull Molenkamp Farfan @ CRV. This Classic son of Molenkamp Grietje 28 VG-89 still has +197 NVI and is the number 11 daughter tested red bull in the Netherlands. He scores +581 days LVD (longevity) and 113 total conformation.
And this family also knows how to transmit genomics. A lot of very high bulls out of the Grietje family went to AI's in Europe and several of them are used as sire of sons already.

Longevity
The Grietjes are well producing cows with tremendous type. And … they also know longevity. The earlier mentioned Jocko Besne daughter Grietje 28 is now over 10 years old and calved early October for the fourth time (note: Grietje 28 is flushed a lot). She still looks great and is a fantastic brood cow. Her granddam, the Eastland Cash daughter Molenkamp Grietje 13 VG-85, calved recently for the 13th time at 14.6 yr. Her lifetime production is 113.398 kg of milk with 4.81% fat and 3.69% protein.

Molenkamp Grietje 28 VG-89 Molenkamp Grietje 13 VG-85

Holstein International
Recently Holstein International (November 2013) has written an article about the Molenkamp Grietjes and the achievements of this family. A few actual achievements:

- Semen of the bull Bolt RC (Bookem x Grietje 50 RF) will be available soon. With +154 GRZG he is the #2 red or RC bull in Germany.
- Bolt RC is a halfbrother to Molenkamp Grietje 90 Red VG-88, the current #2 GNVI cow in the Netherlands. Pedigree Grietje 90: Fidelity x Spencer x Grietje 28
- Kuyt Red (Destry x Molenkamp Grietje 58 VG-87) has +138 RZE (type) and is the #2 in Germany.
- Gwen P-Red (Ladd P x Molenkamp Grietje 111) is the #1 Polled with +153 GRZG.
- Molenkamp Farfan is the #11 daughterproven bull in the Netherlands and the #1 Classic son

K&L GenHotel Embryosale
At the K&L GenHotel Embryosale are also embryos out of this fantastic family for sale:

Lot 3: Perfect Aiko RF embryos x Molenkamp Grietje 92 VG-87
- Grietje 92 is the #9 GNVI cow in the Netherlands and the #1 Mr Burns daughter. She stems out of a Spencer daughter of Grietje 28.

Lot 15: Brekem RC embryos x Molenkamp Grietje 154
- Grietje 154 is the #1 ACDC for GNVI and a halfsister to Bolt RC. She is a ACDC x Spencer x Grietje 28.

Click here to visit the K&L GenHotel Embryosale website

Click here for a document with breeding values of all bulls with embryos at the Embryosale