After being crowned Heifer Champion at the Cowvalley last year, RH Unstopabull Tantrum Red by Roubos Holsteins won the title aigain at this year's dairy show. This makes the Unstopabull daughter of Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red EX-96 a two-time Heifer Champion at Cowvalley and stays undefeated!... Read more
A group of thirteen 2-yr-olds was classified with an impressive average score of VG-85 at Hedra Holsteins. The highest score was achieved by a descendant of the RUW Neblina cow family, which had also won a championship title just a few days prior.... Read more
During the classification of fifteen 2-yr-olds at Oosterbrook Holsteins, multiple VG-scores were given, with the highest score being awarded to Genua offspring Oosterbrook Xander Genua 51.... Read more
WG Star P RDC daughter, Sanderij Rita's Romy P RDC, was sold to Diepenhoek Holsteins two years ago during the GenHotel Selection Sale 2022. The polled and red-factor Star P RDC daughter was flushed several times by her new owner due to supplied embryo contracts. Despite this, Romy became successful pregnant afterwards, calved at the beginning of this year at 2.02 years, and was classified this week with VG.... Read more
ZHW Holsteins is bringing a beautiful heifer with a stunning pedigree for sale again. It's a heifer sired by Farnear Aircraft RDC, which traces back to Jacobs Goldwyn Lisamaree EX-94, 1st Longtime Production at the Royal Winter Fair 2017 & All-Canadian Longtime Production 2017! Saturday evening, September 7, this heifer will be auctioned.... Read more
Last week, Willem's Hoeve Holsteins enjoyed an impressive classification day with 28 scored 2-yr-olds, resulting in a high average of VG-85.7. The home-bred bulls Viano, Optum Red, and Steyr played a significant role in this success, elevating the breeding results of the herd of the De Jong family to a new level.... Read more
In 2019, K&L Poppe Great, a well-genomic tested Soundcloud daughter, was acquired by a new owner after being sold by Poppe Holsteins & GenHotel at the VOST Select Sale 7. It's amazing to see how, over the past five years, this once-promising heifer has blossomed into a truly remarkable and outstanding performer in Ostfriesland, Germany!... Read more
The application deadline for the VOST Select Sale 12 is almost coming to an end. Until next Monday, September 2nd, we are accepting applications for this annual live-online sale, which will take place on Friday, November 29th. So, take that one last step today!... Read more
Recent classification at De Wijde Blik resulted in several high scores. Two, young 2-yr-olds sired by the America Butlerview Gold Medal both received VG scores. There was also a score upgrade for the reigning National Red Holstein Champion, De Wijde Blik Mariegold 6A.... Read more
De-Su Kenobi daughter K&L OH Mallory, a direct daughter out of the famous bull dam K&L OH Mabel, has been of major influence for the De Oosterhof & GenHotel program. Not only is she the former number 1 gTPI in Europe, but Mallory managed to impress on other genomic systems as well, which made her a very popular embryo donor. As a result, the young Kenobi heifer managed to produce a total of almost 60 embryos! Eight of these embryos were sold to Swissgenetics, of which the fantastisch 3STAR OH Augustus Orella P RDC is one of the great results.... Read more
The young 2-yr-old 3STAR TV Ambie P Red, freshened in January, is among the first female offspring of the well-regarded brood cow Amber PP Red VG-86. This homozygous polled VG-86 Solitair P Red daughter has shown impressive breeding results for her owners Tirsvad Genetics and GenHotel over the years, producing bulls such as 3STAR TV Ambo P Red, 3STAR Tirsvad Ranking P Red, and Tirsvad 3STAR Member PP Red. Now that the first daughters are also in lactation, Amber PP Red's breeding strength is becoming even more evident.... Read more
During the classification at Schep Holsteins, where breeder Piet van Rees got three of his cows classified, was one of his standout P.R. Darlina 2. She is a third calver Stone-Front Artist daughter who upgradet her score to EX. With Darlina 2 the family delivered its 5th generation of Excellent in a row... Read more
NRP Awesome Amberlee Red (by Luck-E Awesome-Red) has earned a strong show reputation in recent years by winning major titles. Most recently, the six-year-old Amberlee Red was crowned 'Best Red & Best Udder' at the Dutch Wintershow Beilen in March. Following her 'awesome' participation in the Dutch National Red & White Show where she went 2nd in her class, she recently obtained a new score, increasing her from EX-90 to EX-91.... Read more
Sire ZFZ Crisalis Rf was intensively used in the 3STAR Breeding Program after a successful debut at the end of 2020 as a sire of sons. One of his most successful daughters is the Dutch born 3STAR OH Shirly RDC. She is still the number 2 of all his tested daughters, based on RZG.... Read more
The Van Wichen family's herd, known as 'Molenkamp Holsteins', has recently welcomed 3 new Excellent and 27 VG-scored cows and 2-yr-olds! It's an impressive achievement as three cows were newly rated Excellent in just one single day.... Read more
The recent picutered 3STAR OH Janna Red, a daughter of sire Augustus P Red, is one of the first lactating daughters in the Netherlands and has been recently classified with VG-87. Janna Red produces a large amount of milk and has had a significant impact on the breeding program of GenHotel & De Oosterhof.... Read more
In the Netherlands, the number of cows producing over 100,000 kgs of milk is increasing every day. Cows from herds owned by various GenHotel members are contributing to this success, highlighting their breeding power, passion for the profession, and management qualities.... Read more
Last week, Koepon had an impressive classification day, with 26 2-yr-olds being scored. The average score for this group was 85 points, with five heifers receiving an awesome first classification score of VG-87.... Read more
This is a significant achievement at Poppe Holsteins, where the first lactation 3STAR Poppe Gazelle, jointly owned by GenHotel, is being milked. The pitch-black KAX Gladius daughter calved in December 2023 and, after a strong start this spring, she reached a daily production of over 62kgM in May!... Read more
The Gold-N-Oaks S Marbella VG-89 family has become more influential in the Holstein population over the last decade and became an essential key for the genomics scene. Many offspring from this line have achieved top rankings, and several bulls with Marbella blood have proven themselves, like Tirsvad K&L Predar - no 2 proven bull for RZG!... Read more
In 2021, a Croteau Lesperron Unix granddaughter of the legendary Jacobs Goldwyn Britany EX-96, was sold to the Netherlands by Agrarproduktion Goldene Aue GmbH & Dirk Bengstein during the VOST Select Sale 9. She is now at the end of her first lactation, and her offspring are also doing exceptionally well too!... Read more
This week, from Wednesday, August 7 to Friday, August 9, the Roccafarm Sale will take place. Several offspring from the HC Archrival Arianne VG-89/MS Kingstead Chief Adeen EX-94 family are being offered by the Belgian dairy farmer Ivo Hulsbosch and GenHotel. You definitely have something special waiting for you!... Read more
Last Saturday, at the Veekeuring Noord-Friesland, the two-year-old BÜH Yelena made her show debut in the Netherlands. She was a beautiful, pregnant Stantons Alligator daughter when Yelena was brought from Germany to the Netherlands in November 2023 after being purchased by Mts. Visser during the VOST Select Sale 11. At this dairy show, she won the special Jackpot competition for fresh 2-yr-olds.... Read more
The Belgian Roccafarm is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special event: the Roccafarm Sale. This auction will take place from 7 to 9 August and will be held online via FarmersBid.com. Breeder Ivo Hulsbosch has carefully selected 46 lots for this auction, which include animals from influential cow families, showcasing the breeding successes over those 25 years.... Read more
In June, the annual Open Internacional de Raza Frisona, also known as the 39th edition of the Open Holstein show FeiraFeza, took place in the Ponteverde region of Spain. The dairy farm Finca La Asuncion Sc. showed Nona, a Delta-Lambda daughter they bought during the VOST Select Sale 10 in 2022.... Read more
Save the date for this annual sale featuring top Holstein, Red Holstein, Jersey, and Brown Swiss! The VOST Select Sale 12 will take place on Friday, November 29th, 2024 at the Ostfrieslandhalle in Leer, Germany.... Read more
This week, after about two years, we reconnected with GenHotel Selection Sale 2022 lot SIE 3STAR Frouke P Red, an early Visstein K&L Money P Red daughter out of the famous Dutch Mars Froukjes. She was sold as a young heifer calf to Topspeed Holsteins.... Read more
The current GenHotel EmbryoSale is giving a great opportunity to bid on high-quality embryos from world-renowned pedigrees until next Thursday afternoon, May 8 3.00 PM. The choice is vast, with pedigrees that offer high genomics in multiple systems or embryos produced with the best type sires. You'll find it all at GenHotel!... Read more
During the Bavarian All Breeds Spring Sale tomorrow, ZWH Vivify Dallas [A2A2 BB] from the herd of ZHW Holsteins, will be auctioned as lot 84. This calf's impressive genomics profile is expected to generate significant interest. The live/online sale can be followed via the livestream and bids can be placed at FarmersBid.com.... Read more
On Saturday, the first Bavarian All Breeds Spring Sale in Möchenau, Germany will take place. The sale will be available online, and you can also bid on the lots via FarmersBid.com. Animals from six different varieties will be auctioned, including a homozygous polled, red heifer calf from HWH Holsteins. This heifer calf is a stunning descendant of breeding cow Zani Formation Minny EX-92.... Read more
The first offspring from the former number 1 red-and-white genomics bull GlH Redford are being born, and with that also the first gRZG results of these animals are coming in. An outstanding result was achieved with 3STAR OH Somfy P Red, a polled daughter of young sire Redford who has the highest RZG-index of any polled Redford daughter in Europe so far!... Read more
The Zandenburg Ebony/Rocky-Vu Rotate Extasy Ebony cow family, built-up by the Sommers family of Zandenburg Holsteins, has been a prominent name in the European Holstein industry for many years. Recently, they welcomed a new NVI topper into their herd with the birth of a Ebony descendant sired by Firestone Red.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA has recently published genomic results of newly tested females. Due to a computer glitch at Holstein USA, the May results were not released until the last week of May. Below are some highlights... Read more
Beeze Holsteins recently welcomed the birth of Beeze Oldleus Kira P Red, a red and polled Koepon Sirius P Red daughter that received impressive genomic results from Germany and the Netherlands. This young heifer comes from the Wilder Kanu 111 RDC cow family, and is already proving to be a standout.... Read more
In December 2023, for the first time, both Holstein as Red Holsteins calves from the 3STAR Breeding Program ranked number 1. After the new April 2024 index week, GenHotel, and its members once again succeeded in breeding high-quality females based on gNVI by having two list leaders again for two times in a row now!... Read more
A unique situation has arisen in the female top gTPI red-and-white European animals, which are primarily bred by members of GenHotel. An impressive number of offspring in the top are influenced by "Red Impact Cow of 2021" Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86, while on the paternal side, the bull Calmac RUW Tricky Red leads the list.... Read more
Through the RUW breeding program, Best Benz daughter CEH RUW Henna was born at CEH Holsteins, with which the Cookiecutter MOM Halo VG-88 cow family was introduced to the Eberhardt family. Now, four generations later, this embryo purchase spawns the no. 1 Gotti daughter CEH 59286 in Germany!... Read more
The latest German April index run included a base adjustment, which resulted in a decrease of 5.0 for B&W RZG and 4.8 for R&W RZG. Despite this adjustment, the top sires of December 2023 maintained their indexes quite well. However, new bulls competed for the top spots in the Holstein and Red Holstein rankings. As a result, two new list leaders emerged among the progeny-proven bulls.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA has published the April 2024 USA genomic results of newly tested females. This has led to several top 50 scores in Europe for Wilder Holsteins and Koepon Genetics... Read more
It was a special proof run for the breeders of Visstein K&L Money P Red, Visstein, and GenHotel. The Tirsvad Match P RDC son made his debut in August 2020 on the red German genomics list, ranking at 4th place with 160 gRZG. This made him the number one polled red genomics sire . Now, 3.5 years and more than 200 lactating daughters later, Money P Red proves himself again as a debuting number one proven sire with impressive qualities.... Read more
JU Holsteins was one of the major participants in the Videokeuring Loenen. Breeder Johan Uenk achieved great success in the Intermediate class, with bull dam Lonia 232 clinching the victory. Uenk also received prizes in two other categories.... Read more
When Wilt Elaya was a pregnant heifer, she was brought from France to Germany where she calved in December 2023. The first-time calver sired by Siemers Lambda Haniko, has already achieved two impressive show results in Germany since!... Read more
Willem's-Hoeve Jmw Applause 26 won yet another victory at the Avondbloesemshow last Friday, following up her national reserve title from November. The 2-yr-old, owned by Metz, Nuij, and De Jong (Willem's-Hoeve Holsteins), has already a promising show career that has probably only just begun.... Read more
Last weekend, Roubos Holsteins and Willem's-Hoeve Holsteins participated in the Fokveedag Putten, where both GenHotel members won prizes and hit their goals in the Grand Championship... Read more
GenHotel members Holbra Holsteins and Oosterbrook Holsteins participated in the Fokveeshow Lochem and did great in different categories. Also succiess was being achievedwith a 3STAR Embryo Program result. The highlight of the day was Leon Heijink's victory with his fourth calf Esperanto daughter and she received a new excellent score this morning!... Read more
At the FDV Wintershow, several GenHotel members presented their best cows to compete for the titles. Drouner Cosmo 1836, the national champion bred and owned by the Albring family, was among the well-known names. The competition was tough, and the event saw more impressive cows, including the Grand Champion of the Veekeuring Balk Het Uilenreef Charity 16 EX-91.... Read more
Last Saturday, the Fokveeshow Lochem provided an excellent opportunity to show the first calver Diekers 3STAR OH Florijn Red to the public. Florijn Red is a Poppe Freestyle-Red daughter, bred by Diekers Holsteins, De Oosterhof, and GenHotel. She belongs to an impressive and globally known cow family and is also a half-sister of Whisper Red which makes her a rising show star descending from a bull dam family!... Read more
Last Friday, the annual FDV Wintershow 2024 in Beilen was held, where the fourth calver, Luck-E Awesome-Red of Norwin Piet (NRP Holsteins) competed and emerged victorious.... Read more
During the 28th edition of the UFF Wintershow in Houten (Utrecht), GenHotel member Hedra Holsteins, from the Vernooij family in Schalkwijk, was very successful with several entries.... Read more
Koepon was very successfull at the Groninger Rundveeshow last saturday! Koepon Sprg Classy 233 became Senior Champion... Read more
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