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
The two young breeders of the German farm Geestland Holsteins (GlH) are doing really well. Recently, a group of first-calvers got great classification scores, and they even invited an international photographer to come over for a big photo shoot.... 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
The fresh 2-yr-old Tirsvad 3STAR Zazzle Miami is a member of one of 3STARs flagship families: Gold-N-Oaks S Marbella VG-89. The young Peak AltaZazzle-daughter is a strong brick within this high-impacting cow family and is causing the brilliant index family to blossom further.... 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
The two young breeders of the German farm Geestland Holsteins (GlH) are doing really well. Recently, a group of first-calvers got great classification scores, and they even invited an international photographer to come over for a big photo shoot.... 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 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
The fresh 2-yr-old Tirsvad 3STAR Zazzle Miami is a member of one of 3STARs flagship families: Gold-N-Oaks S Marbella VG-89. The young Peak AltaZazzle-daughter is a strong brick within this high-impacting cow family and is causing the brilliant index family to blossom further.... Read more
GenHotel has just received results from Aalshorst Holsteins. They have four polled full sisters born from the combination of Patton P-Red x Launch PP Red. One of the calves has achieved an impressive NVI result, making her the current number 4 gNVI in the Dutch & Flanders ranking with a score of 405 gNVI... Read more
The American genomic results for the month of July were published this week by the Holstein Association USA. This has resulted in nice, newly tested additions to their herd for several GenHotel members... Read more
A remarkable new number 1 gNVI Holstein female has been born! Bouw Champion Hedy has achieved an outstanding score of 498 gNVI, 675 INET, and 1106 LVD, pushing the boundaries in the Holstein breed. With these impressive genomics results, Hedy has claimed the top spot for gNVI B&W, leaving the second-place holder far behind with almost a 50-point difference.... 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
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
After the April 2023 index run, GenHotel has updated the list with sire of sons. Some bulls have been replaced by a number of impressive debuting high genomic young sires. With this we start the spring of 2023 with a new top list and we intoduce some newly available bull sires to you.... Read more
During the annual market in Gistel, Flanders, the provincial show of West Flanders was held. Rock-solid was exhibitor and GenHotel member Van het Zomerbloemhof, who participated with two excellent cows in the senior class.... Read more
We waited for the pictures of the star within the Red Holstein breed: 3STAR OH Ranger-Red. Recently there has been a lot of interest in both Ranger Red and his dam Lakeside UPS Red Range VG-86, and this interest will grow much further in the coming period!... Read more
The pitch-black De L'Avenir Jetset son Veenhuizer K&L JT Jameson made a strong debut in the December 2020 RZG proven list, where he was placed 5th with 152 RZG. At the April 2021 proof he still manages to maintain his 5th place.... Read more
Last Saturday, the first National Red & White Show featured daughter groups of breeding bulls from the Netherlands. The daughters of bulls Aalshorst Rody-Red and Drouner Altitude-Red, bred by GenHotel members Aalshorst Holsteins and Drouner Holsteins, made an impressive entry into the show ring, captivating many enthusiastic visitors.... Read more
Last Saturday, the first National Red & White Show took place in the Netherlands. Several GenHotel members participated in the event to compete for titles. De Wijde Blik Mariegold 6a had a great day and made history by becoming the very first Intermediate Champion at the National Red & White Show (Nationale Roodbont Show)!... 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
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