8 avril 2026 A great debut for Comet son Connect this run in Germany! He came in as the Nr.1 B&W RZG Genomic sire at +167 RZG in combination with +150 RZM and +120 RZE (Type). In second follows the former Nr. 1 B&W RZG genomic sire, Veterano at +163 RZG. The stage is complete with Real Syn son, Remco at +162 RZG. DG Der Tank is debuting at the 22th spot in this ranking with +158 RZG! He is a Real Syn son out of Beerzedal HiPo Pfct Emma VG-85-DE 2yr., bred by Diamond Genetics and will be soon available through the AI-Total portfolio. Pikachu son Picard is charttopper in the B&W RZG daughterproven ranking this run at +148 RZG. He is bred in Luxembourg and goes back on the Veneriete Ida cow family! Continue reading..   En Lire Plus

7 avril 2026 In Canada, every April, there is a base change. Unlike the US system that only rolls back every 5 years, Canada rolls it back every April so the changes are less drastic and easier to handle. The current PI places a 60% weighting on Fat Yield and a 40% weighting on Protein Yield (60F:40P) for the Holstein breed. After thorough consultation with breed associations, the Genetic Evaluation Board (GEB), and the Lactanet Board of Directors, the weights will be modified to 40F:60P Protein Yield for Holstein. Other LPI changes for the Holstein breed are: Calf Health will be introduced at a weight of 30% resulting in modifications to Mastitis Resistance at 40%, Metabolic Disease to 14%, Hoof Health to 11%, and Cystic Ovaries to 5%. Continue reading...   En Lire Plus

7 avril 2026 The indexes of Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland) are ONLINE available now!! The Nr. 1 NTM Genomic sire is again VH Sheriff at +50 NTM. A shared second spot for Space son DG Brujito and Tirsvad Mads P at both +46 NTM. Brujito is bred by Diamond Genetics and is out of the influential Bg Zazzle C Carlin K VG-86-NL 2yr., the AltaZazzle daughter from the Glamour Carlin family. Mads P is a Mecanico son, bred by Tirsvad Genetics out of Tirsvad Freewood Mona-Lisa P, she is sired by Freewood and out of Tirsvad Simon Mojito P EX-90-DK. We find another Space son at the 10th spot with DG Bravo at +41 NTM. His dam is Arozzo daughter Batita GP-NL VG-88-MS 2yr. and goes back on Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy EX-92-USA family. Continue reading..   En Lire Plus

7 avril 2026 It's a great run for Gen Percival in Italy with debuting as the Nr. 2 gPFT daughterproven sire! The Captain son from Gymnast dam Col DG Peggy VG-85-DE guarantees +5229 gPFT with +2011kgM, +0.44%F and +0.12%P. He guarantees +0.51 Type with +1.96 Feet&Legs and medium sizes cows with +0.45. He has many 2yr. olds in production who are doing a great job! The produce a lot of milk and ensure satisfied dairy farmers. Continue reading..   En Lire Plus

7 avril 2026 Today, it's INDEX DAY! We start today with the first indexes coming in from Switzerland! The release of breeding values for April 2026 brings significant changes. The new ISET is being introduced. The most important changes are that greater importance is being placed on high milk fat and protein production. In addition, mastitis resistance replaces somatic cell count in the index. The most notable change, however, is the recalibration of the ISET and its sub-indices. Over time, the standard deviation of the ISET had risen to over 100. By resetting this value to 100, the extreme values will converge toward the mean. This calibration has no effect on the rankings; it affects only the published values. In the future, an ISET of 1500 will be achieved only very rarely. Continue reading..   En Lire Plus