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April 8, 2019 Eurogenes is the place to be for the European & global rankings of the Holstein breed! Today it time to publish the official GTPI rankings for the European females based on the new April 2019 proof! The #1 GTPI female in Europe is HODEU000953362880 (s. Dynamo) with +2894 GTPI and also +1008 Net Merit!! This Dynamo heifer traces back to De-Su 7012 EX-92-USA DOM. Second in the list is Cirio Agricola Idra with +2873 GTPI. This Skywalker calf notes also +1008 Net Merit! Furthermore in the top 15 we find K&L OH Mindy a Redrock daughter with +2841 GTPI at place 5. Also Bubba daughter NH Sunview Bubba Sunny ranks with +2818 GTPI at place 10. DG HS Nadja shows again her strength with 2 daughters in the top 15. Her Medley daughter HS DG Nanny notes +2814 GTPI at place 13 and her Tarrino daughter HS DG Natalee notes +2813 GTPI at place 14. The other one we find in the top 15 is DG DV Saskia one of the very first Charl daughters in Europe with +2811 GTPI at place 15. The #1 GTPI cow >2 years is Crossfell Rubicon Milla a Rubicon daughter from the Ramos Camille family with +2806 GTPI. Click furhter for all the rankings.   Read More

April 5, 2019 In the American RED CARRIER GTPI list is Batouwe RE SAVIO *RC a particulary bull. This Salvatore *RC son is topping in the list with a #6 place with +2753 GTPI and incredible linear trades. A very complete bull with super traits: 5.6% SCE // >1000 Milk // 2.56 SCS // +2.45 UDC // +0.15% Fat // +0.04 % Protein. His dam is Batouwe Aiko Red VG-85-NL 2yr. a R&W Salsa *RC daughter who is the former #3 GTPI RED Heifer in Europe! She is also the dam to AI-Total's intriguing R&W sire BLUES-RED, the full brother to SAVIO *RC. Blues-Red is topping in several systems: #14 GTPI R&W bull // #15 R&W RZG genomic bull and the #22 gNVI R&W bull. An Alaska Red sister to BLUES-RED & SAVIO *RC, Rhala RE Quickstep Red is @ Batouwe Holsteins and tests also great in several systems. These huge bulls are tracing back to the top transmitter KHW Aiko *RC EX-91-USA DOM. Click further for more info about these bulls.   Read More

April 5, 2019 Recently were several cows taken on a proffesional photo at Dueholm Breeding, Denmark. Including Siepermanns Doorman Luisa VG-89-DK 2yr. the 2yr. Old of the Agro Nord Show 2019. This promising young cow is a Doorman grand daughter of Galwaybay Dundee Lavish EX-95-IE - the 1st & Best Udder Mature Cow National Emerald Expo '12.  Also we received a new picture of HAM Goldwyn Dream VG-87-DK 2yr. a Goldwyn daughter of Mox Gibson Dreamline EX-91-DE, the Grand Champion B&W Schau 2009 and daughter of Mox Rubens Dream EX-93-DE. Dream was 2x Int. Champion at a German national show in 2002 and was Res. All-German in 2007. Another great young cow is Vliek Mc Mitty P VG-88-NL EX-MS La1.  This McCutchen daughter is bred by Vliek Holsteins, the Netherlands and a daughter of the former #1 GTPI Heifer in the breed: Pine-Tree 1258 Mitty EX-91-CAN EX-93-MS 5yr. Click furher for the pictures.   Read More

April 5, 2019 In this week index run came out that Wilder HOTSPOT P is still at an ubeatable level in several systems. This POLLED Superhero son is the #2 ISET Genomic bull with +1701 ISET and the #4 NTM bull with +39 NTM. He is also still testing +155 RZG and one of the highest RZG Polled bulls in Germany. A great performance for the Holtkamp family with this special bull. He is straight out the Batke Outside Kora EX-94-DE family and has a sister testing +2676 GTPI what makes her the #22 GTPI cow in Europe! Hotspot P is available through the RUW in Germany. Click further for more info.   Read More

April 4, 2019 This German index proof came out with a new outstanding #1 RZG bull in the breed: Hul-Stein Crownmax. This incredible Imax son notes +165 RZG in combination with +158 RZM and +120 RZE. He is out of the great family of Statons Freddie Cameo EX-90-CAN and has 11 generations excellent or VG-dams in his pedigree! His dam Hul-Stein Crown Party 2 is the former #5 RZG Profit daughter in the World and is recently scored VG-87-NL with a VG-88-MS as a 2yr. Old @ Rijnhof Holsteins!! This family deliverd many great sires like Mr. Sam, Mr. Samuelo, Socrates and more. A great perfomance for Hul-Stein with breeding this fantastic bull. Crownmax is available through Masterrind. Click further for more info.   Read More

April 3, 2019 Gen Goodlife (s. Gordon) is the #1 ISU bull in France with +227 ISU. He is the outstanding #1 with +18 points above Optimum (s. Gymnast). Followed by Oxterril a Surgeo son with +217 ISU. The only POLLED bull in the top 10 is Adlon P (s. Adagio P) with +216 ISU at place 5. Hero (s. Superhero) has also a good proof in France with +205 ISU at place 36. Click furhter for all the French indexes.   Read More

April 3, 2019 Salvus is the new chart topping ICO bull in the interbull genomic list in Spain (<80 % reliability). He notes +5043 ICO and is the absolutely #1!! With 41 points less follows LMG Quantum Denmark with +5004 ICO at place 2. Further in the list is Gen Goodlife (Gorch) with +4939 ICO good enough for place 5. The only R&W bull in the top 10 for ICO is Col DG Spark with +4833 ICO. In the daughter proven list (>80% reliability) is Mr Mccut Dante the one who is topping the list with +4707 ICO. Dante came also yesterday out as the NEW #1 GTPI daughter proven sire in the U.S. The second one is the former #1 Glen-D-Haven Altahotrod he now notes +4676 ICO. Further more has Supershot a great run scores +4499 ICO. Click furhter for all the Spanish rankings.   Read More

April 3, 2019 Last weekend it was time for year annually Wintershow in Lochem, the Netherlands. This Show was a very successful show for Holbra Holsteins, they won the Res. 2yr. Old Champion with Holbra Malon 8 (s. Jetset), Res. Senior Champion with Holbra Hillie 20 (s. AtlaSpot) and the Res. Herdgroup Champion. Great detail is that Hillie 20 was the oldest cow of the show and produced in her lifetime almost 100.000kgM with 4.9% Fat and 3.8% Protein. Click further for the pictures.   Read More

April 3, 2019 The Dutch index run came out today and showed some changes in the rankings. The #1 gNVI Black and White genomic bull is Weelder Esperanto who notes +422 gNVI in combination with >2200 Milk and +114 Type. He is followed by Delta Bonjour a Vendairy Sidekick son who guarantees +420 gNVI with solide health traits. A foreign bull in the list is Charles a DG Charley son who claims the #9 with +389 gNVI. Cogent Supershot maintains a great proof and is again the #1 daughter proven NVI sire in the Netherlands with +343 gNVI and +276 daughters in production. The second place this run is for Weigeline Jacey Tabasco with +340 gNVI and third place for Balisto with +337 gNVI. A huge increaser in the daughter proven list is a son from the former #1 Dtr proven sire in Holland (Boss): Vekis Powerboss. He increases his score with +55 points to +299 gNVI. In the R&W genomics bulls list extends also Jacuzzi-Red his first place with +35 points to +420 gNVI!! The #1 POLLED R&W sire in Holland and #2 gNVI genomic R&W sire is Hul-Stein Trend-P-Red, a Rumba *RC son with +366 gNVI. He is followed by the #1 R&W RZG bull Solitar P who notes +365 gNVI what makes him good enough for place 3. Col DG Spark-Red has a solide run and increas his score to +350 NVI. In the daughter proven R&W NVI list is Maxx still at the throne with +312 gNVI followed by Gen-I-Beq Attico-Red who climbs at the list with +67 points to +288 gNVI and 99 milking daughters. Click further for all the Dutch indexes.   Read More

April 2, 2019 The U.S. index run came out with a new chart topping GTPI sire: Denovo 2800 Prince (s. Yoda). He guarantees +2965 gTPI in combination with +1094 NM$ (#2 NM$ sire) // >1000 Milk // 0.29% Fat // +2.5 DPR and 2.66 SCS. Prince is closely followed by Pine-Tree Herioc (s. Achiever), who notes +2963 gTPI and also is the #1 NM$ bull with +1149 Net Merit. The #1 GTPI daughter proven sire list is now leading by Mr Mccut Dante (+2825 gTPI). He deposes Edg Rubicon who now claims the #3 with +2794 gTPI.  Second in the list is ABS Rowdy who has a great combination of >2700 Milk with +2802 gTPI. Another highlight in the Net Merit list is Hurtgenlea Richard Charl who keeps his level and still has +2853 gTPI with +1029 Net Merit. Aurora Mitchell has also a good run and still provides +2810 gTPI with +3.08 PTAT. This makes him one of the very bulls combining >2800 gTPI with >3.00 PTAT. Click furhter for all the American indexes.   Read More