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October 9, 2013 OConnors Aikman Scarlet Red is the #1 RZG (161), GTPI (+2462) and GLPI (DGV LPI +3396) RED heifer World Wide and sold last week for $ 131.000 in the World Classic Sale 2013. She is an AIkman x Larson x Des-Y-Gen Planet Silk VG-87-USA 2yr., dam to Seneca RC (Genervations), Sympatico RC (Semex) and Stoic RC (TAG), which are all in the Global RC sire top 25. Embryos from the same combination are selling in the Eurogenes Online Embryo Sale: Lot 4. AIKMAN x Dymentholm Sunview Samba *RC   Read More

October 8, 2013 Newest member on Eurogenes is Hul-Stein of the Albada family in Mirns (Friesland, Netherlands). The new donor barn will be finished in the end of the year and with some world class ranking heifers, Hul-Steins has some of the top donor cows of the breed available.  For example  Anderstrup DG Calico (the #2 GTPI Shamrock dtr in Europe), Diepenhoek Rozelle 54 (Former #1 GTPI heifer World Wide and still #1 Iota, GTPI +2434), DG Fanatic Lindsay (RZG 157, one of the highest RZG heifers in Europe), Bouw Shamrock Lizette (former #1 GTPI heifer in Europe), DG Gold Myrna (#2 GTPI Gold Chip Europe and maternal sister to MACK @ Select Sires) and more!   Read More

October 7, 2013 Click further for the last international bull rankings based on the Canadian GLPI and Scandinavian G NTM index!
All lists published can also be found in the Hotspots magazine.   Read More

October 7, 2013 Bons Holsteins have had again an amazing county show in Hoornaar! Last year they already took the Grand Championship home with Bons-Holsteins Ella 139 EX-92-NL while this year their CB Allen-daughter Bons-Holsteins Ella 153 EX-91-NL named Senior and Grand Champion! Earlier on the day Bons-Holsteins Ella 186 VG-88-NL 2yr. captured the Jr. 2-Yr. Old title at the Black & White's. In the Intermediate class was a great battle between the full sisters Bons-Holsteins Koba 191 EX-91-NL and Bons-Holsteins Koba 195 VG-88-NL 2yr. who named Intermediate and Res. Int. Champion! The successes did not stop when Bons-Holsteins Aaltje 93 EX-90-NL was crowned with the Red & White Champion title!    Read More

October 7, 2013 The PTAT topper Mars Yorick (PTAT +4.28 - 08/13)  belongs to the most popular bulls world wide for type. He is the #1 PTAT type bull in Europe and belongs to the highest PTAT bulls in the breed! Arums Holsteins from Belgium imported some Snowman embryos from Yorick's mother, the famous brood cow Bailey, which resulted in Arums Honey Bailey, a beautiful dtr of the top proven sire Snowman. Arums Honey Bailey is the maternal sister to Willemshoeve Atwood Bailey VG-88-NL 2yr., former #1 PTAT cow in Europe and from the same family as Gold Chip, Cashcoin, Cashmoney, Cameron, Bradnick, Braxton and more!   Read More

October 7, 2013 The family of Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy EX-92-USA 3E GMD DOM is one of the most successful bull producing cow families at the moment. Bulls from this family are Supersire, Sid, Mogul, Oak, Shaw, Sergeant, Headliner, Diamond, Platinum and more! Also the heavily used #1 RZG bull Balisto comes from this family. De Oosterhof Holsteins is on the start to develop a unique branch of this family with a polled O-Daddy (Observer x Outside). Her dam is the maternal to the dam of BALISTO!! This De Oosterhof O Dad Missy Me *PO belongs in the polled top with GTPI +2117 and a DGV LPI +2992! She is in the European Polled Top 10 with no Polled sire!    Read More

October 4, 2013 2 new contests have started today out of the Hotspots magazine with online voting possibility. Choose your favorite Show Cow and or Atwood dtr.   Read More

October 4, 2013 T-Gen-Ac Latimer Dream is the newest addition to the US breeding program of Tastum Holsteins in Denmark. T-Gen-Ac Latimer Dream was purchased through the Star of the Universe Sale and is a daughter of the high Freddie-son Latimer. She is the #12 GTPI Latimer dtr World Wide with GTPI +2410 and is from an Observer sister to Ronelee Deligent @ TAG. 3rd dam is Ronelee Outside Dabble EX-91-USA dam to the bulls Durable RC, O-Daddy, Domain and grand dam to Dean, Denzel, Dayward and more!   Read More

October 4, 2013 Cogent Breeding Ltd, the beef and dairy genetics specialists and global leader in sexed semen technology, has today confirmed that it has bought Cogent Supershot, the Number One genomic bull for Net Merit US$1,009. This high calibre bull has a GTPI of 2577, GLPI of 3537, GPFT of 3275 and his UK PLI is £258. Supershot was bred by the Eurogenes-members de Volmer Holsteins & Diamond Genetics.   Read More

October 3, 2013 The Autumn 2013 edition of the HOTSPOTS is online! Click further for the online version with great cow family articles (Savage-Leigh Licorice & Sunnylodge Prelude Spottie), the latest global breeding news, top index rankings for bulls and females. NOTE: The subscribers will receive their Hotspots copy this week!   Read More