April 7, 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...   Read More

April 7, 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..   Read More

April 7, 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..   Read More

April 7, 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..   Read More

April 3, 2026 In the Netherlands is DG Laurietje P VG-85-NL VG-87-MS 2yr. recently been pictured! This polled 2yr. old is sold during the Eurogenes Summer Sale 2025 as pregnant heifer and developed herself into a great milking 2yr. old at het new owners. She is from the Diamond Genetics Breeding programm, sired by Luster P out of Batman daughter Gen Leanna VG-87-NL EX-MS La2. and is from a family with high productions and longevity! Laurietje P VG-85-NL 2yr. is projected in her 1st lactation in 305 days at 12.272kgM with 3.5%P and has a current day production of 47,7kgM! Click further to see the great picture of Laurietje P!    Read More