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Fancy EX-92 Sidekick wins Eastern Fall Holstein Show 2024
September 20, 2024 Last week was the Eastern Fall National Holstein Show 2024 taking place in Harrisburg, USA. Judge Ryan Krohlow crowned Sidekick daughter Lovhill Sidekick Kandy Kane EX-92-CAN 4yr. as Senior Champion and later that day as Grand Champion of the show! She is a balanced Sidekick daughter out of Lovhill Diamondback Crunch GP-CAN 2yr. from Lovhill Gold Karat EX-93-CAN 3E. Gold Karat EX-93 is a Gold Chip daughter and maternal sister to Lovhill Goldwyn Katrysha EX-96-USA 2E. This tremendous Goldwyn daughter was many people's favorite and has an amazing victory list with winning Grand and Supreme Champion World Dairy Expo 2015, All-American Aged Cow 2015 and more! Katrysha EX-95 is grand dam to the Res. Intermediate Champion Swiss Expo 2020 and Jr. Champion B&W European Show Libramont 2019: Comestar Doorman O'Katrysha EX-93-CH. Click further to read more. Read More
Catalogue: DG After Summer Sale - Online Tag+
September 19, 2024 The catalogue of the Diamond Genetics After Summer Sale - Online Tag+ is NOW ONLINE available! The sale starts 23. September 2024 10.00 a.m. (Dutch Time) and ends friday 27. September 2024 05.00 p.m. (Dutch Time). Videos and snapshots of the lots selling will be soon available! Selling are >20 lots with something for everybody. High genomics and from familys who delivered many sires in AI. Continue reading.. Read More
Granddaughter Seisme-Red EX-97 wins Heifer Champion UK Dairy Day
September 17, 2024 Last weekend was the UK Dairy Day 2024 taking place in the United Kingdom and the atmosphere and quality of the cows was great. A great success for Logan Latenite Shania-Red last weekend at the UK Dairy Day 2024. She won her class with Senior R&W Heifers in Milk and was crowned as Holstein Heifer Champion! She is sired by Avant Garde-I Latenite P Red (not available in Europe) and classified with VG-87-UK 2yr. with VG-88 for her Mammary System. Her dam is Ladd P Red daughter Milksource LD Shania-Red EX-92-USA and is straight out of the Grand Champion World Dairy Expo 2010 & 2012 and Supreme Champion Royal Winter Fair 2010: Blondin Redman Seisme-Red EX-97-USA! Another superstar from this family is the Star of the Breed 2021: Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal EX-97-USA. Click further for more info. Read More
A breeders dream!
September 17, 2024 The dream of many breeders, a cow that succeeds in the barn, in the showring with an interesting index and backed by a great pedigree! Gen Balencia is one of those cows that puts this whole package together. Balencia is as 2yr. old classified with VG-88-NL 2yr. with the maximum score for her Mammary System: VG-89, just fresh in her 2nd lactation and recently pictured by Alger Meekma! Her current day production is >65kgM and she still notes in her US-index +3.36 PTAT with +2.77 UDC and in her Canadian index +12 Conformation with +12 Feet&Legs. She has daughters up to >3.27 PTAT and +2821 GTPI sired by Parfect, Dropbox and Hulu *RC. Her full sister is Gen Bibian VG-86-NL VG-87-MS 2yr., she is dam to one of the highest Conformation sires worldwide: DG Blackburn @ AI-Total at +15 Conformation, +11 Mammary System and +12 Feet&Legs. Continue reading.. Read More
Nominations Global Holstein Cow of the Year!
September 16, 2024 Holstein International organizes the Global Holstein Cow of the Year competion every year. With again a great line-up of potential winning cows. This election is for the most influential cows of the past year. In total 20 cows are entered for the competion from all over the globe with a huge influence for the breed. Last year the big title went to Siemers Lmda Paris EX-91-USA, the dam to the daughterproven sire, Siemers Rengd Parfect. You can vote through Holstein International. Click further to read more. Read More
Flyer German Masters Sale 2024
September 13, 2024 One of the greatest LIVE sales on the European auction agenda will take place on Friday, the 18h of October 2024: THE GERMAN MASTERS SALE! This year again as LIVE AUCTION in the RUW Auktionshalle in Fließem, Germany, only 5 minutes from Bitburg. Around 150 lots are selling this year from the greatest cowfamilies worldwide!! Click further to see the flyer. Read More
Diamond Genetics is looking for a new youngstock farm
September 12, 2024 Diamond Genetics is looking for a breeding location for young stock, it concerns the rearing of heifers and bull calves from an age of approximately 3-4 weeks until they are one year old. Click further to read more. Read More
GMS '22 purchase wins 2yr. old Champion title
September 12, 2024 One of the great German Masters Sale purchases is Mox Erle, sold through the German Masters Sale 2022 to Roy Plender in the Netherlands. This exciting Delta-Lambda daughter is a very promising 2yr. old, recently she scored VG-88-NL 2yr. with VG-89 for her Mammary System and last week she became 2yr. old Champion and Udder Champion of the Oldebroek Show '24. Her dam is one of the best King Doc daughters in Europe: Mox King Doc Erle EX-90-DE EX-90-MS La3., she was last year successful shown at the German Dairy Show '23 and goes back to Field of Dreams Formation EX-95-UK! You can buy your ticket for the coloured shavings October the 18th at the German Masters Sale 2024. Click further for the super offering!! Read More
Lakeside Hardy Katrysha wins 4th title as 2yr. old
September 10, 2024 Lakeside Hardy Katrysha VG-88-NL 2yr. is in great shape and won last weekend her 4th title as 2yr. old! She won her class with 2yr. olds and became later that day 2yr. old Champion at the summershow in Zeewolde, the Netherlands! She is sired by Siemers Doc Hardy and a granddaughter to MS Milksource RL Kalypso EX-91-USA (s. Archrival) from Lovhill Goldwyn Katrysha EX-96-USA EX-97-MS 2E. This tremendous Goldwyn daughter was All-American Aged Cow 2015, Grand and Supreme Champion World Dairy Expo 2015 and more! She is from the same family as the de Reserve Intermediate Champion Swiss Expo 2020 & 1st & Jr. Champion B&W European Show Libramont 2019: Comestar Doorman O'Katrysha EX-93-CH EX-96-MS. Continue reading.. Read More
The successful family of DG Adrion-Red!
September 10, 2024 DG Adrion-Red @ AI-Total is one of the very complete R&W gNVI genomic sires of the moment! He guarantees +229 gNVI with solide production traits (+1058kgM / +0.12%F / +0.10%P), great health traits (+108 SCS / +102 DPR / +106 Udder Health / +103 SCE) and a flawless type with +108 Feet&Legs! He is an Endless *RC son straight out of R DG Adelheid VG-87-NL EX-90-MS La2.! She is a Andy-Red daughter and is projected in 305 days at 10.723kgM with 4.00% Protein and a cellcount of 25! Her dam, DG R Alina Red VG-88-NL VG-87-MS La4. was 2 weeks ago very successful at the summershow in Midden-Beemster, the Netherlands. Click further for more info. Read More