JORDEN STEGINK

March 2025

Sires Report

Small German AI OHG Harvests Five Top-10 RZG Sires: ‘We Strive for the Most Efficient Breeding Program Possible’

Five sires in the progeny proven top-10 RZG. This remarkable result was obtained by OHG during the December release. Remarkable, because the German herdbook (38,000 animals on milk production recording)...

March 2025

Cow Families

Cow Country - March 2025

3176 TPI, position 92. This top-100 ranking of Hurtgenlea Parfect Myndi VG-86 on the American cow index list shows that the several generations of a homebred cow family owned by...

March 2025

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DNA - March 2025

‘The thing I like the best about this bull is there isn’t anything I don’t like about him. He checks every box from production, type, fitness and pedigree. And being...

February 2025

Cow Families

Al-Lew Monterey Ashley: The Dam of Arrow and Splendidly Complete Daughters

As a young sire, Aristocrat grabbed the headlines selling for $640,000. Today his conformation-rich brother Arrow turns out to be more popular. The American brood cow Al-Lew Monterey Ashley EX-95,...

February 2025

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires DNA - February 2025

Since August, Ripcord is leading the American genomic list. The Dellia representative offers nearly 3400 gTPI, very good fitness, and 1.42 leg set. Rump angle (-1.79) is his most significant...

February 2025

Management

Adolf Langhout: ‘Developing Elite Holsteins Always Begins with an Embryo.’

For more than 35 years, Adolf Langhout has been internationally active in the marketing of elite genetics. His enterprise ALH Genetics is one of the largest importers world-wide of American...

January 2025

Herd reports

VDR Holsteins: Home of the Especially Complete and Popular Sandra Family

It is likely that precisely this month she will pass the milestone of 10,000 kg/22,000 lb fat & protein. The ten-year-old VDR Sandra 2 EX-92 (<Malki) thus provides ultimate proof...

December 2024

Cow Families

Cow Country - December 2024

For twenty years, Dan Reuter has been breeding at Reuter Dairy (950 milking cows) in Iowa, with the offspring of Barbie sister Regancrest-RB Bunny EX-93. With as a notable result...

December 2024

Cow Families

HHH Show 2024: Balanced Koba 245 and Jansje 703 Win Grand Champion Titles

The Dutch HHH show offers lots of space to young breeders and progeny groups. Above all, it is a place for Dutch breeders to present their most beautiful Holsteins. The...

November 2024

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - November 2024

‘We are extremely enthusiastic about Claynook Zeus! His dam debuted as the #1 gLPI cow, his sire Gameday debuted as the #1 gLPI progeny proven bull, and Zeus himself debuted...

November 2024

Herd reports

Milchhof Diera: German Exemplar for Management, Breeding, and Productivity

Managing a large dairy (30 employees) with leading results year in, year out, requires, knowledge, organizational skills, and craftsmanship. The owners of Milchhof Diera have been very successful in this...

November 2024

Cow Families

Second Global Cow Title in a Row for Siemers!

Likely none of the Global Cow Competitions have been as strong as this 20th edition. Note here the recipe for an extraordinarily fascinating finale. The new Global Cow is Siemers...