USA genomic results females
In December and January, several females from GenHotel members received American genomic results. Here are a number of newly tested females,... Read more
In December and January, several females from GenHotel members received American genomic results. Here are a number of newly tested females,... Read more
The Koepon Summer Sale took place in the summer of 2022, during which Koepon sold over 40 heifers through FarmersBid.com. These animals were sold to buyers in six countries, in addition to the Netherlands. Among them was Koepon Freestyle Range 99 Red, a granddaughter of Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86,sired by Poppe Freestyle Red. Her arrival resulted in outstanding breeding success for her new owner!... Read more
The recent classification revealed impressive results for Koepon, with scores reaching to VG-89. Notably, the daughters of 3STAR OH Ranger-Red averaged above VG, while daughters of former sires Gameday and Parfect also made a favorable impression.... Read more
In just a few years, the Lakeside Ups Red Range cow family has grown into a significant player in the global (Red) Holstein industry. With offspring achieving impressive scores of up to 155 gRZG, 3255 gTPI, and 406 gNVI, the Range calves are establishing themselves among the elite. Their success and exceptional genetics have caught the attention of various parties across Europe, including German dairy farmers, who are now milking the first calving Freestyle-Red daughter, Koepon Raina Red.... Read more
As we enter December, new leaders have emerged in the gNVI rankings for both Red Holstein and Holstein bulls. Young genomic sires that have successfully made their mark are now being recognized as top proven sires based on the performance of their daughters. Notably, the current top 5 progeny proven Red Holstein are fully represented by bulls bred by GenHotel members!... Read more
The top Holstein genomics in Germany have seen some changes this proof run. However, the number one position among the young Red Holstein bulls remains unchanged. The competition for the top position among daughter-proven sires is intense, largely due to the continued arrival of debuting bulls. This competitiveness is felt especially among the Holsteine bulls, while the leader in the Red Holstein category successfully maintains his position!... Read more
During the Koepon Summer Sale 2022, an opportunity arose to purchase a top-scoring granddaughter of Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86. Many interested parties seized this opportunity, including the Swedish dairy farm Alsgårds Lantbruk, owned by the Andersson family. Together with GenHotel, they acquired the red carrier Koepon Marble Marble Range 125 RDC!... Read more
The No. 1 Tricky Red, with a gRZG score of 155, a gTPI of 2991, 308 gNVI and 4687 gPFT will sell. This exceptional Tricky Red comes from the renowned Dutch Red Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86, which is just 3 generations away!... Read more
In 2022, during the Koepon Summer Sale, the Holmer family (Holbra Holsteins) purchased Koepon Crisalis Range 91 by Crisalis RF and a granddaughter of the Red Holstein legacy Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86. Over the following two years, Range 91 was flushed multiple times, produced outstanding offspring, proved to be a good milker, and recently received her first classification score.... Read more
Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86 was one of the chosen entrants for the 'Global Cow of the Year 2024', a competition created by Holstein International. A title that would suit this very influential brood cow, which belongs to Koepon, all too well. At the beginning of this week, the global Holstein magazine published the results in which the freshly calved Salvatore daughter came to a wonderful second place among the absolute world class!... Read more
In October, several females from GenHotel members received American genomic results. The following heifers are listed in the top 50 gTPI females in Europe this month... Read more
Recently, Koepon's 370 cows herd added two new highlights to the list of achievements when Koepon Sprs Classy 131 and Koepon Goldchip Feikje reached significant milestones.... Read more
In September, several females from GenHotel members received American genomic results. The following calves are listed in the top 100 gTPI in Europe this month... Read more
Germany was one of the first countries to launch the August 2024. Especially in the Red Holstein lists, new names emerged, with the first victory for 3STAR OH Ranger Red based on his first interbull proven index. In addition to this former no. 1 R&W genomics bull, there are several bulls of Dutch origin in this top as well! It's up to GenHotel to bring you an overview of the August RZG proof highlights in this news item.... Read more
Koepon Genetics can proudly introduce the new number 1 gNVI & Levensduur Red Holsteins heifer of the Netherlands; Koepon Reality Doma 100 Red. The red Denovo 80141 Reality RC daughter scores 476 gNVI, leaving the number 2 with a 60-point difference far behind!... Read more
The American genomic results for the month of July were published this week by the Holstein Association USA. This has resulted in nice, newly tested additions to their herd for several GenHotel members... Read more
In the Netherlands, the number of cows producing over 100,000 kgs of milk is increasing every day. Cows from herds owned by various GenHotel members are contributing to this success, highlighting their breeding power, passion for the profession, and management qualities.... Read more
Last week, Koepon had an impressive classification day, with 26 2-yr-olds being scored. The average score for this group was 85 points, with five heifers receiving an awesome first classification score of VG-87.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA has recently published genomic results of newly tested females. Due to a computer glitch at Holstein USA, the May results were not released until the last week of May. Below are some highlights... Read more
Now that the first daughters of the former number 1 gLPI Holstein bull worldwide are in production, we can confidently say that this legendary bull has exceeded expectations so far... Read more
In December 2023, for the first time, both Holstein as Red Holsteins calves from the 3STAR Breeding Program ranked number 1. After the new April 2024 index week, GenHotel, and its members once again succeeded in breeding high-quality females based on gNVI by having two list leaders again for two times in a row now!... Read more
A unique situation has arisen in the female top gTPI red-and-white European animals, which are primarily bred by members of GenHotel. An impressive number of offspring in the top are influenced by "Red Impact Cow of 2021" Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86, while on the paternal side, the bull Calmac RUW Tricky Red leads the list.... Read more
The latest German April index run included a base adjustment, which resulted in a decrease of 5.0 for B&W RZG and 4.8 for R&W RZG. Despite this adjustment, the top sires of December 2023 maintained their indexes quite well. However, new bulls competed for the top spots in the Holstein and Red Holstein rankings. As a result, two new list leaders emerged among the progeny-proven bulls.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA has published the April 2024 USA genomic results of newly tested females. This has led to several top 50 scores in Europe for Wilder Holsteins and Koepon Genetics... Read more
The April 2024 index week was the first proof run for the NVI-index after the introduction of the 'Single Step' method in December 2023.... Read more
Koepon Tricky Range 294 Red is currently being up for sale and is one of the highest Tricky Red daughters available. This Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86 great-granddaughter has an impressive genomics profile, making Range 294 Red one of the eyecatchers of the GenHotel Selection Sale. As a Red Range offspring, she belongs to one of the most desirable and successful cow families of the world!... Read more
The Koepon Classy family has been known for many years for supplying excellent milk producers, and they supplied several bulls over the years such as Koepon Beatclub, Koepon AltaCornell, K&L CV Clever, and Koepon Showking in Switzerland. Lot 4 of the GenHotel Selection Sale comes from this Classy family and has many qualities that her dams carry.... Read more
Koepon was very successfull at the Groninger Rundveeshow last saturday! Koepon Sprg Classy 233 became Senior Champion... Read more
De Oosterhof Dg Rose RDC VG-89, 8.5-yrs-old, has become a prominent name in the pedigrees of many highly ranked cows and bulls in Europe. She was bought by Sudena Holsteins as a lactating 2-yr-old and is now in her fifth lactation, still serving as an influential brood cow for the Mensink family.... Read more
The USA genomic results of newly tested females in February have been published by the Holstein Association USA. Lots of variation in sire image and 5 toppers in the top 50 gTPI Europe for Koepon Genetics this month.... Read more
The new U.S. female genomic results for January 2024 delivered great results for GenHotel members! Within the top 50 newly tested females this month are several heifers bred by De Oosterhof, Koepon Genetics, Zwanebloem Holsteins and 3STAR Genetics!... Read more
With the new index run of December 2023, in addition to numerous new bulls in the top lists, many new high heifer calves also have set their place in the top100 gNVI rankings! For GenHotel and its members a very successful proof run now that the number 1 for both Red Holstein and Holstein come from the 3STAR Breeding program!... Read more
Koepon Genetics started the year 2024 with great news. The Excellent Westenrade AltaSpring daughter from the Classy cow family reached the milestone of 100,000 kgs of milk in 2208 days in just no time... Read more
It had been several years since the English AI station Genus/ABS classified AI-stud bulls, yet there were not one but two strong reasons for the breeding organization to have classifiers travel to their station. Both father Hoogenhorst OH DG Rubels-Red and his son Koepon OH Ryder-Red received the 'excellent' status last week!... Read more
In the meantime, the Holstein Association USA and CDCB have also published the genomic results for females. In the newly genomic tested females, this has resulted in a very interesting new topper for Wilder Holsteins... Read more
The classification day that has taken place at the Koepon dairy farm recently resulted in very nice scores over a total of 29 entered animals classified cows, with the milking 2-yr-olds receiving an average of 84.9 points. Highest score of EX-90 this day went to the fourth lactation Alaska Red daughter Koepon Alaska Sanne 5 Red!... Read more
As of this December 2023 index run, a new and improved system is being used for the estimation of breeding values within the Dutch/Flamish NVI, the so-called 'Single Step' method. With the introduction of the single step method... Read more
Germany is one of the first countries this morning which has published the last proofrun of 2023! Especially in the top black-and-white RZG lists, we see new names appearing. At R&W the August top red bulls compete again... Read more
Cow families such as the Classy's, the Regenia's, the Doma's and since a few years also those of Prudence/Red Range, are definitely linked to the Dutch dairy farm Koepon. The breeding strength of these cow families is reflected... Read more
With no less than 164 gRZG, 2887 gTPI and 318 gNVI, Koepon sets the bar for the Red Holstein breed very high with Koepon Skyliner Range 239 Red! The five-month-old NH Evolution Skyliner-Red daughter is the current number 1 Skyliner-Red based on gTPI and also the number 2 Skyliner-Red daughter based on her magnificent RZG!... Read more
The USA genomics results of newly tested females in October have been published again by the Holstein Association USA. The sire image of the top 50 gTPI European females contains no less than 27 different sires and thus shows that... Read more
During the USA September genomics run, several newly tested animals received high genomic results from GenHotel members, with no less than 7 in the top 50 gTPI females in Europe listed... Read more
On the dairy farm of Koepon Genetics there are currently about 25 dairy cows housed with an age of 8 years or older, of which Flevo Genetics Snowman daughter Koepon Snow Classy 97 RDC, calved again at 11.01 years, is the oldest member of this herd!... Read more
During the August run, several newly tested females from Zwanebloem Holsteins, from the Masscheleyn family in De Panne, Belgium, received high genomic results, with no less than... Read more
The new Dutch-Flemish Index (NVI) of August 2023 is published on Wednesday morning. In the top lists of both Holstein and Red Holstein there are again high rankings for bulls bred by GenHotel members. Extra impressive is the fact that... Read more
An 'excellent' visit for Koepon, where two 4th calvers from two different cow families were recently awarded with EX-90. In addition to their fantastic conformation, these herdmates are also true milk producers and both have already delivered... Read more
This week Eiso Busemann (sire analyst VOST) and Martijn van de Boom (GenHotel) were among the first who could admire the extremely high scoring NH Evolution Skyliner-Red daughters at Koepon Genetics out of Koepon Sput Range 40 Red. The duo travelled this week through the Netherlands to visit and select (potential) embryo donors.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA and CDCB have published the genomic results for the month of July. For the newly tested females, this has once again delivered good results for GenHotel members with heifers in the top of Europe... Read more
The Koepon Summer Sale last Friday offered a great stage for Holstein lovers from all over Europe. The large number of visitors which came to the Open Barn day at Koepon on Thursday June 29th already showed the great interest... Read more
Tomorrow June 29 Koepon has open barn durimg the Lely Slim boeren event from 10.00-16.30 hour. During this event you inspect the sale heifers of the Koepon Summer Sale 2023.... Read more
The pre-bidding of the Koepon Summer Sale has started and the final preparations for the Slim Boeren Event tomorrow are in full swing! The sale heifers look great and the first photos of these lot numbers can already be viewed on the sale page of Koepon Summer Sale 2023... Read more
Koepon has made some embryo contracts on heifers that sell in the Koepon Summer Sale. The heifers can be inspected during the Lely 'Slim Boeren' Event at Koepon on Thursday.... Read more
The USA genomics results of newly tested females in June have been published again by the Holstein Association USA. Cookiecutter Holysmokes had a large share in the highest newly tested calves in May, in June the sire presence in the European top 50 gTPI shows more variation... Read more
In the run-up to the Koepon Summer Sale, Koepon introduced a group of more than 30 cows to the herdbook classifier. In addition to a large group of 2-year-olds, several cows were also shown for a re-classification, including some big names within the top (Red) Holstein breeding.... Read more
On Thursday June the 29th, the 'Slim Boeren Event' will take place at the Koepon dairy farm. From 10.00 AM to 4.30PM, the staff opens the doors for you to visit their farm. The dairy farm, which was started more than 50 years ago by Mr. W.N. Pon, has now grown into a business with more than 400 dairy cows... Read more
During a two-day visit by a group of breeding enthusiasts from Sweden, GenHotel, together with the 30 flown-over visitors, brought a visit at GenHotel members Herder, Poppe, Albring and Koepon Genetics to introduce these special guests to the top genetics that the Netherlands has to offer. During these visits, the Swedes were introduced to well-known breeding cows, including the almost eight-year-old Koepon Sprg Classy 233 EX-90!... Read more
The USA genomics results of newly tested females in May have been published again by the Holstein Association USA. Cookiecutter Holysmokes delivers 3 of the 5 highest new calves... Read more
The proof run of April 2023 have been concluded with the indexes from the Netherlands & Flanders. In these lists we find again numerous bulls bred by GenHotel members, including - again - quite a few top rankings in both the Red Holsteins as the Holstein lists!... Read more
The April proof run has once again delivered, also on the American basis, a number of interesting, newly genomic tested females from various GenHotel members.... Read more
After a long wait, we can welcome the new German indexes of April 2023, with basic adjustments of -5 for B&W and -4 for R&W. The introduction of new breeding values has not changed the number 1 bulls among the daughterproven Holsteins and Red Holsteins in Germany.... Read more
The classification at Koepon Genetics resulted in an average of VG-85.2 points for the milking 2-yr-olds. In addition, there was an extra special highlight for the fifth calver Koepon Sprg Classy 233, a Westenrade AltaSpring from the Koepon Classy family.... Read more
The USA genomics results of newly tested females in the month of March have been published again by the US Holstein Association.... Read more
The American genomic proof run has again produced several interesting, newly tested females for GenHotel members in February.... Read more
The December proof run has, also on the American basis, yielded a number of interesting, newly genomic tested females from GenHotel members Southland Holsteins, Koepon Genetics and Wilder Holsteins.... Read more
The bull proofs of December 2022 have been concluded with the indexes from the Netherlands & Flanders (NVI). These lists feature several bulls bred by GenHotel members, including quite a few top 10's!... Read more
The October genomic run in America has again delivered several interesting new toppers for, among others, GenHotel members Wilder, Koepon, Hurkmans and Zandenburg Holsteins. The sires in the top this month also show a lot of variation... Read more
Recently there was Selection Tour through the Netherlands organized by GenHotel with the German partner organisation Phönix. Sire analyst Hartwig of Rinder Union West was present to select the future donors. During the two-day tour one R&W heifer that is filled with genetics made by GenHotel members draw extra attention!... Read more
Meanwhile, the Rubels-Red son from the Red Impact Cow of 2021 has been the absolute leader for several proof runs in a row now. 3STAR OH Ranger-Red scores 3823 gLPI, 2893 gTPI, 826 gPLI, 1667 gISET and 159 gRZG! He remains undefeated in no less than four systems. Besides several sons, Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86's daughters are also successfully working on their way to the top.... Read more
During the USA September genomic run, several females from GenHotel members Diepenhoek Holsteins and WKF Holsteins reached the top 50 gTPI in Europe this month.... Read more
The last proofs of the index week of August 2022 are those of Netherlands & Flanders. These lists feature several bulls bred by GenHotel members, including quite a few top 10 hits!... Read more
The August proof run has, also on the American basis, again delivered some very interesting, newly genomic tested females owned by GenHotel members.... Read more
Thursday 7 July from 2.00PM the final of the Koepon Summer Sale took place. In the three days before, interested parties could place a bid or buy heifers directly in the pre-bedding part of the sale. In the final sale the bidding went wild, which resulted in a splashing final auction!... Read more
The American genomics run in July has again yielded several interesting female toppers among GenHotel members.... Read more
Tuesday at 1.00PM the Koepon Summer Sale started. The auction offer is filled with 45 offspring from Koepon's most influential cow families! The online sale, which ends with a grand final auction on Thursday 7 July at 2.00PM, will be held online via FarmersBid.com.... Read more
Prior to the start of the sale next Monday, some dams of the selling heifers could be classified. This led to wonderful results!... Read more
In April, the nominated cows for the title 'Dutch Cow of the Year 2022' were presented in the HI Plus. After this, readers had the opportunity to vote for their favorite! In addition to the reader votes, the result was also determined by a two-member jury, consisting of Jeroen van Beek (Southland Holsteins) and Bert Meijering (BM Livestock).... Read more
During the June run for American genomics, the first European daughters of Peak AltaMagnifique (Maestro x Positive) score immediately high. Furthermore, the wide variation in the sires of the newly tested females is again remarkable this month.... Read more
The countdown has begun: Just one month until the Koepon Summer Sale 2022! In the run-up to this online auction, several very promising and influential brood cows have been photographed recently. Quite a number of milking cows will also be (re)classified before the sale. Therefore, keep an eye on the website to stay fully up-to-date!... Read more
It is an honor to announce the Koepon's next online auction. From the 4th till the 7th of July, the Koepon Summer Sale will take place online, via FarmersBid.com!... Read more
The May genomics run in America has once again resulted in many newly tested females from GenHotel members in the European top 50 gTPI.... Read more
Also in the Netherlands & Flanders, various AI-bulls bred by GenHotel members have received new (genomic) breeding values. Below are some of the many toppers, including a number of top 10 listings!... Read more
The American genomics run in April has resulted in quite some diversity of sires of the highest, newly genomic tested females in Europe, with several interesting daughters from Gameday, Mahomes, Parfect, AltaWheelhouse and Ranger-Red.... Read more
The highest gTPI females in Europe from GenHotel members this month are mainly from Wilder Holsteins and Koepon Genetics. Altena Holsteins and Willsbro Holsteins also have heifers in the top 50 gTPI in March.... Read more
In the top 100 gNVI Holstein and Red Holsteins lists we find several heifers bred by GenHotel members! Meanwhile, the gNVI scores on both lists of the top heifers in the Netherlands and Flanders rise above the 400 gNVI.... Read more
The Holstein Association USA has released the February genomic results this week. Among the females in Europe, Zwanebloem Holsteins with 8 newly tested females in the top 50 gTPI is main supplier this month. Highest heifer in Europe is now, with 3113 gTPI... Read more
The American genomics run resulted in 10 newly tested females in the top 50 gTPI in Europe for GenHotel members in January. Peak AltaZazzle and Aquila Stardancer account for the major part of these.... Read more
It was quite a week for Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86 of Koepon Genetics! Red Range VG-86 made several dreams of several Dutch breeders come true in just one week!... Read more
The Canadian sire Pine-Tree-I Pursuit received this proof run his first daughter proven index. His new TPI is based on 43 American daughters in lactation. Pursuit his score of 2922 TPI allows him to take the lead!... Read more
The December 2021 genomic run in America has resulted in a lot of diversity at the sire side among the newly genomic tested females in Europe. The top 100 gTPI has no fewer than 31 different sires... Read more
The American genomics results for November have been published by the Holstein Association USA. In the top 50 gTPI with newly genomic tested females in Europe are no fewer than 4 heifers from Koepon Genetics and 2 from Willsbro Holsteins... Read more
The German Dairy Show, and therefore also the progeny presentation could not take place this year in its usual form. Alternatively, the herdbooks were given the opportunity to present their best sires by videos of lactating daughters.... Read more
The American September genomics run for females has delivered a new barn topper at Altena Holsteins... Read more
One of the most exceptional brood cows in Europe can certainly be called De Oosterhof Dg Rose RDC VG-89. She comes from the deep American Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 family, she has calved 3 times and is now classified VG-89 (EX-90 MS)... Read more
During the American genomics run in August, daughters of Genosource Captain and Peak AltaZazzle scored high among the females in Europe. GenHotel members Wilder Holsteins and Koepon Genetics... Read more
The German calculation center VIT has published the August 2021 proofs. After the significant changes to the RZG formula in April, the calculation model is unchanged this time. Most bulls... Read more
We waited for the pictures of the star within the Red Holstein breed: 3STAR OH Ranger-Red. Recently there has been a lot of interest in both Ranger Red and his dam Lakeside UPS Red Range VG-86, and this interest will grow much further in the coming period!... Read more
The American genomic proof run in July delivered a good number of European females above 3000 gTPI, with even a topper of 3103 gTPI for ..... Read more
It's almost time, Wednesday 23 June the GenHotel Selection Sale Summer Edition finally starts. If you have already checked the offer of this spectacular sale, you must have seen this promising heifer calf! In addition to lot 2, a great RDC granddaughter of Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86, this red granddaughter with huge potential will also sell!... Read more
During the GenHotel Selection Sale, a red carrier heifer by Westcoast Stamkos RDC is offered from the family of Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95. This big and influencial Prudence EX-95 family is known for its enormous breeding strength and transmitting high indexes.... Read more
The American genomics run has yielded several females in Europe this month with a result above 3000 gTPI. One of these is 3STAR OH Malou 1, a Peak AltaZazzle daughter out of K&L OH Mallory... Read more