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Drouner Holsteins honoured as 'Breeder of the Year 2020'
The Albring family, Drouner Holsteins!
It was a great weekend for the Albring family after they were honoured as 'Breeder Of The Year 2020' last Friday!
The Albring family, also known by their prefix Drouner Holsteins, was chosen by a professional jury – Holstein International, Melkvee and Veeteelt – as 'Breeder Of The Year 2020' in the Netherlands. A great achievement and crowning, not only for their breeding successes of the past year, but also of the last several years!
We are happy to show you all their biggest breeding results:
Proven sires
This year it was a very successful year for the daughter proven sires with the 'Drouner' prefix. For example Drouner Rednex Red (Effort-Red x Drouner AJDH Aiko RDC VG-87), who's graduated as proven sire this year. With 114 Conformation he's the no. 1 proven red bull in the Netherlands. Rednex combines this with a high +530 longevity and +155 NVI, which puts him in the top 50 based on NVI!
In Germany we find Rednex Red's full brother, Drouner Effektiv, in the top of the list of proven R&W sires since August. During the December proofs he was even found placed 5th with 143 RZG! Also Effektiv is the number 1 Conformation in Germany with 133 RZE. In addition Effektiv also excels with his amazing scores for health and fertility. These high proofs are the reason why this Effort-Red son is (with 1567 RZ€) in the top 10 RZ€ in the R&W proven list and that makes him a very popular sire!
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| Drouner Rednex @KI Kampen | Drouner Effektiv @RSH |
Genomic bulls
The current number 1 R&W gPLI and number 1 R&W gISET sire is also bred by Drouner Holsteins. The Caudumer Solitary P son Drouner K&L August P Red (owned by Cogent) debuted during the last proof week in multiple systems! His dam, Drouner K&L Aiko 1557 RDC (s. Silky-Red), was recently classified VG-87.
Another strong debutant within the NVI rankings is Drouner Altitude-Red (Jacuzzi-Red x Drouner DH Aiko 1456 RDC VG-88). During the April index he managed to secure the second place in the Interbull list with +315 gNVI. Right now he is the no. 5 gNVI genomics R&W and increased his score to +319 gNVI!
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| Drouner K&L August P Red @CogentUK | Drouner Altitude-Red @CRV |
Show successes last year
Although the HHH Show 2020 takes place in alternitve shape, the Albring family can still think of last year's HHH Show with a big smile on their face! The 'Drouner' prefix appeared multiple times in the top:
- B&W Junior Champion: Drouner Anna 1529 VG-88 (s. Impression)
- B&W Intermediate Res. Champion: Drouner AJDH Cosmo EX-91 (s. Mogul)
- R&W Intermediate Res. Champion: Drouner Aiko 1349 EX-90 (s. Effort)
- B&W HM Grand Champion: Drouner AJDH Cosmo EX-91 (s. Mogul)
- B&W Champion Herd groups
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| Drouner Anna 1529 VG-88 | Drouner AJDH Cosmo EX-91 | Drouner Aiko 1349 EX-90 | Herd group HHH Show 2019 |
Earlier that year during the NRM '19, the milking 2-yr-old Drouner DH Aiko 1445 VG-89 (s. Pat-Red) won the R&W Reserve Junior Championship. She did this after she delivered a grandiose performance at the European Holstein Show at Libramont 2019, where she was second and best udder of her class. In Germany they also enjoyed this success, because her Born-P son Drouner Biko Red is owned by VOST!
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| Drouner DH Aiko 1445 VG-89 (s. Pat-Red) | Drouner Biko-Red @VOST |
And, there is more!
The important transmitter Drouner AJDH Aiko RDC VG-87 (s. Freddie) was nominated for "Cow of the Year 2020" (HIPlus! 2020) and she also got a nomination for "Red Impact Cow of the Year 2020"!
The successes in the Drouner barn also continue. Recently, the Albring family added four Excellent cows in just one day:
- Drouner Mientje 1372 (s. Pepper) EX-90
- Drouner Mientje 1299 (s. Dempsey) EX-90
- Drouner Ria 1420 (s. Mogul) EX-90
- Drouner Mientje 1291 (s. Acme RF) EX-90
And we can name a lot more successes, but these highlights already give a nice resemblance!
GenHotel congratulates the Albring family with this amazing title!