K.I. SAMEN - Practical proven breeding! ASTEN-HEUSDEN WINTERSHOW 2015 Grashoek, March 10th 2015 Dear Enthousiastic breeders, K.I. SAMEN was founded over 30 years ago by the Engelen family. With proud and great pleasure we would like to inform you that, last Saturday, March the 7th, Grashoek Holsteins - still owned by the same Engelen family - achieved an unique performance in winning Championships at the Asten-Heusden Wintershow. This annually held show allows Dutch breeders, farming south of the major Dutch rivers, to participate. They presented more than 100 Holstein cows during the show, the youngest was just over 2 years of age and the oldest cow already reached the respectable age of 12 years! With six 1A placing’s in all age classes: three in the Red Holstein and three in the Black-and-Whites, Grashoek Holsteins started of very good. Furthermore, they also won two 1B placing’s. During the RED & WHITE finals they won 2 out of 3 major Championships: Championship YOUNGER COWS Red-and-White with SUNFLOWER PS rc daughter Grashoek Nel Pp Championship OLDER COWS Red-and-White with CEDRIC RED (5th Lact.) daughter Grashoek Vrije Tulp 25
• • During the BLACK & WHITE finals the Engelen family took home 3 Championship prizes: YOUNGER cows B&W with NORWIN RC daughter Grashoek Angel 51 • Championship OLDER cows B&W with COLOMBO (8th Lact.) daughter Grashoek Nordika 5 • Championship Reserve-Championship OLDER cows B&W with SUNFLOWER PS rc (4th Lact.) daughter Grashoek Beaver 3 • After these awesome wins, they also secured the two Grand Championships of the day: CHAMPION RED&WHITE 2015 Grashoek Vrije Tulp 25 (s. Cedric Red) • GRAND • GRAND CHAMPION BLACK&WHITE 2015 Grashoek Nordika 5 (s. Colombo)
Absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind achievement! This was topped by the Herd Group Championships for Red-andWhite as well as for Black-and-White! A-Ma-Zing! This achievement has never been matched by anyone else... and this was achieved with 5 out of the 6 1A placed cows bred by K.I. SAMEN bulls!
MEET THE GRAND CHAMPIONS OF THE 2015 ASTEN-HEUSDEN WINTERSHOW GRAND CHAMPION RED & WHITE 2015
Els Korsten
Alger Meekma
GRAND CHAMPION BLACK & WHITE 2015
GRASHOEK NORDIKA 5 (EX92) (s. Colombo)
5th calver @ photo Own.: Grashoek Holsteins, Grashoek (NL)
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GRASHOEK VRIJE TULP 25 (EX91) (s. Cedric Red) 5th calver @ photo Own.: Grashoek Holsteins, Grashoek (NL)
K.I. S A M E N Practical proven breeding!
K.I. SAMEN - Practical proven breeding! ASTEN-HEUSDEN WINTERSHOW 2015
It shows once more that breeding is much more than just numbers... And Grashoek Holsteins shows that with proven bulls like SUNFLOWER PS rc, NORWIN rc, CEDRIC RED and COLOMBO you can breed very - very! - nice and productive cows, which last. When asked Mr. Gerbert Engelen, one of the owners from Grashoek Holsteins, explained their success in just a few words: “No genomics, good combinations and passionate people!” The slogan of K.I. SAMEN: “Practical proven breeding!“ has been proven again and will do so again. Grashoek Holsteins and K.I. SAMEN are constantly striving for a better cow, which can produce a little more and go an extra mile so that she has a better life and makes more money for a more happy dairy farmer. Do not breed with numbers, but breed with your experience in the field; That is what makes a difference in quality of breeding and happiness for the farmer. The K.I. SAMEN philosophy and the Grashoek Holsteins philosophy are based on variation and quality in cow families. Try to find the best traits which are more or less fixed in a cow family and try to add what is needed! Even then you still have to look and experience if what you did worked out right. K.I. SAMEN is there for you: for the farmers who want to progress in economy and quality of cattle breeding.
MEET SOME OTHER PRIZE WINNING COWS OF GRASHOEK HOLSTEINS RESERVE-CHAMPION OLD COWS BLACK & WHITE 2015
Els Korsten
Alger Meekma
CHAMPION YOUNG COWS RED & WHITE 2015
GRASHOEK NEL 139 Pp (s. SUNFLOWER PS rc) Own.: Grashoek Holsteins, Grashoek (NL)
GRASHOEK BEAVER 3 (EX90) (s. SUNFLOWER PS rc)
2nd calver @ photo Own.: Grashoek Holsteins, Grashoek (NL)
If you want more information or if you want more pictures, please let us know and we will try to send them as soon as possible. With kind regards, K.I. SAMEN b.v. - Grashoek (NL)
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K.I. S A M E N Practical proven breeding!