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Peak Hotline is the number ONE daughter proven type bull in the UK. And that is not the only thing he has to offer: great production and management traits. Peak Hotline is a popular bull internationally from CRV’s strong American portfolio. His daughters are fantastic, which is also reflected by his... read more ›

Varta is the new #1 daughter proven Fleckvieh bull!  This Valeur son fits perfectly when you’re breeding for a healthy and efficient, while he scores +5% for Better Life Health and +6% for Better Life Efficiency. His daughters are top producers (+853 kg of milk) with 0.03% for protein. A... read more ›

A huge leap forward in the lifetime production achieved by cows at culling has been revealed in the 2018-2019 financial year. Compared with the previous financial year, lifetime production has increased by 1210 kg of milk and 96 kg of fat and protein. This is the first time that such... read more ›

The income over feed costs is a key financial factor for Willem Alders. Feed intake data really opened his eyes to the individual differences between cows. ‘The poorest performing animals add little or nothing to the total income over feed costs. However, the best performing animals contribute more to the... read more ›

Two years ago, CRV became the first cattle improvement organisation in the world to start large-scale measurement of the feed intake of dairy cows on working farms. CRV is convinced that targeted breeding still has huge potential to improve the feed efficiency performance of cows. In 2020 CRV will collect... read more ›