It's amazing to see that K.I. SAMEN bulls do what we promise in practice: Perform.    The Dutch average as fallen and is now 25% at 60 months. There are naturally multiple reasons to explain this drop, but it is strange that -on paper - the average bull breeds cows that produce a year longer than five years ago. Based on the results in…

Hoekland Bono's ranking places him as the leading black-and-white bull. Despite the further rise of Big Malki in the rankings, Bono has overtaken him. Calving ease bull Bono is a son of Bookem, which gives him positive credentials for milk, fat and protein, but also better scores for fertility and somatic cell count and he passes on super leg structure. …

In times of uncertainty, what we all want is certainty. The stats in this index run once again demonstrate that we can deliver just that, partly thanks to our strong focus on solid, reliable cow families. Good, proven cow families hugely increase the chance of success and that is reflected in the results.   Big Malki has maintained his status…

Melkveebedrijf Grashoek and K.I. SAMEN have worked very hard lately on a new project E-nergy By Nature. An array of no fewer than 12,000 solar panels has been installed on the roofs of both companies and the surrounding barns. The solar panels have a production capacity to generate 3.7 megawatts of electricity. This capacity is sufficient to supply…

More bulls, a wider selection and more choice for you! K.I. SAMEN has expanded its successful BB beef on dairy crossing programme. You can now choose from a very wide selection of bulls from well-known studs and farms, who are all recognised names in breeding circles. Not everyone shares the same taste in bulls of course! So to please everyone, we…