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Bulls like HACKER (HURAY x HUCOS x SIMERL) are very rare in cattle breeding. This magnificent Brown Swiss bull, son of the famous HURAY and meanwhile over twelve years old, has more than 50.000 descen...

A great diversity of bloodlines is very important in cattle breeding to avoid losses of performance and animal health because of inbreeding. It is therefore all the more pleasing that again and again,...

With NAPOLI (NAMUR x PIRELLI x HUXOY), we present you a very interesting son of the French VASSLI-son NAMUR. NAPOLI descends from the well-known U-cow family of the Finkel farm in Ofterschwang/Bavaria...

Shortly before the end of the year, we would like to present you once more two absolute rarities as bulls of the month: KERPEN and HAHN. They’re the newest young sires in our offer of German Gelbvieh ...

At the top of the proven BS bulls, only few things change. HUSOLD stays the number 1 since several proof runs. Well-known bulls like HOBAS, PUSTERTAL, HAPAT, VERDI, HIGHLENG, VASSLI, VANPARI and HARVA...

The indexation of December was very gratifying for many of our proven sires. SISYPHUS continues being on the top with an incredible GZW (TMI) of 140. Moreover, many already well-known and proven bulls...

Here are the new breeding values for: Brown Swiss proven Brown Swiss genomic Fleckvieh proven Fleckvieh genomic Holstein proven Holstein genomic Red Holstein proven Red Holst...

DOUGLAS (DOBOY x SEASIDEBLOOM x VASIR) is the new bloodline alternative for your herd! The genomic young sire promises very correct and high-performing Brown Swiss cows. But the highlight of DOUGLAS i...

Today we would like to present you a genomic Brown Swiss bull with an international pedigree: DEJAVU. The genomic young sire of the Paulsteiner farm in Rückholz/Bavaria descends from a proven cow fami...

In our “Bull of the month” section of October, we would like to present you two very special bulls: GERMANUS (GERWIN x RADO x RAT) and RAUSCH (RAUREIF x RITZL x RASTER). These two bulls shall act as a...

The GGI-SPERMEX members Rinderunion Baden-Württemberg e.V. (RBW), Rinder-Union West e.G. (RUW), Rinder Allianz GmbH (RA), Qnetics GmbH (QNE) and Rinderproduktion Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (RBB) will est...

The cow family of SEVILLA (Seasidebloom x Cadi x Himalaya) can only impress every fan of the Brown Swiss breed. His dam, grand dam and great-grand dam are still in the breeder’s bard and present thems...

For those who seek the strong, easy manageable cows with development potential, VERMUNT (Verdi x Vasir x Hogay) is the right choice. His daughters presented themselves medium-framed with wide rumps an...

CADURA (Cadence x Huxoy x Huray) is the rising star among the proven Brown Swiss bulls. With his second indexation as a proven bull, he can increase once again in milk-kg and now he’s one of the best ...

SISYPHUS remains the number one of the proven Fleckvieh sires. The Symposium son out of a Wille daughter increased by 5 points in GZW, + 2 in milk index and + 3 in fitness. He’s a real stroke of luck ...

Here are the new breeding values for Holstein Fleckvieh Brown Swiss

Natural polledness becomes more and more important in Brown Swiss cattle like in all the other dairy breeds. Due to the intensive breeding work of the last years, a rising number of genetically polled...

The Keuper family in Achterhoekse Netterden / Netherlands are enthusiastic Brown Swiss fans. They always tried to find simple ways to improve the profitability of their dairy herd. One of these projec...

For many years the Brown Swiss herd of Albert and Brigit Zents-Tap in Vorden was the Brown Swiss figurehead in the Netherlands. Now Albert and Brigit unfortunately decided to stop milking this spring....

The bull parade in Höchstädt, which traditionally takes place in early June and normally attracts a large audience, had to be canceled this year. But tnobody has to do without looking at the impressiv...

This year’s bull parade at Neustadt was supposed to be very special: The last bull parade after 70 years on the old facilities of the Neustadt insemination center. Next year the parade will take place...

All information on the latest proof run on the GGI-SPERMEX website   Fleckvieh proven / Fleckvieh genomic / Brown Swiss proven / Brown Swiss genomic /

Recently we’ve updated our portfolio of Original Braunvieh bulls on our website. This old dual purpose breed is appreciated all around the world for its extreme longevity. A perfect example for the st...

As data from Germany show, a high percentage of Brown Swiss cows reach the lifetime production level of 100,000 kg milk. As you can see from the table below, 0,18% of the Brown Swiss cows reach this m...

Last week the analyzers from aAa weeks toured Southern Germany again and classified some new sires. Here are the results:

The Manton daughter Estella, bred by the Habermehl GbR from Allmenrod, won the title Champion of the Dual-Purpose Breeds at the "Zukunft Rind 2020" cattle show. The cow convinces not only with her per...

Turetti Antonov Dorovit won the Reserve Champion in the Junior Class 8 - 12 months.

Everest - a real Fleckvieh legend - died last November at the age of 9. Everest was one of the first “stars” of the genomic era and became famous when he was sold for 80.000 € to our member Besamungsv...

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Last weekend, our partner Rinderbesamungs-Genossenschaft Memmingen eG celebrated the inauguration of its new production site in Hitzenhofen / Allgäu. The semen collection center in Memmingen will be o...

The famous french fair SPACE took place from the 10th to the 13th of September 2019 in Rennes / France. With 1,400 exhibitors from 42 countries and 105,318 visitors, including 14,706 international fro...

At this year's Agroexpo in Bogota and during numerous farm visits it once again became obvious how successful Fleckvieh can cope with the different climatic conditions in Colombia, both in purebreedin...

Uganda Reserve Champion Brown Swiss German Dairy Show at Oldenburg, 2019 Sire: Jucator Dam: Uschi Owner: R. Thoenes and A. Kuppel from Kalkar-Grieth, Germany

On the 26th and 27th of June the "German Dairy Show" will take place in Oldenburg for the first time. To demonstrate the full range of German milk and dual purpose breeds, the German Livestock Associa...

With the sire proof run of April 2019 a new trait is introduced for Fleckvieh: "Teat placement rear". This new trait is intended to mitigate the actual trend of the rear teats getting too close. If th...

Brown Swiss is commonly known as a breed with high lifetime production and longevity. The latest figures from southern Germany demonstrate these qualities again impressively. And the trend keeps growi...

Last week the specialists from aAa® Animal Analysis analyzed our new sires! Here are the results...

Last weekend the showgrounds at Alsfeld / Hesse once again were the arena for the annual cattle competition of the Hessian-Thuringian cattle breeders, organized by our partner Qnetics. In addition to ...

Unfortunately the German Fleckvieh Show, scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of March 2019 in Miesbach had to be cancelled. However GGI-SPERMEX would like to offer its customers and interested persons fro...

In Russia, interest in Brown Swiss genetics is growing again. Since the demand for milk from domestic production can’t be met in Russia, dairy farmers are subsidized by the government in order to impr...

Don't miss the European meeting of the Brown Swiss breeders at Imst / Tirol - Austria!   Schedule National Brown Swiss Show Saturday, 30th of march, 2019 7 pm Grand opening of the National Brown Swiss...

In the night of January 13, 2018, the top sire Huray, aged 15 years and 3 months, passed away in his paddock.   The Hussli son Huray was born in September 2002 on the farm of family Brader / Dickenrei...

This week several new bulls - Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and Holstein - were analyzed according to the Triple-A system. Here you can find a list with the new analyzed sires: BROWN SWISS  - new - aAa-Codes...