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CRV enforces strict biosecurity protocols for its bull barns. “This is how we protect our animals’ health and offer customers all over the world the highest guarantees for the veterinary safety of semen,” says CRV veterinarian Anja de Bont. CRV ensures biosecurity worldwide by working with strict protocols and responding to what is needed locally. This article is about how we work in the Netherlands.

We look back with great pleasure and pride on the Holland Holstein Show, held on November 15 and 16 at the WTC Expo in Leeuwarden.

Today CRV informed all employees of a restructuring of the organization. With this restructuring, CRV anticipates on future market developments such as a projected decrease of livestock in the Netherlands and Flanders.

We are delighted to announce that CRV has officially launched a new subsidiary, CRV Cattle Breeding Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (赛尔威畜牧科技（北京）有限公司). This new office in Beijing marks an important step in expanding our presence in one of the world’s largest livestock markets and reinforces our commitment to the Chinese dairy and livestock industry.

Double W Ranger, the most influential Holstein bull in the Netherlands and Flanders over the past decade, was taken out of service today. Ranger was eight years and nine months old.

In today’s challenging economic climate, farmers around the world need cows that can produce milk and meat efficiently and effortlessly to achieve good business results. CRV’s Fleckvieh breeding program, with its strong focus on health and efficiency traits, delivers the best genetics to meet this need. Bulls that were already popular as InSire bulls have proven their worth again in this latest index run through the performance of their daughters. The breeding values of young InSire bulls show that even more can be expected from the next generation, with the quality of polled bulls also rising rapidly. CRV Fleckvieh Beef is the ideal choice for Beef on Dairy operations, known for exceptional beef quality, with ideal marbling and intramuscular fat. This rapidly growing segment within our breeding program in Germany and the Czech Republic offers PP homozygous polled bulls, all genomically tested for traits like easy calving, high daily gain, and superior carcass quality. With diverse bloodlines and male sexed semen available, we help maximize revenue from bull calves.