A farm’s income depends on the quality, the amount of milk produced and the percentage of solids in the milk. Good milk production with a high percentage of fat and protein and a low somatic cell count is therefore crucial. High lifetime production is essential for efficient production and a low environmental impact.

CRV has a long tradition of focussing on good milk production with a very high fat and protein content. And CRV cows not only produce a phenomenal amount of milk solids, also their lifetime production is unrivalled.

• More than 90% of cows in the Netherlands take part in a milk recording system
• CRV cows* have one of the highest fat and protein percentages in the world with 4.3% fat and 3.6% protein (2019) and 730kg combined fat and protein
• CRV has placed an intensive focus on breeding for components since 1975
• At culling, cows in the Netherlands note a lifetime production that averages 31,553kg of milk, with 1,371kg of fat and 1,120kg of protein (2019)
• More than six CRV cows* per day reach the exceptional milestone of 100,000kg of milk production
• Over the past 60 years, a total of 37,777 cows in the Netherlands have achieved the production of 100,000kg of milk
• The Dutch cow Big Boukje (Cash x Labelle x F16 x Tops) was the first cow in the Netherlands to smash the magical 200,000kg milk barrier
• Lactose has already been measured routinely at milk recording for over 15 years. CRV was the first company to introduce a breeding value for lactose and include it in the Dutch production index
• Production is part of the CRV Efficiency index, unique index that helps to breed highly productive cows that convert feed efficiently into milk and achieve high lifetime production

*In the Netherlands

Tables: Comparison of the actual performances in the third lactation on working farms of the 25% highest and the 25% lowest scoring cows for CRV Efficiency *.