“Crossbreeding works very well in this country. We want productive, healthy and fertile cows and during the years with crossbreeding we have had very good results”, says Ajs Kirk when talking about his crossbreeding with VikingHolstein and VikingRed.

ProCROSS is a crossbreeding concept using Holstein, VikingRed and Montbeliarde breeds. ProCROSS is a breeding method managed by Coopex Montbéliarde and VikingGenetics. It’s the only scientifically proven crossbreeding program in the world.

VikingGenetics in Skara had the honor to host a delegation from China, led by Director-General Li Jianwei, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Department of Supervision of Animal and Plant Quarantine.

Last week, the genomic bulls VR Finduz (VR Fenton x VR Cigar x Gunnastorp), VR Herbert (VR Hjusticia x VR Niki x R David) and VH Fimpen (VH Foster x VH Grafit x VH Spex) got special attention when their breeders got the opportunity to see how they live at VikingGenetics bull station in Skara, Sweden

Without any doubt, sexed semen has revolutionized cattle breeding and modern herd management. Here is a short introduction to the production of sexed semen at VikingGenetics.

In the herd of Palle Bjerggaard Hansen in the Danish island Funen is a very special cow in the stall. Cow no. 2292 has been flushed three times, she has 19 calves, and she is the dam of the very best sire of the Jersey breed at the moment; VJ Quintana.

Breeding for better hoof health pays off. “When cow hooves and legs are good, the production will come by itself”, comments Chresten Petersen. “We have gone from around 11,000 kg – 5 years ago to 12,300 kg, and it is coming from new cows that have good legs and good overall health”, he adds.    

Jorn and Mette Mikkelsen are not only father and daughter, but also business partners sharing the same passion for the Jersey breed, looking for excellence and complementing each other when it comes to the development of their family dairy business located in Stenhøjvej, Hinnerup in Denmark.

The future is already there for Kristian and his father Poul Børge Jensen. They own a group of 158 VikingRed cows in Knivsbaekvej in Videbaek, Denmark. Father and son share the same engagement and devotion for their dairy farm.

About a year ago, Jens Lykou began testing all females genomically as he became part of VikingGenetics' LD project. Jens is looking for higher reliability when selecting the best animals for breeding, and that he gets through genomic selection.

In Ecuador VikingRed is mainly used for crossbreeding to add strength and resistance, especially in the mountainous areas, and the results are indisputable. 

New proofs came in 8th of August and here we present you few interesting VikingJersey bulls. 

New proofs came in 8th of August and here we present you few interesting VikingRed bulls. 

New proofs came in 8th of August and here we present you few interesting VikingHolstein bulls. 

At VikingGenetics we are increasing the focus on egg collection and embryo flushing. We collect eggs and do embryo flushing from heifers at our bull stations in Hollola in Finland and in Skara in Sweden.

VikingHolstein bull VH Booth is in high demand. VH Booth (Beacon x Planet x P Shottle) with NTM +32 is right now No.1 daughter proven VikingHolstein bull.

By genomically testing your heifers and cows on the NTM scale with GenVikTEST from VikingGenetics, you will receive the world’s best and most reliable evaluation for health and fertility traits.

It is the largest island in the world and for that reason, it is considered a continent. Australia has a tradition of cattle breeding that has allowed it to become one of the leading dairy-producers in the world. For dairy farmers like Sam Graham, the key to success lies in having a great ally to rely on when it comes to genetic selection.

Costa Rica was the show window to confirm the potential Latin America has to breed for a better Jersey cow. VikingGenetics was there to promote our VikingJersey well known worldwide because of its solids.

VikingGenetics is strengthening relations with China that is the third biggest cows’ milk producer in the world. 

At the National Show in Herning in Denmark, a new and interesting competition took place. Holstein cows already participating in the traditional show, were selected based on high NTM index (Nordic Total Merit).

The traditional show in Denmark is the most popular agricultural event in the Nordic countries. Around 35,000 people are going to visit the Danish National Show in Herning. 

Export permission to China!
In January 2017, VikingGenetics in Sweden had a visit from a Chinese delegation together with the Swedish board of Agriculture. The result from that meeting ended up in an agreement yesterday, the 27 of June, between Sweden and China which makes it possible for Sweden to export bull semen to China.

VikingGenetics is the world leading pioneer in breeding for health traits. Scandinavian quality can be seen in the technology we use and in our unique registration system. Watch the video and learn why VikingGenetics provides the best long term breeding solutions for your herd! 

The World Jersey Cattle Bureau is taking place in Central America this year. Jersey breeders from around the world gather in the 2017 Annual Meeting Tour, which is taking place in Costa Rica.  

Norwegian dairy producers from the Rogaland area participated in an informative meeting in Varhaug where our Export Manager, Peter Weinkouff explained more about VikingGenetics’ range of solutions when it comes to breeding for a healthy and profitable cow. He described how the combination in the use of GenVik and X-Vik semen could increase the profit in the Norwegian herds. 

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

We celebrate our 10th anniversary of producing and selling sexed semen (X-Vik) this week in Assentoft, Denmark. We remembered the path we have walked and the many achieved goals after a decade of professional and enthusiastic teamwork. 

Sanrosa Deacon now has 29 daughters in his proofs, confirming the quality of genes he can transmit.

VR Freeze is a high component sire with easy calvings. He is on top in longevity, female fertility and udder health.

VH Grejs bred at the herd of Niels Schmidt in Branderup in the south part of Denmark. 

Today we get new proofs and our web will be updated as soon as possible.

The breeders of VR Hammer are Anna-Karin and Joakim Aaby Ericsson, Sweden.

VikingJersey/Danish Jersey announces today, April 26 2017, that marketing and sales of semen from VJ Messi (VJ Hoeholt Leonel Messi), stops immediately. Read the press release here.

International exchange of genetics is nothing new - especially in the Holstein breed, but you seldomly find something as good as this bull - VH Karlo.

VJ Messi is out of ”Hoeholt Hjern Hjoerri”, bred in the Hoeholt Jersey herd in Denmark. 

VR Pasuuna comes from Arto and Eija Hinkula, Finland. He originates from the same farm as VR Faabeli and has the same cow as grand dam.

The breeder is Berte Gård AB from Slöinge in Sweden and you will also find some of the well-known Swedish bulls like S Ross in the pedigree.

VJ Mojn is out of “Aller Jason Louise”, bred in the Aller Jersey herd in Denmark

Joakim Fjägers, Sweden, is the breeder of VR Viper. 

VH Bundis is bred at the farm of Norbjärens AB in Sweden. In VH Bundis you will find some of the very best VikingGenetics bulls.

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In this recorded webinar, we give you some information on our unique hoof health index and how you can breed for better hoof health.

We would like to invite you to join a web based seminar about hoof health. We are going to give you some information on our unique hoof health index and how you can breed for better hoof health. You have also time to ask questions. The speaker in the webinar is Lars Nielsen, breeding manager in VikingGenetics. The webinar takes approximately half an hour.

The dam of this sire is a super VR Fergus cow classified with 89-86-90-89 and has in 260 days produced 10,099 kg milk with 4.3% fat and 3,8% protein

Meet Rosa - the happy, productive cow and her owner Peter, and learn about the importance of good hoof health.

The Danish farm Gaardsted Hojgaard I/S has 600 Holstein cows in their herd, and in 2016 they had nine (9!) cows with 100,000 kg milk in lifetime production. All the cows were daughters by Viking bulls.

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

VikingGenetics’ focus on selection also outside the VikingGenetics area pays off. One good example of this is VH Stan bred at Stantons farm in Canada.

VikingGenetics is the pioneer when it comes to breeding for Hoof Health. Our sires are reliably evaluated for 10 different hoof diseases and the Hoof Health index reduces lameness, improves longevity, and reduces costs for the dairymen and saves pain for the cows.

VJ Quintana is out of ”Krogaard Zuma Zophia”, bred in the Krogaard Jersey herd in Denmark.

VR Vagner comes from Højtofte v/Vagn Rasmussen, Denmark, from a cow family that has a good production and high classification

Not the Negro Spiritual, but the new topbull from VikingGenetics. Full brother to VH Rozwell that was released some months back.

As a child, Gustav Kämpe never thought he was going to be a farmer. He grew up surrounded by cows because his parents were dairy farmers, but seeing them work on the farm was not attractive to him. “I never wanted to do the hard work!” he admits and laughs.

Hoof disorders in dairy cattle cause lameness and a lot of pain and  leads to large loss in production and early involuntary culling of cows. Lameness is a symptom of a very painful condition and an important welfare problem in modern dairy production

Jersey top bull VJ Quintana is named after the Colombian bike rider and mountain specialist Nairo Quintana. With VJ Quintana VikingGenetics also has a Quintana that made it to the top and win-ning the race! +27 NTM and a fantastic breeding profile.

At the latest index run published on 7 February, it is clear that VH River tops the NTM list and even with impressive +41. Overall, there is a high degree of stability of the indexes with the most obvious news being among the daughter proven bulls.

It is now time for VR Lazer sons. He might be the last VR sire to have as many as six sons in use. VR Lorenzo gNTM +28 is the best of them. He comes from Risto and Sanna Pernu, Finland, having VR Tuomi as maternal grand sire.

Märene farm in Sweden is about to take a big step in its history, to become an organic dairy farm. 

Interview with Breeding Manager, Lars Nielsen

In the latest issue of VikingNews, you can read an article from Claes Johansson, one of the dairy farmers in the Viking area. He explains about the benefits of having genetics from Viking in his cows when he is going organic. That is just another evidence of the advantages you get when selecting for health.

VR Fenton’s rank is number 2 in Interbull evaluation of all RDC bulls across countries. His dam is an embryo from Viken in Sweden bought by Morten Hansen, Denmark

VikingGenetics is excited to announce the launch of their new subsidiary company in the United Kingdom. VikingGenetics UK will take over the operations of its former distributor ABA Viking.

VJ Lesten is bred in the Birkelygaard herd in Gesten, Denmark, one of the most successful breeders of VikingJersey bulls over the last couple of years, with bulls like VJ Libero, VJ Lago, VJ Role and now VJ Lesten, which is the first VJ Lurik son to be marketed.

He is a mix from France, North America and VikingGenetics. VH Ingolf is bred at the famous herd Anderstrup Holstein in Skoerping in Denmark

VH Galbert is bred at Flemming Balle Jensens farm that is placed just outside Randers, also very close to the head office of VikingGenetics.

The dam of Viper has an average of 9,805 kg milk with high components, 4.9 % fat and 4.0 % protein that means 11,310 kg ECM

VR Elix is out of the same flush as the full brother VR Elux. The feet and leg quality of Elix comes from great bone quality and perfect set of legs.

VJ Haun improves protein percentage, fertility, health and conformation. VJ Haun is out of the VJ Tester daughter no. 2181, from the Baungaard herd in Denmark.

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

The best daughter proven Holstein bull worldwide – VH Clark – is an excellent example. He is decreasing the frequency of digital dermatitis with 50 %. That is a lot of pain saved there!

This time we got quite a bit reranking because of several changes in evaluation models. The drop in NTM is easiest to define, in average -5.2 NTM units for sires that have been in use during last period

Today we get new proofs and our web will be updated one of the next days

The Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation (NAV) will introduce new calculation methods for next index run on 1st Nivember 2016 in order to have more accurate and reliable genomic prediction for VikingHolstein, VikingRed and VikingJersey.

VJ Luluk is out of the DJ Hulk daughter, “Hoeholt Hulk Hilda”, bred in the Hoeholt herd, owned by Morten Jensen, Denmark.

VR Nail P breeds easy calvings, very good udder health and great longevity. Furthermore, he is positive in all health and fertility traits. 

VH BassRed is, as the name indicates, a Red Holstein bull and has impressive +36 in gNTM on the Red and White Holstein index scale.

VJ Lobo is out of “Tostenaes Hulk Montoya”, bred in the Tostenaes herd, owned by Jesper Oebo Johansen, Denmark. 

The position of General Secretary is a key one in the governance bodies of the EuroGenomics Cooperative. The person will work closely with the Management Board and especially the chairman based in Paris. Look at the job announcement to discover the missions, requested skills and experiences.

VR Ultra was born at Nötcenter Viken AB, Sweden. The dam, 3775 Bina, is an aver-age size cow, calving interval was 11 months and the average production has been 10,008 kg ECM.

VH Merica is bred in the herd of Allan Kjær Simonsen in Denmark. VH Montee, sire of VH Merica, is still a genomic bull but behind him are some of the well-known daughter proven bulls like VH Mandel on a VH Bismark daughter. VH Merica is the only VH Montee son in VikingGenetics. 

Hoof health is an important issue in the dairy industry. Sore feet are painfull for the cow and will reduce income for the farmer. Nordic countries have collected data from hoof trimmers, and in 2011, hoof health was included in the Nordic Total Merit (NTM). Have a look at this cute movie about Rosa the cow - she will explain it for you. Enjoy!

Welcome to Agromek in Denmark - The biggest joint agricultural show in North Europe! Add the dates to your calendar now and join us there from Monday 28th November until Friday 2nd December 2016.

VJ Haare is out of the DJ Hulk daughter, “Mosegaard Hulk Ingrid”, bred in the Mosegaarde Jersey herd, owned by Jesper Bang, Denmark. 

VR Harald is an exception among the VR bulls because his dam is an old cow with 7 lactations today

VR Hielke comes from Morten Hansen, Denmark, as many of the VikingRed sires at the moment do

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

The other day, I once again came across the proof in real life of the importance of our breeding in VikingGenetics.

VH Reggae is born in the herd of Flemming Petersen, Denmark. The same herd that has also bred the bulls VH Sparky (VH Suarez) and the new top bull VH Brixton (Balisto).

VJ Hitman is out of “Ranch Jason Sivring”, bred in the Hagenbjerggaard Jersey herd, owned by Anders Levring, Fjellerup

Sven Johnsson has joined the Procross team as Export Sales Manager and will have general oversight of several markets of importance

ProCROSS - the only three-way dairy crossbreeding programme in the world to be underpinned by independent research - will be marketed in the UK by ABA Viking.

VikingGenetics’ Red bulls are well appreciated in two Canadians herds which run crossbreeding using VikingRed to improve the cattle.

David Foot Limited owns three dairy herds in Dorset, southern UK. The family-owned business milks about 900 cows in total. Until 2015 they had only Holsteins, but then they started to think of other possibilities.

Daryl and Coral Riley, along with their daughter Nicole, run a herd of Red cows in the North West of Victoria, Australia. 

Toby, Lyn and Nick Leppin milk about 380 cows, mainly VikingRed cows in Bena in South Gippsland, Australia. They have used VikingRed for more than 30 years, when the first VikingRed (Swedish Red) bulls came to Australia

In 2004 when Markku Aspila participated in a breeding course in Northern Savo, he heard people telling that embryo transfer will double the speed of genetic progress in the herd. He was a bit sceptic but decided to try some embryos too. Today he can agree what he heard over 10 years ago.

The international over-production of milk and the consequent fall in prices are threatening dairy farmers all over the world. Argentina is of course not an exception, but its farmers are starting to see the advantage of crossbreeding their herd with VikingRed bulls. 

The El Trébol farm is located very near Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, with an altitude of 2700 meters above sea level. The owner is Felipe Calderón, who bought the farm in 1977. This is a story of how VikingRed breed was first introduced in Colombia.  

In his master thesis, Agronomist Christian Bengtsson shows that genomic breeding values for VikingRed in Sweden predict their future milk production better than a pedigree index. 

Milk production has increased over time. But how much has to do with better genetics? A simple look at the statistics from milk recording in Sweden shows that it is quite a lot!

The Nordic Total Merit (NTM) it’s a decisive tool in Ladefogeds farm in Norager, Denmark, to optimize their whole business and have the best profit at the end. 

We would like to invite you to take part in our online survey. Please use 10 minutes of your time to complete this survey about your experience with VikingGenetics. 

The first two months of the year 2016 have been very successful for the sales of VikingRed X-Vik. The growth in Sweden has been highest; index 133 compared with last year, in Finland 111 and Denmark, where the use so far has been highest, has been stable.

VR Viper with gNTM +28 is a son out of VR Vilde (Valpas) x A Linné x Huseby. He is bred at Joakim Fjägers, Hedemora in Sweden. The dam to VR Viper, 74 Böna, is classified 84 points. 

On 14-16 June, the world conference for the red breeds, IRDBF (International Red Dairy Breeds Federation) was held in Norway. The conference included many interesting topics combined with a tour to the bull station of Geno and a farm visit. There were participants from many countries around the world and many participants from Denmark, Sweden and Finland, which made the area of Viking well represented.   

The Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation (NAV) has launched a new NAV Interbull Search page for bulls having Interbull evaluation on Nordic scale. With this page, it is easy to find the best bulls around the world. 

During the last couple of years, there has been more emphasis on ET (Embryo Transfer) due to higher genetic progress by using top females for flushings. Alone in 2016 so far, VikingGenetics has made 120 flushings with good results on VikingHolstein, VikingJersey and VikingRed. VikingGenetics has embryo production centers in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

VR Rafael is a new sire from the most successful VR cow since the introduction of genomic selection.

VJ Pil is a new pedigree offering very strong conformation, especially very strong udders 

VH Odense was one of the most used bulls in the area of VikingGenetics a couple of years back

Get world's best and reliable evaluation on health and fertility traits! Now you can test your heifers and cows in the Nordic system.

The American Bookem x Watson son Balisto is used a lot as sires of sons around the world and also by VikingGenetics. 

ProCROSS is seeking a highly motivated sales professional to grow business in designated export markets.

Apart from the usual conformation and management traits most countries select for, Viking sires have a long list of extra traits that if ignored, eat away your profit margins because of unwell cows. 

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

As Head of Business Development, you will take on responsibility for a newly established function with competent people and high aspiration.

VJ Pil gNTM +22 and VJ Perez gNTM +24 are the only VJ Pick sons in the VikingGenetic Jersey program.

The top ranking Holstein bull in the World is called VH Highway. 

VR Grolle (VR Grant x Hällom x R Facet), gNTM +33, is a good production sire with positive daughter fertility

Today we get new proofs and our web will be updated one of the next days

In January, VikingGenetics Holstein breed coordinator, Claus Langdahl, visited VikingGenetics Australia and held presentations where both farmers and  industry people attended. The title of the presentation was “Leaders are those with followers - 30 years of selection for health traits”.

Milking 1300 cows in organic milk production makes it important that your cows are working well. All cows that take extra time, are cows that you should not have in the herd. Henrik Larsson, herd manager, and Marie Gustafsson, responsible for breeding and insemination in the herd, explains all about the challenges and successes in the largest herd in Sweden. Breeding goal at Vadsbo Mjölk; an average sized cow, cows that take care of themselves and get pregnant easily.

Seven key players of the bovine genetic improvement have established a European cooperative aimed at exchanging genomic data in Holstein breed, improving genomic evaluation techniques, and increasing the effectiveness of bovine breeding. The name of the organisation is: EuroGenomics Coöperative U.A..

The first calf from VikingGenetics embryo project in Sweden has now been born.

Our Export Manager Seppo Niskanen has visited farms in Scotland.

Daan and Elna Landman’s dairy farm is in Tsitsikamma region in Eastern Cape in South Africa. The area is beautiful and lies between the Indian Ocean and a range of mountains that run parallel to the sea with large areas for grazing. 

When a farmer want to decide the genter of the calf, he chooses sexed semen. Semen cells carrying either male or female genes, and when making a sexed dose, they are separated to provide the farmer with a calf of desired sex. 

There are 12 cows in the herd Nivala in Pudasjärvi, Northern Finland, and the owners are Arto and Eija Hinkula. 

Genomic Selection, GS, Feed Efficiency, FE, and Male Fertility are core focus for VikingGenetics R&D. 

2015 was a great year for the ET work in VikingGenetics and a lot of new things happened.

Look at NAV webpage! Just make sure you have plenty of time – it will catch you.

The foundation for the whole breeding programme are loyal members that use our best genetics on their best dairy cows to make the next generation of bulls and bull dams. This foundation is the basement and we have to protect it!

Skottorp farm is owned and run by Lars-Inge Gunnarsson and his family, and Monika Andersson is in charge of the herd. They have had high focus on easy calvings for many years and it has showed results. Continuous breeding for mastitis resistance has made the cell score of 720 high-producing cows to stay below 100,000! Constant focus on bulls with high NTM has made Skottorp one of the most important suppliers of bull calves to VikingGenetics.

VikingHolstein - During 2015, 2,800 bull calves where DNA-tested and 117 of those decided for purchase, which is 4% of the tested calves. 

It is proof week. On various lists around the World VR Fenton stands out from the rest.

Welcome to Landsskuet in Herning - The biggest agricultural show in North Europe! add the dates to your calendar now and join us there from Thursday 30th June until Saturday 2nd July 2016.

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The world is changing. Earlier a few bulls gave a lot of royalty to their owners, today many breeders share the royalty money, and no single breeder gets a fortune!

VR Taara is a progeny tested sire with NTM +19. 

Today VikingGenetics had the pleasure of welcoming students from MBO Terra, located in the Netherlands.

VH Bernell has now been around for more than half a year and he has been and still is a busy guy. 

VJ Zlager is bred in the Stigbjerggaard herd, owned by Henning Andersen, Denmark

VR Hel P is the best polled sire in VikingRed at the moment with his gNTM +27.

Who would have thought that it would be possible to find a VikingHolstein bull with S Bolton as maternal sire?

VJ Perez is the first and highest-ranking VJ Pick son to be marketed

Umbro is a great udder health and udder conformation sire. He is also positive in all health and fertility traits.

VH Grafit (B Goldwyn x O-Man x BW Marshal) has been a great success both for farmers in Viking-Genetics’ home area as well as for farmers all around the world.

VikingJersey Dongsgaarden Husky Haley, VJ Haley, is bred in the Dongsgaarden herd, owned by Christian Halmø, Denmark. 

VR Fonseca is the best of many sons of VR Favre that VikingGenetics owns, having gNTM +31 at the moment.

VH Radium is the kind of bull that everybody would like to have milking daughters from.

VJ Falcao is the first and only VJ Hillum son to be marketed.

VR Lazer comes from the famous Buckarby herd owned by Mikael and Åsa Berglund, Sweden. 

From Monday until Wednesday, nine persons from Prismagen (VikingGenetics distributor for Holstein and Jersey in Germany) visited VikingGenetics. 

The top producing cows in Denmark in 2015 are sired by Viking Sires and it is an impressive list!

Maybe he is an outlaw, this VH Skipper. He is for sure a Sundance (Sudan) Kid from an All-In (Jeeves) x Jurus (Jesther) dam.

More live calves, less reproductive cost, a higher survival rate and a similar, even higher production. With these characteristics the first generation Montbeliarde and VikingRed crosses are more profitable than purebred Holstein cows, according to research at the University of Minnesota on 8 large-scale high performance dairy herds. 

In 2015, the export sales for VikingGenetics increased once again

In Norway, the majority of the cows are the local red breed NRF. But more and more Norwegian dairy farmers prefer Holstein and Jersey cows in their herds.

The Beaumond family in Scropshire, UK, find  life easier and business better with their trouble-free cross bred cows.

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

Fiorenzo Albini in Italy is very happy with VikingHolstein and ProCROSS in his herd of 65 cows. The new way of breeding means less problems, better life - and higher income. 

Recently, our Export Manager Jan Andresen visited farmers in Ireland to learn about their experience with Viking bulls in their herds.

Since 2014, VikingGenetics has used a new method and a new extender in the production of sexed semen. 

The most important change when a new hoof health genetic evaluation was introduced in NAV in November 2015 is that the reliability of hoof health breeding values for especially cows are markedly improved. 

New breeding values were released yesterday in VikingGenetics

VikingGenetics owns an increasing number of heifers from dairy breeds. We primarily buy heifers from herds that do not wish to do the flushing themselves - or from organic herds where it is not possible to flush. We do 2-3 flushings in heifers and maybe Ovum-Pick-Up to ensure higher amount of progeny. With genomic selection, the heifers are as important as the bulls, as they obtain the same reliability on their EBV.

Over the last years, GV AGRI Ltd, Bulgaria, has imported around 500 pregnant Holstein heifers every year from Denmark, to establish new Dairy farms in Bulgaria. 

Bengt Svensson & Ulf Person own and run the Törlan herd in Sweden. They do cross breeding for a part of their Holstein top herd with VikingRed and Montbeliarde. This fits well to the conditions for the farm with much pasture. Besides the milk production, they also breed bullocks and lambs.

The genetic progess can be measured in many ways, but for the cattle breeder high NTM for the newborn heifers is important since it affects the bottom line in future. 

Is the VikingHolstein cow like other Holstein cows in the world? In brief: no. The VikingHolstein cow is healthier, more fertile, calves easier and better for economy and longevity.

In this issue of VikingNews there is a comparison between VikingHolstein and other Holstein populations in the world.