Methane emissions release both energy and  a potent greenhouse gas. VikingGenetics is conducting research with the aim of reducing methane emissions – not only to help the environment but also to improve dairy cow efficiency. Research into methane emissions has been pursued in parallel with research into feed efficiency.

November 15, 1998 was the birth date of the ProCross crossbreeding system in Oakdale, California. The three breeds were Holstein, VikingRed and Montbeliarde. This would become the world unique university proven crossbreeding programme known as ProCROSS. 

After the milk crisis of 2015-2016, demand for milk on international markets eventually out-paced supply, and prices began to recover. This is the first market-driven growth period in Europe since the removal of production quotas.

Last week we had a great pleasure to receive guests from Spain. Here are some pictures from their herd visits! 

The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online.

The May proof run changed the bull rankings a bit and we are proud to present the new proofleaders for this index run; VH Cosmo, VR Filur and VJ Heavy. 

Total merit indexes like NTM (Nordic Total Merit), NM$ index, TPI and NVI among others are important genetic selection tools. They combine the traits that are of economic importance for dairy business into one package. The indexes differ by the traits covered and by the weight allocated to the specific traits. NTM places 53% of the total weight on health and reproduction traits, 30% on production and 17% on Conformation and workability traits. 

The Oulton House Farm´s philosophy is plain and simple: get lots of milk from healthier cows, as the manager of the farm, Sally Lea sums up. 10 years’ crossbreeding experience has shown them the path to achieve outstanding results. The farm has 430 cows, and is owned by Arthur Palmer. It stands out from the average performance of the herds in the United Kingdom for both health and production. 

The dairy farmers in the Nordic countries clearly understand that breeding is a crucial part of ensuring a successful dairy business and just as important as finance, feeding and management. 

On Tuesday 20th March the breeders of some of VikingGenetics best selling sires in the home markets were invited to a celebration event in the bull station in Assentoft, Denmark.

Kurt Hoekstra together with his brother Jack and his parents started to crossbreed their pure U.S. Holsteins and Jerseys with many different dairy breeds in Oakdale, California 19 years ago. 

Define your own breeding goal in the new version of VikMate by using VikRank. The bull selection and matching bulls to females is easier and faster. 

By approaching cattle health through breeding as early as the 1980s, the Nordic countries had considerably cut the incidence of diseases. 

ProCROSS Pioneers in Oakland, California opened their farms to show international dairymen how they have achieved success in their herds.  

Anna Adamczuk is Head of the Genetics Department at P.H. Konrad in Lomza, the leading importer and distributor of bovine semen in Poland. 

Monday and Tuesday this week the Danish Cattle Conference 2018 took place in MCH Herning Kon-grescenter in Herning, Denmark, around 2000 people participated on the conference. This is an annual event offering the latest scientific information from the global cattle breeding industry on topics like health, finance, feed and management to rearing calves and beef breeds. 

We have taken a look at our sales figures for 2017 and found the most used sires in our export markets in 2017. They are all very good sires with excellent breeding profiles. 

Farmers are showing interest in using VikMate and genomic testing on heifers as tools to improve their herds in Norway. Export Manager Peter Holm Weinkouff was recently in Norway visiting farmers and advising on VikMate. 

It is quite common for women to be in charge of the breeding plan in dairy farms in Finland, one of the VikingGenetics countries. Women have been doing this for decades, and there is no reason for this to change. 

New proofs came 6th February and the Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation (NAV) have added more females in  the reference groups for all breeds for the traits female fertility, calving ease, birth index, general health, hoof health and longevity. This means higher reliability for these traits and therefore we see some rerankings of the bulls.

Yesterday, the Indian ambassador of Denmark visited the VikingGenetics head office in Assentoft in Denmark.

Torre Santa Maria has started to see the benefits to make genomic test on all the females.  

In December 2017 Interbull released the new breeding evaluations. Interbull lists confirm the outstanding genetic level for VikingHolstein, VikingRed and VikingJersey.

VikingGenetics is encouraging cattle breeding industry in UK to use breeding as an efficient tool to reduce the use of antibiotics at BCBC conference in Telford. Head of Breeding at VikingGenetics, Lars Nielsen, gave a presentation about the successful Scandinavian breeding programme. 

December 2017 proofs show that VikingGenetic's bulls dominate Canadian Ayshire bull and cow lists

The price level of milk and meat, usage of sexed and beef semen, economic value of diseases and replacement rate were some of the topics that farmers, breed organisations and delegates from our three coops in the Nordic countries among others, analysed yesterday in Copenhagen. 

As an organic farm, Noltorp’s cows need to spend five months out on pasture and at least 50% of their daily intake must be grass. The farm is located in an area with plenty of natural pasture land and the soil is perfect for growing grass. The farm is owned and managed by Anders and Marianne Jansson. 

Our Export Manager Jan Andresen visited our distributor Lactis D.O.O. in Croatia just before Christmas. During the visit, Andresen had the opportunity to visit customers and see very good Viking progeny in the herds.

See our CEO's video greeting for the holidays! 

A group of dairymen from the United Kingdom and Germany had a very busy trip to Halland in Sweden last week. They were introduced to Swedish farmers using pure VikingRed as well as ProCROSS, the only proven crossbreeding concept in the world, which is using VikingRed, VikingHolstein and Montbeliarde in a three breed rotation cross.  

VikingEmbryo is our solution to reduce the generation interval for females by producing offspring from heifers. Here you will find an explanation of how our world-class program is running dynamically to achieve genetic progress. 

As a forerunner of cattle breeding in Scandinavia, VikingGenetics wants to stay in the frontline of cattle breeding development and is now putting more emphasis on embryo technology, while implementing a new production strategy.

Last week, VikingGenetics together with our distributor in Poland, P.H. KONRAD held a seminar for farmers to share knowledge about how to improve hoof health on dairy cattle. The main goal was to show that there are two important approaches to tackle hoof health diseases. Both approaches, Breeding and Management are important for cows’ welfare and farmers business. 

On the 10th of November our bull station in Hollola, Finland hosted special visitors from Russia. The Russian dairy farming delegation was in Finland to learn more of the Finnish dairy production and know more of the VikingGenetics’ expertise in cattle breeding. 

VikingGenetics is honored to have Søren Borchersen as a new Chairman of EuroGenomics and hopes for continued fruitful cooperation among the members of the EuroGenomics Cooperative.  

VikingEmbryo 20th Anniversary celebrations were held on the 24th October in Jokioinen, Finland. The event was hosted by VikingGenetics, Faba (The Finnish Animal Breeding Association) and Luke (Natural Resources Institute Finland). Over 140 people attended the event. The celebratory day went well and the long history of using embryos in cattle breeding commemorated properly. 

Yesterday, the World Health Organization started World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The whole world is turning its eyes to the issue of the rising use of antibiotics. Only with joint efforts on a global scale, we can tackle this problem and avoid the excess and vain use of antibiotics. Rising usage of antibiotics leads to more bacteria that are medicine resistant and the treatment of different illnesses becomes harder. 

New proofs came in 7th November and here we present you few interesting VikingJersey bulls.

New proofs came in 7th November and here we present you few interesting VikingRed bulls.

New proofs came in 7th November and here we present you few interesting VikingHolstein bulls. 

VikingDefence™ reduces the risk of incidences of clinical diseases treated with antibiotics such as mastitis and digital dermatitis, among others, by selecting directly for actual diseases registered under the indexes: General Health, Hoof Health, and Udder Health.

The herd of Niels Schmidt in Branderup, Denmark has been breeding for high NTM for 30 years and VH Grejs is the “icing on the cake” after their dedicated work. “Of course, I am proud that VH Grejs is bred in our farm. In a way, this is the icing on the cake after 30 years breeding work for me”, Niels says.

VikingGenetics welcomed a group of 11 persons from South Africa last week to Denmark. Chris Cloete and Johan Muller from our agent Genimex asked nine farmers to join the group and see and hear more about our breeding and genetics. The group visited both Holstein and Jersey herds and the head office in Assentoft so they could see both top bulls and excellent cows and herds. 

John Brealey is the owner of SEAGRO de Costa Rica, VikingGenetics’ distributor in this Central American country. Last week, Brealey paid a visit to VikingGenetics in Skara together with his daughter, Elizabeth Brealey and the manager of SEAGRO, Hellen Cabezas. They wanted to learn more about VikingGenetics since they believe the VikingJersey has a lot potential to be marketed in Costa Rica where they have mostly grazing systems. 

VR Viljar is an ET sire from Kuusela farm in Finland. VR Viljar has a very balanced proof. He is high in components, good in female fertility and excellent in udder health. Also the type proofs are strong with good height and optimal body coordinates, great feet and legs and remarkable udder. Viljar has travelled to Denmark to produce X-Vik semen earlier this year.

VikingAcademy 2017 took place in Copenhagen, Denmark with participation of our network of international distributors. Our guests came from Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Holland, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Lithuania, Croatia, France, Czech Republic and Estonia. The managers of our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Australia, our Export Managers and the members of VikingGenetics leading group also took part in the activity.

15,000 crossbred cows and 103,300 pure Holstein on a new study that support the benefits of ProCROSS on all management levels. 

“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.

We are looking for a Digital Marketer to drive, develop, implement, track and optimize our digital footprint.

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