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4 Feb 2022

Top VikingGenetics Sires February 2022

VikingHolstein

VH Bleech

gNTM +40 genomic

(Builder P x All Star x Battlecry)

 

If your goal is high producing, strong and healthy Holstein cows, VH Bleech is a choice for you.

He breeds a high production level with an overall production index at 133 due to high solids with Fat % 129 and Protein % 132 resulting in many kilos of dry matter. In addition, his Lactation Persistency is good at 116.

VH Bleech has a strong health profile, transmitting excellent udder health (114), good hoof health (112) and good general health (109). Lifetime production for his daughters will be high because of good longevity at 115.

The daughters of VH Bleech will be bigger than average VikingHolstein cows, but they are well-balanced and strong. The udders are functional with strong ligaments and good udder depth.

VH Bleech will ensure you:

  • High lifetime production and daily profit per cow
  • Good udder health and hoof health
  • Strong cows with functional conformation

VH Bleech is from VikingGenetics international selection programme. His dam is an All Star daughter, and she is a full sister to the bull VH Attack (NTM +19) from the same Battlecry dam.

VH Bleech is bred by Fritz Giesmann, Westerstede, Germany.

X-Vik semen is available.

Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: BB

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VH Bleech

VH Brixton

NTM +30 proven

(Balisto x VH Mandel x S Ross)

 

Do you prefer to use daughter proven bulls with high reliability? Do you want healthy Holstein cows with high solids, strong feet and legs and udders? Take a closer look at VH Brixton.

He has 5,600 daughters confirming that he breeds cows with high solids - index for Fat % is 123 and for Protein % 130. His daughters have good lactation persistency (112) throughout their lactations.

VH Brixton is also a health transmitter. All health traits are positive: Udder health (111), General health (114), Hoof health (106) and Youngstock survival (109). The daughters calve easily and have good fertility.

More than 2,300 of VH Brixton's daughters are classified. They are medium-sized cows with strong feet and legs (119) and good udders (118) with good udder depth and attachments. His daughters are easy to work with, and they have a nice temperament.

VH Brixton will provide you with:

  • Natural health and easy calvings
  • Functional cows with high solids
  • Cows that mature well

The dam of VH Brixton is a VH Mandel daughter, who has an average production of nearly 10,000 kg milk with 4.86 % fat and 3.77 % protein. She has been classified VG86 and 89 for the udder. His grand-dam is an S Ross cow with a lifetime production of 70,000 kg milk and classified GP83.

VH Brixton is bred by Flemming Petersen, Ribe, Denmark.

Beta Casein: A2/A2   Kappa Casein: AB

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VH Brixton

VikingHolstein February 2022 Proofleaders – Top Bulls

Join Product Manager Hanna Driscoll for a tour at the bull barn in Denmark. She presents the genomic and proven proofleaders from VikingHolstein.

VikingRed

VR Vesty

gNTM +38 genomic

(VR Vimo x VR Froberg x VR Crone)

 

If your main breeding goal is high production combined with good udders and udder health, then VR Vesty will be a bull that can make improvements in your herd. 

VR Vesty gives a superior Production (129) with high fat and protein percentages in the milk and at the same time an increase in kg of milk. 

The production is combined with good Udder health (110) and Udder confirmation (113). His daughters will also be good in maternal calving, hoof health, longevity and milking speed. 

The daughters after VR Vesty will have:

  • A large frame
  • Parallel rear legs
  • Great udders

When the breeder to VR Vesty started to test all the heifers in the herd, they found two great heifers that got flush contracts from VikingGenetics. 

One of them was the grand-dam to VR Vesty. She was flushed twice and it resulted in the dam to VR Vesty and VR Wild. VR Wild is a proven sire with NTM +19. VR Vesty dam was flushed twice. This resulted in VR Vesty and three heifers that got flush contracts from VikingGenetics. 

The dam is milking at the beginning of the third lactation and have on average given 1,025 kg dry matter with 12,132 kg milk and is in the second lactation classified 87-88-83-87. The grand-dam is in her fourth lactation. In the second lactation of 305 days, she gave 947 kg dry matter with 4.86 % fat and 3.74 % protein. At the same time, she was classified as 90-81-91-90.    

The breeder is Nita and Jakob Gade, Denmark.

Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AB

VR Vesty has X-Vik sexed semen available.

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VR Vesty

VR Froerup

NTM +36 proven

(VR Faber x R Fanfare x R Gazelle)

 

Are your main breeding goals high production and high natural health? Then VR Froerup is the bull that will make a significant change in your herd. 

You get a fantastic combination of high Production (122) together with super Udder health (119), General health (114) and Hoof health (118). 

VR Froerup's daughters have:

  • An impressive persistency
  • Great milking speed
  • Good longevity

VR Froerup's daughters will have a big frame with good body depth and chest width together with a step foot angle, good fore udder attachment and udder depth. The second generation of daughters in his proof has increased his Calving ease index, so he can be used on heifers. VR Froerup gives you daughters that are naturally healthy, trouble-free and profitable. 

The dam of VR Froerup is still going strong and has an impressive NTM +29. She's today in her sixth lactation. On average, over six years, she's given 12,094 kg milk with 4.86 % fat and 3.58 % protein, which totals to 1,021 kg of dry matter. In her third lactation, she was classified as 86-81-82-84. 

The breeder is Ole Nielsen, Denmark.

Beta Casein: A1/A1 Kappa Casein: AA

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VR Froerup

VikingRed February 2022 Proofleaders – Top Genomic Sire

Join Senior Breeding Manager Jakob Lykke Voergaard for a tour at the bull barn in Denmark. He presents the genomic proofleader VR Vesty from VikingRed.

VikingJersey

VJ Splash

gNTM +27 genomic

(VJ Sort x VJ Huzar x VJ Tester)

 

If you are focusing on improving the production of milk solids, health and conformation in your herd, you should take a closer look at the new VikingJersey top bull, VJ Splash. He is a bull creating extra value, with his profitability and type profile. 

Daughters of VJ Splash will produce high levels of milk and milk solids. They will have good udder health, general health, good longevity, and workability. 

Daughters of VJ Splash are expected to be taller than average, with excellent body capacity and type. Udders will be shallow, well-attached fore udders and wide rear udders. Both teat size and teat placement are ideal. You will love to work with the VJ Splash daughters, both in the milking parlour and in a show ring.

With VJ Splash, you get cows with:

  • Excellent type & body capacity
  • Excellent udders
  • High production of milk and milk solids

The dam of VJ Splash is Gl Krogaard Sort Silvia VG86, owned by Palle Bjerggaard Hansen, Ullerslev, Denmark. The dam has just ended her first 305-day lactation with 7,200 kg milk with 6.26 % fat and 4.35 % protein. Two other top bulls, VJ Winner and VJ Luxury are bred in the same herd, but from different cow families.

VJ Splash will be an outcross and value creator in reducing costs in your herd. 

Cappa Casein: BB Beta Casein: A2A2 JH1 Free JNS Free Triple aAa: 462         

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VJ Splash

VJ Dandi

NTM +17 proven

(VJ Dau x VJ Jotur x DJ Izzy)                     

 

If reliable daughter proofs, milk solids, health and strong conformation are prioritized in your breeding, have a closer look at the new daughter proven VikingJersey top bull, VJ Dandi.

VJ Dandi breeds good fertility and is among the breed leaders for udder health. Daughters will be a little taller than average, with lots of capacity, excellent frame, and good foot angle. Udders will be shallow, with exceptionally well-attached fore udders and ideal teat size.

VJ Dandi is breeding a type of cow that will fit in all management systems and cows that will be good grazers.

With VJ Dandi, you get cows with:

  • High production of milk solids
  • Udder health
  • High profitability

VJ Dandi is out of Skølvad Jotur Jenny, bred by Bjorn Lyngholm Christensen at Skølvad Jerseys, Denmark. Jenny has been milking for almost three years with an annual average of 7,250 kg milk with 6.31 % fat and 4.22 % protein. 

VJ Dandi will be easy to use because he is outcross, and he is an overall improver of many traits.  

Cappa Casein: BB Beta Casein: A2/A2 JH1 Free JNS Free Triple aAa: 426531 

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VJ Dandi

Meet VJ Dandi

Join Senior Breeding Manager Peter Larson for a tour at the bull barn in Denmark. He presents the new sires and the proven proofleader VJ Dandi from VikingJersey.