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VikingNews UK 01 2015
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werner, josy & markus - lang dairies, victoria in australia, have 1,600
cows
. they wish for healthy, robust and fertile
cows
with strong hoofs. therefore they use genetics from vikinggenetics. mette & tony de nittis, victoria 230 holstein
cows
irrigation country ?we started using viking
sires
five years ago, because of the better fertility and the quality recordings and data that are be- hind the complete figures. we need a medium cow that gets in calf, stays healthy and gives a high production of solids for many lactation periods. we have a herd of 230
cows
and have used semen from viking holstein
sires
for the past five years. we see higher fer- tility,
cows
get in calf earlier, the scc has decreased to 100,000 and for the first time this year we had a ?challenge? to pick
cows
to cull meaning we have a surplus of heifers we can sell for high prices. our daily life is so much better now that we see the result of the vikingholstein
sires
in our herd?, mette & tony explain. the
cows
by d sol are some of their real favorites.
jock
bellmann, victoria 150 vikingred
cows
av. 26-30 liters daily 120 ha - pasture + fodder
jock
practices seasonal calving in early autumn (march) and now in december the
cows
are in late lactation ready to dry off so
jock
and his wife can have a good long summer holi- day. ?i really like the red
cows
?,
jock
says. ?they are very healthy, hardly ever get mastitis and easy to get in calf which is important for me with the seasonal milking. also they are easy calving and i have no worries with the calves either?.
jock
?s favorite vikingred
sires
are v föske, b jurist, s val- pas, g edbo, vr cigar and vr harvard. ?as i get older i tend to use proven
sires
, as we have no one to take over the farm. i want to have good, solid
cows
when the day comes we have to sell our herd?,
jock
says. werner, josy, phillip & markus - lang dairies, victoria 1400
cows
- primarily holsteins + few jersey & crossbred av. 6500-8000 liters 1000 ha - 370 ha pasture ?we started using viking
sires
on our maiden heifers for calv- ing ease. conventional semen of d odder, d sol and vh mo- gens has been very successful for this purpose. we are ex- panding our herd and heifers are quite valuable with the cur- rent very strong export market to china. overall health traits are becoming more important in our herd to make general management of the cow easier. we run two dairy platforms, each currently milking 700
cows
. next year we plan to start a third dairy platform and boost total milking numbers to 1600+
cows
. we are aiming to breed functional
cows
that have the flex- ibility to change production according to seasonal condi- tions. our
cows
have medium stature and must have the abil- ity to walk long distances every day to graze. health traits are becoming more important in our herd, aiming for a cow that requires fewer medical interventions to achieve the same pro- duction. we believe that the viking genetics can help us achieve these goals. each year from now on we will therefore have 200+ viking heifers entering our herds. the danish-australian couple mette & tony de nittis have used viking- holstein
sires
for five years.
jock
bellmann is very pleased with his red
cows
. his favorite vikingred si- res are v föske, b jurist, s valpas, g edbo, vr cigar and vr harvard. 21 february 2015 | vikingnews
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