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VikingNews UK 03 2015
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vikingred success in finland in the 70-
cow
alatalo herd in finland, belonging to jaana & mikko niskanen, a clear breeding goal has borne fruit with three bulls sold to vikinggenetics in a short period of time: vr feton (vr flame), vr bestman (vr boudi) and vr firefox (vr falcon). b ehind the three top bulls is the
cow
veera (peter- slund) who is still high producing - and now in her seventh lactation. jaana & mikko see the old
cow
as a true image of a good
cow
: invisible, easy to care and a high producer. veera and her
dam
sara (lammin life) has been the foundation of many top animals in the herd. vr feton and vr bestman are out of the same
dam
, jeeve- li, by a linné. the
cow
has excellent udder and feet & legs, she is easy to handle and takes care of herself. the niskanen couple wished to get also daughters out of jeeveli, so they flushed her with sexed vr uudin, resulting in one pregnancy. the third bull
calf
, vr firefox?
dam
, is eerika by vr re- cord, descending from the same veera
cow
family as the two others. by experience, jaana and mikko testify that everything is based on meticulous care of calves and sufficient protein feed. jaana says: ?i always try to raise a heifer
calf
to be a ?glutton? so that there is adequate space in the rump when the
calf
becomes a
cow
? and continues ?if the care of the
calf
is not of super quality, there is no space for the breeding to show its best?. at alatalo farm there are no problems in this area and heifers are inseminated at the age of 14 months.
dam
of vr firefox with family niskanen in finland.
dam
of vr feton. 4 vikingnews | september 2015
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