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from pure holsteins to mixed
herd
when the
herd
needed more
cows
, the managers looked for something differ- ent that could complement the produc- tion, and vikingjersey was the right solution. ?we had lot of food for our
cows
in 2015, so we decided to buy more
cows
,? laughs sam foot, manager of the
herd
. they went to denmark and imported 130 milking
cows
along with some pregnant heifers and younger heifers from three different
herd
s. the installations suited perfectly for the
jerseys
. ?in 2014 we built a new barn for 400 holsteins, because the old one was too small for our holstein
cows
and suit perfect for the
jerseys
? explains sam. sam and his
herd
man- agers, john and eddie, like both the holstein and jersey breeds. perfect complement the plan is to keep both breeds pure in the future. holsteins give milk volume,
jerseys
give components. the business has put lot of weight on health and fer- tility traits into their holstein breeding for ten years and the results can be clearly seen; a
herd
of harmonic, strong
cows
. as the jersey
cows
have danish pedigrees, they will continue using vikinggenetics. sexed semen for the best
cows
and heifers meanwhile the remaining
cows
will be inseminated with beef. they are also satisfied with the pro- gram vikmate, which guarantees and protects against inbreeding and they use both genomic and daughter proven sires. david foot limited owns three dairy
herd
s 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. by seppo niskanen, vikinggenetics danish imports at d foot ltd, dorset roger trewhella from aba viking talking about the plans for the
herd
with sam foot and eddie simpson. news from marketing @evaiholma
jerseys
in sunset #holmalantbruk #minlandsbygd #livetpålandet #
cows
#vikinggenetics @heisala_antte @vikinggeneticsoffcial matilda is very pleased with her new ?pipo? #heisaladairy- researchcenter #bondenbehövs #vikinggenetics @magnusikomalen
cows
in the woods #vikingred #vikingholstein #vikinggenetics #holsteincow @ole_k_saterbo #norgetrengerbonden #tinebonde #jerseykalv #jerseyheifer #jerseycow #viking- genetics #jerseycalf a few photos from instagram using #vikinggenetics 12 vikingnews | june 2016
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