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c ntents magazine no. 02 | june 2016 | volume 7 youngstock survival is included in
ntm
4
genomic
breeding values will be updated each month 4 increase of milk production due to genetics 6
genomic
breeding predicts milk production better than pedigree index 7 around the vikingworld 8 vikingred 14 vikingholstein 16 sires in focus 19 high
ntm
- high milk production and less mastitis on the farm ladefoged i/s, they have divided the herd into three categories of
ntm
level. they have found that the group of cows with the highest
ntm
level gives more milk. this shows that
ntm
is a good tool if you want to optimize your whole business and to have the best profit in the end. page 5
genomic
selection makes nordic dairy farmers save 6 million euro per year for many years before the introduction of
genomic
selection, the genetic trend of holstein was in average 1.6-1.7
ntm
units per year. what is this progress worth from a farmer?s point of view? page 6 from pure holsteins to mixed herd david foot limited owns three dairy herds in dorset, southern uk. the family-owned business milks about 900 cows in total. un- til 2015, they had only holsteins, but then they started to think of other possibilities. page 12 we trust
ntm
and the
genomic
test results yli-räihälä farm in finland has been part of the ld-project right from the start. pekka and päivi nuorala did the
genomic
tests for heifer calves born out of embryos already before the project and tested bull calves that vikinggenetics was interested in. page 14 80 different flushing
bulls
in one year when we select
bulls
to our flushing contracts, we want to use as many different
bulls
as possible. we make a good mix of our own viking
bulls
, but we are also using the best
bulls
from other countries, based on
ntm
scale. the average
ntm
of the 80
bulls
we have used last year is +34 in
ntm
, and that makes the next generation very promising. page 16 8 5 15 14 16 12 3 june 2016 | vikingnews
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