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VikingNews UK 03 2016
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the bull vr viro is born on this
farm
that has 380 dairy cows altogether, 100 holstein, 230 vikingred and 50 crossbred cows, and
average
production 11,700 kg ecm (energy corrected milk). the
farm
is owned and run by kjell arvidsson and ann-sofie lind and kjell?s son gustav arvidsson. burns
farm
, one of the
farm
s that produce bulls to vikinggenetics by camilla rosman, marketing manager vikinggenetics vr viro will have a full proof in half a year and today his g
ntm
is +21. he has two sons that have been used as sires of sons, vr vendi g
ntm
+29 and vr vind g
ntm
+28. the dam to vr viro, krusa (gunnar- storp x o brolin), is still alive and just got her sixth calf. she is 138 cm, had her first calf at 23.5 months, calving interval 11.9 months, and has milked for 5.2 lac- tations in
average
10,617 kg milk with 4.6% fat and 3.6% protein. lifetime pro- duction is 55 tons. a perfect dairy cow. they milk three times per day, and they do the insemination services them- selves. the
farm
is testing all females genomically to be able to make the cor- rect decisions when it comes to replace- ment. they use beef on females with the lowest nordic total merit (
ntm
) or they sell them. breeding goal is high
ntm
meaning healthy cows. other important traits are udder, feet and legs and milkability. all the time, they focus on udder health. they use the mating program ?genvä- gen? and a breeding advisor from växa sverige makes the breeding plan. they have made flushes on contracts from vi- kinggenetics on the
farm
, and one heif- er is now at vikinggenetics? embryo flushing station in skara. focus in the herd is high
ntm
, and
average
ntm
on expected calvings is
ntm
+22.2, which is very high and promising for the future. facts of the
farm
: ?
average
production: 11,700 kg ecm ? age at fist calving: 26 months ? calving interval: 12.5 months gustav arvidsson checking the heifers on the pature near the river. 11 september 2016 | vikingnews
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