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15 november 2016 | vikingnews the
torpet
farm
is located in a flat, open and large
property
? 200 hectares land and 60 hectares of natural grass. facts of the
torpet
farm
? milk production: 11,100 kg ecm ? protein: 3.6% ? fat: 4.3% ? three milking robots ? two employees and one trainee ? 180 milking cows and goal is to in- crease to 200. kinggenetics is an important part of this new era at tor- pet
farm
. he and his wife moved into the
property
eight years ago. the couple started a company together with gustav?s father, kurt kämpe, to manage the
farm
. last summer, they bought the
farm
; and in one year, they have in- creased the number of cows from 100 to 200 and built a new barn with three milking robots. ?one of the goals for me and sofia was to take care of the
farm
. we wanted to develop it. this has been the goal for the last eight years, and now we are here?, he adds. a clear, long-term breeding plan the
torpet
farm
is located in a flat and open
property
of 200 hectares land and 60 hectares of natural grass. the
property
is close to the water and surrounded by large trees. the kämpes have a long-term breeding plan that is al- ready positioning them on the map of progressive
farm
s in sweden. the
torpet
farm
has a mixed herd, 60% vikingred and 40% holstein; production is 11,100 energy corrected milk (ecm); putting them above the average in sweden that is 10,452 kg ecm for holsteins and 9,749 kg ecm for vikingred. the genetics from vikinggenetics are behind these ex- citing numbers; gustav kämpe has inseminated the fe- males in the herd with x-vik to increase the number of cows getting heifers by their own. when selecting genetics for the next generation, käm- pe says they select traits such as yield and udder traits suitable for robots ?we look very carefully at the ntm; this is the way you do a long-term breeding plan?, he states. he also has a profitable plan for heifers that he is not going to use as mothers for the next generation of milking cows. he explains that since the price of meat is quite high, he inseminates them with beef. the
torpet
farm
has a mixed herd, 60% vikingred and 40% holstein.
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