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VikingNews UK 01 2017
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17 march 2017 | vikingnews as a part of the close relationship
vikinggenetics
has with its customers, the export manager for
spain
, suvi jo- hansson, organized a visit to six holstein farms in
spain
. the goal was to give them
breeding
advice regarding the advantages of the nordic unique health traits. peter weinkouff pedersen,
breeding
advisor from vi- kingdenmark, was in charge of the dialogue with the farmers. he had the opportunity to explain the advantag- es of vg
breeding
program, which aims for efficiency, keeping a balance between health and production. he also got a lot of feedback from the dairymen. ?i could see there is great interest of increasing the use of
vikinggenetics
in the herds. some of them to improve fertility, some to breed for better hoof health, and there are other plans around?, weinkouff says. ?we took this dialogue individually, of course, taking into account the specific conditions and needs. we looked at the herd, the numbers behind and we also listened to what the farmers wish to achieve?, he states and adds that the visit was an enriching experience for both parties. moreover, johansson summarizes that, last year,
spain
used bulls like vh clark and vh cosmos because they can transmit good fertility of daughters, better hoof health and resistance to metabolic diseases and to mastitis. ?these are exceptional indexes that no other company can offer? she says. around the vikingworld
spain
in ?cow numbers? total number of dairy cows: approx. 600,000 cows in milk recording: 349,395 average production of milk- recorded cows in 305 d (incl. all lactations): 9,874 kg fat: 3.59% protein: 3.19% bestselling viking bulls until now: vh clark, vh bynke, vh plato, vh omega, vh highway, vh fiery.
vikinggenetics
sharing
breeding
advice with spanish farmers by verónica lófgren,
vikinggenetics
six farms in catalonia were the target of
vikinggenetics
?
breeding
advice, last january. the goal was that dairymen in
spain
had the opportunity to start a dialogue about what to improve in their herds, how, and why, based on the experience from the nordic countries - although in a tailor made design. both small and large farms were taken into account for this activity. cristian and héctor perat from agropecuaria perat listen to the presentation of viking- denmark
breeding
advisor peter weinkouff pedersen, accompanied by sabina olives from
vikinggenetics
? distributor in
spain
, global genetics, and
vikinggenetics
? export manager, suvi johansson. one of the things the vía láctea farm in
spain
most like about
vikinggenetics
is the easy calving index. right now, the owners of vía láctea are inseminating the cows with vh bynke and vh clark.
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