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22 vikingnews | june 2017 i n southern part of
chile
, the pro- duction system is grazing manage- ment, so
farmers
want medium- sized cows with good udders and strong feet and legs. also
chile
an dairies pay for solids, especially for protein, so the
farmers
are looking for genetics, which give them high fat and protein content of milk. suvi johansson, export manager of vikinggenetics for latin america, visited
chile
in early march. she participated in a product launch week of cooprinsem, viking?s repre- sentative in
chile
. during the campaign week, johans- son gave three presentations in differ- ent parts of southern
chile
, in total for nearly 300
farmers
. around the vikingworld johansson?s presentations were about balanced scandinavian breed- ing, with a focus on
health
traits; hoof
health
, udder
health
and general
health
as well as reliable data collec- tion system, which makes breeding for
health
traits possible. as a part of this strong relationship, a group of 10 vip clients from south- ern
chile
came to visit vikinggenetic?s facilities in finland, sweden and den- mark in late march. they learned more about our registration system and breeding programs for vikingholstein, vikingred and vikingjersey and they could see the great results of these pro- grams in the bull parades. ?the com- pany has a large experience in genetic improvement in dairy cattle, and we were very delighted to know that the
farmers
have a direct impact on the ob- jectives of this genetic improvement in cooperation with researchers?, domin- go ursua, a
chile
an farmer with ap- prox. 350 dairy cows. being especially interested in ani- mal welfare the group also heard spe- cific presentations about hoof
health
as well as animal
health
and welfare in different production solutions. the final touch to the tour was added in farm visits. the
chile
ans visited nine farms of holstein, jersey and vikingred and were really im- pressed by the production level of the herds, general management and cleanness of the farms and enthusi- asm of the
farmers
. by verónica löfgren, vikinggenetics vip visit from
chile
? the tour included nine producers from llanquihue province and the ai sales coordinator of cooprinsem. ? the
farmers
are a part of the directory for
farmers
union agrollanquihue, owning from 200 to 800 cows, both holsteins and red cows ? in
chile
the red cows are usually a mix of traditional overo colorado, red holstein and vikingred. ? the group also learnt about vikingembryo program and visited luke center, where the asmo heifers go to calve.
chile
has traditionally been a strong market for vikinggenetics. earlier the sales were mostly of vikingred but during the last couple of years, the interest for vikingholstein has also increased significantly, being now our most sold breed in this beautiful latin american country. vikinggenetics is going strong in
chile
the
chile
nian group with export manager suvi johansson, during a farm visit to kårtorp sörgården in sweden. suvi johansson and the group of
farmers
from
chile
during their visit to different herds that use genetics from vikinggenetics in the nordic countries.
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