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vikingjersey
n egative weight on
milk
volume and high weight on butterfat and protein drive viking- jerseys to higher production levels. t he cur- rent world market price for butterfat has never been higher, and in the homeland of danish jerseys, dairy companies are increasing their profit thanks to butter- fat. this situation is reflected in the
milk
pricing sys- tem, and is encouraging farmers to breed more jer- seys. over the course of the past year, the use of sexed se- men has increased by 60%, driven for the demand from both home markets and the rest of europe. the production of
milk
solids and the percentages in the
milk
is constantly increasing. the protein per- centage average has never been higher, currently at 4.20% and butterfat percentage at 5.98%, the highest levels this millennium. the highest producing jersey herds now have an av- erage of more than 9,500 kg
milk
and more than 900 kg
milk
solids (fat + protein). a ll
vikingjersey
bulls
are over 99.5% pure bred jer- sey and this was resolved by the
vikingjersey
board in order to avoid any negative effects of genes other than jersey. this decision is even stricter than european requirements. the agreement was reached in 2009 and the aim now is for the
vikingjersey
female population to fulfil the bull dam requirement (over 99% jersey genes) to have as exten- sive a breeding base as possible. currently approx. 95% of by peter larson, breeding manager
vikingjersey
m orten jensen of hoeholt jerseys, has been extremely successful in breeding
bulls
for vikinggenetics. daughter proven vj huzar is just one of many and the most important. he is one of the first
bulls
to prove that the genomic breeding program succeeds in identifying top
bulls
already as calves. ? cattle breeding is the main driver in my life as a farmer?, jensen says, as he received the ?jersey breeder of the year? award at the danish jersey an- nual general meeting. jensen is the owner of hoeholt jerseys, a 150-cow herd in the far north of denmark. his interest in breeding started when vikinggenetics encouraged him to flush two heifers 10 years ago. this resulted in the first bull sold for artificial insemination and many more followed. morten sold vj huzar to vikinggenetics in 2012 and have pretty much had a bull on the active sires list since then. the last eight
bulls
bought from morten and the hoeholt herd average +18 in ntm. this group of
bulls
includes vj perez, vj linus, vj hjorri and vj james. vj huzar began his career as a young genomic sire in 2014. vikinggenetics bought two sons of his, of which vj huus (vj huzar x vj husky) followed his father?s steps on the active sires list in 2016, with gntm +20. vj huzar now has 300 daughters, proving to be one of vikinggenetics? best
bulls
with ntm +24, - high percentages, super daughter fertility, ud- der health, longevity and type along with exceptional udders. vj huzar is also tested in us, with very good re- sult: us proof, nov, 2017: 431 nm$, 132 jpi and +3.3 dpr! ?jersey breeder of the year?
vikingjersey
with
milk
solids in focus pure bred jersey
bulls
will fulfil your expectations increase in percentage of fat and protein and kg
milk
ecm in the
vikingjersey
population 5,89 5,93 5,91 5,96 5,97 4,06 4,10 4,11 4,16 4,19 8.393 8.608 8.734 9.535 9.520 7.800 8.000 8.200 8.400 8.600 8.800 9.000 9.200 9.400 9.600 9.800 3 3,5 4 4,5 5 5,5 6 2007 2010 2013 2016 2017 kg
milk
ecm % components produc on in
vikingjersey
popula on 2007-2017 fat % protein % kg
milk
ecm all jersey cows in vikinggenetics countries are registered,
milk
recorded, pure bred jerseys.
vikingjersey
bulls
might not breed as high
milk
volume as
bulls
with holstein genes in their pedigree, - but they will breed high percentages and in many cases just as high production of
milk
solids. daughter fertility, udder health and udder conformation will not be negatively affected by high
milk
volume, resulting in long-lasting cows and high- er profits. breeder of vj huzar named
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