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23 may 2018 | viking
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s i n january, brian mørksted joined our vikinggenetics sales team as an
export
manager. mørksted will be in charge of devel- oping the markets in india, pakistan, turkey, bulgaria and brazil. mørksted has a solid background working in distributor sales for most of his career. he has done business on almost every continent. ?i have had many different opportunities during my working life. such as es- tablishing ham production from scratch in mississippi, chicken pro- duction in thailand, developing sea- weed for use in various food prod- ucts, starting
export
divisions in eu- rope for a spice company, as a buyer for tulip and danish crown and most recently head of sales for arla food ingredients worldwide,? mørk- sted says. he is looking forward to learning more about cattle breeding in detail in the countries for which he is now responsible. ?i have had and still have the privilege of learning
new
business fields, meeting great people of many different nationalities?, mørksted says with a smile. we welcome brian mørksted to our viking family!. meet brian mørksted
new
export
manager with solid background in sales erland harrestad with a vh suarez daughter. . by tanja damsgaard ask, marketing dept. at vikinggenetics o ur
export
manager peter holm weinkouff was re- cently in norway giving ad- vice on breeding to local farmers in the jæren area. it was a busy week with visits to both existing and
new
customers. "these
new
customers are interested in our vikmate pro- gramme to help making mating plans for their
herd
and for guid- ance on genomic testing females in their
herd
s", weinkouff says. he also visited knut undheim who manages a jersey
herd
. "his
herd
is very well run with plenty of lovely jersey cows in the barn", the
export
manager adds. the
herd
is a very top performer when it comes to production of kilo fat and protein in norway. another visit was to erland har- restad?s farm. he is a
new
customer of vikinggenetics. he manages his
herd
of 60 holstein cows with his wife. in the photo, he shows a vh suarez daughter in her 2nd lacta- tion. "he is very pleased with this cow. he has three other vh suarez daughters in the
herd
", peter weink- ouff explains . harrestad has genomically tested many heifers in his
herd
and will continue to do so. online mating program vikmate and genomic testing of females popular in norway farmers in norway are showing more interest in using vikmate and genomic testing on heifers as tools to improve their
herd
s.
export
manager peter holm weinkouff recently visited farmers in norway to advise on vikmate.
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