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tomas
moberg
and his brother björn are the fourth generation with a passion for cattle breeding
on rabbalshede farm
. they use all possible tools that vikinggenetics offers to increase health and production in their farm. r abbalshede farm is situated in the south of swe- den and is surrounded by forest and open land- scape suitable for milk production. moberg ex- plains that they grow everything the cows eat on 330 hec- tares of land. when the moberg brothers succeeded their father in running the farm, they took over a herd with 120 cows with the ambition to improve the genetic level of the next generation of animals. their father was already using some embryos at that time and was very interested in breeding. tomas moberg inherited his father?s interest in cut- ting-edge solutions to improve milk production. he has by verónica löfgren, communicator at vikinggenetics farm visit in sweden high quality offspring by using cutting-edge tools in rabbalshede farm in sweden 1403 (vr faradi x vr tuomi) is dam to a bull calf by vr amaretto, a result from the vikingembryo programme. intensified the use of genetics in the herd. ?breeding is so interesting because you feel you can always do something new and further develop the herd,? he says. he uses every possible advantage and tools for the breeding plan vikinggenetics has available for progres- sive farmers on the vg home markets. genvik (genomic test of females) and et (embryo transfer) combined with well-planned selection for ro- bust cows are a perfect fit for moberg?s high-producing herd. ?faster breeding progress with genomic testing is music to my ears,? he says proudly. facts of the farm ? two milking robots / 130 cows (70% vikingred and 30% vikingholstein) ? he started to flush embryos in 2015 ? production: 12,201 kg ecm ? fat: 4.2% ? protein: 3.6% 16 vikingnews | march 2019
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