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facts of the farm ? location: ala-rantala, kangasniemi, finland ? family:
hannu
and
nina
hokkanen and sons tuomas 15 and juho 14 ? built in 2001 and free stall barn renovated and heifer barn built in 2012 ? herd: 60 milking (40 vikingholstein and 20 vikingred) ? production: 12,000 kg ecm ? are a part of the genvik project (vikinggenetics supported genomic test of females) ? acreage: 136 ha, (half grass and half grain) ? forest: 45 ha
embryo
s and inseminations the hokkanen farm uses professionals for ai services. ai technicians take care of all inseminations. the share of beef semen has gradually increased to 25%, and they mainly use conven- tional and sexed blonde semen. they have had good experience with
embryo
flushing and
embryo
transfers.
nina
and
hannu
sold a heif- er called nelli gntm +35 (vh liftoff x lastyear) to vikinggenetics? vi- king
embryo
programme. nelli was the best holstein female in 2017 in finland. unfortunately, her
embryo
transfers didn?t result in any calves for the hokkanen home herd. luckily, other farms who acquired
embryo
s from nelli had a better luck. nelli has daughters in other herds and there was a bull calf born too, vh pik- achu, gntm +31. even though there was no luck with nelli?s
embryo
s, the hokkanen farm continues with viking
embryo
embryo
flushing on their own farm. in december, they flushed two viking- holstein heifers and got 15 viable em- bryos from those.
hannu
and
nina
have also bought a lot of
embryo
s. ?with
embryo
s you can?t be too sure how it will work out, but at least for us it has worked really well,?
nina
says. they have had some really good replacements born out of
embryo
transfers such as a heifer called pööna gntm +26 (vh nordman x vh bolus). communal machinery the situation is currently quite sta- ble. production levels have risen af- ter a difficult summer and autumn, due to extreme weather conditions in the nordic countries. thanks to the farm?s large fields, they have been able to produce feed for sale purposes too. investments in ma- chinery are not urgent at the mo- ment. ?we have a lot of communal machinery with our neighbours,?
nina
says. in addition to common custody of farming equipment, the farming neighbours do a lot activities togeth- er. ?we have a really nice group and we travel together in finland and abroad,? says
nina
. advisory board duties take up a lot of
hannu
?s time, but he always makes time to go hunt- ing with their two sons and their dog sulo.
hannu
with the heifer called pööna gntm +26 (vh nordman x vh bolus). 19 may 2019 | vikingnews
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