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around the vikingworld first class genetics in east africa ? gogar
farm
many large commercial herds in kenya can be found in the western part of the country. gogar
farm
is one of them. this is a cattle breeding leader
farm
situated 200km from the kenyan capital nairobi, in nakuru county. the herd is owned by hamish
grant
, whose grandfather emigrated to kenya from great britain many years ago. u nlike many other
farm
s, milk is only a by-product for
grant
?s enterprise. he is primarily interested in the breeding side of the business, as the
farm
makes most of its income from selling in-calf
heifers
around all east africa. the high genetic level of the
heifers
, along with
grant
?s good understanding of the business has truly put him on the map. there are around 1,200 cattle on the
farm
of which 400 are currently milking. the reason for the high number of
heifers
is because the
farm
almost exclusively uses sexed semen from vikinggenetics. gogar
farm
always maintains a high number of genetically superior
heifers
ready for sale on the east afri- can market.
grant
always uses vikinggenetics top bulls based on the nordic total merit (ntm) index. the
farm
has mainly holstein today, but began with mostly ayrshires 100 years ago. how- ever, jersey and ayrshire breeds can still be found on the
farm
today. beautiful scenery. hamish
grant
owns a 1,200 head herd in kenya, and almost exclusively uses sexed semen. 24 vikingnews | november 2019
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