HOME Australia Spanish Portuguese по-русски BREEDS NEWS ARCHIVE ABOUT US CONTACT LOG IN NEWS Archive Vacant position - ProCROSS Export Sales Manager ProCROSS is seeking a highly motivated sales professional to grow business in designated export markets. 01.06.2016 READ MORE VikingGenetics bulls come fully optioned Apart from the usual conformation and management traits most countries select for, Viking sires have a long list of extra traits that if ignored, eat away your profit margins because of unwell cows. 30.05.2016 READ MORE VikingNews 2-16 is now available online! The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online. 26.05.2016 READ MORE Vacant position - Head of Business Development As Head of Business Development, you will take on responsibility for a newly established function with competent people and high aspiration. 17.05.2016 READ MORE Highest components available VJ Pil gNTM +22 and VJ Perez gNTM +24 are the only VJ Pick sons in the VikingGenetic Jersey program. 12.05.2016 READ MORE Get on the Highway! The top ranking Holstein bull in the World is called VH Highway. 12.05.2016 READ MORE VR Grolle took the #1 position VR Grolle (VR Grant x Hällom x R Facet), gNTM +33, is a good production sire with positive daughter fertility 12.05.2016 READ MORE New breeding values Today we get new proofs and our web will be updated one of the next days 03.05.2016 VIKINGHOLSTEINS – much more than a Holstein In January, VikingGenetics Holstein breed coordinator, Claus Langdahl, visited VikingGenetics Australia and held presentations where both farmers and industry people attended. The title of the presentation was “Leaders are those with followers - 30 years of selection for health traits”. 02.05.2016 READ MORE Vadsbo Mjölk - breeding for the invisible cow Milking 1300 cows in organic milk production makes it important that your cows are working well. All cows that take extra time, are cows that you should not have in the herd. Henrik Larsson, herd manager, and Marie Gustafsson, responsible for breeding and insemination in the herd, explains all about the challenges and successes in the largest herd in Sweden. Breeding goal at Vadsbo Mjölk; an average sized cow, cows that take care of themselves and get pregnant easily. 29.04.2016 READ MORE New EuroGenomics Cooperative drives progress in bovine breeding Seven key players of the bovine genetic improvement have established a European cooperative aimed at exchanging genomic data in Holstein breed, improving genomic evaluation techniques, and increasing the effectiveness of bovine breeding. The name of the organisation is: EuroGenomics Coöperative U.A.. 28.04.2016 READ MORE First calf born from Viking Genetics embryo project in Sweden! The first calf from VikingGenetics embryo project in Sweden has now been born. 28.04.2016 READ MORE Happy VikingJersey farmers in Scotland Our Export Manager Seppo Niskanen has visited farms in Scotland. 27.04.2016 READ MORE Viking bulls do well in South Africa Daan and Elna Landman’s dairy farm is in Tsitsikamma region in Eastern Cape in South Africa. The area is beautiful and lies between the Indian Ocean and a range of mountains that run parallel to the sea with large areas for grazing. 25.04.2016 READ MORE Only 6% difference in fertility between sexed and conventional doses When a farmer want to decide the genter of the calf, he chooses sexed semen. Semen cells carrying either male or female genes, and when making a sexed dose, they are separated to provide the farmer with a calf of desired sex. 22.04.2016 READ MORE A FAIRY TALE There are 12 cows in the herd Nivala in Pudasjärvi, Northern Finland, and the owners are Arto and Eija Hinkula. 20.04.2016 READ MORE Research and Development, R&D – always benefit the farmers Genomic Selection, GS, Feed Efficiency, FE, and Male Fertility are core focus for VikingGenetics R&D. 18.04.2016 READ MORE Strong ET work in Viking 2015 was a great year for the ET work in VikingGenetics and a lot of new things happened. 15.04.2016 READ MORE Are you interested in genetics? Look at NAV webpage! Just make sure you have plenty of time – it will catch you. 14.04.2016 READ MORE An open breeding programme - always with our farmers in focus The foundation for the whole breeding programme are loyal members that use our best genetics on their best dairy cows to make the next generation of bulls and bull dams. This foundation is the basement and we have to protect it! 13.04.2016 READ MORE Skottorp - 720 cows and 11,550 kg ECM Skottorp farm is owned and run by Lars-Inge Gunnarsson and his family, and Monika Andersson is in charge of the herd. They have had high focus on easy calvings for many years and it has showed results. Continuous breeding for mastitis resistance has made the cell score of 720 high-producing cows to stay below 100,000! Constant focus on bulls with high NTM has made Skottorp one of the most important suppliers of bull calves to VikingGenetics. 11.04.2016 READ MORE Breeding programme 2015 VikingHolstein - During 2015, 2,800 bull calves where DNA-tested and 117 of those decided for purchase, which is 4% of the tested calves. 08.04.2016 READ MORE VR Fenton new top sire around the World! It is proof week. On various lists around the World VR Fenton stands out from the rest. 08.04.2016 READ MORE Visit VikingGenetics and National show in Denmark Welcome to Landsskuet in Herning - The biggest agricultural show in North Europe! add the dates to your calendar now and join us there from Thursday 30th June until Saturday 2nd July 2016. Download the invitation here (pdf-file) Click here to enter the registration form. 05.04.2016 READ MORE Most used bulls in 2015 The world is changing. Earlier a few bulls gave a lot of royalty to their owners, today many breeders share the royalty money, and no single breeder gets a fortune! 05.04.2016 READ MORE Proven pedigree - VR Taara VR Taara is a progeny tested sire with NTM +19. 31.03.2016 READ MORE Interest in feed efficient VikingJersey from the Netherlands Today VikingGenetics had the pleasure of welcoming students from MBO Terra, located in the Netherlands. 30.03.2016 READ MORE Do like your neighbor - use VH Bernell VH Bernell has now been around for more than half a year and he has been and still is a busy guy. 29.03.2016 READ MORE Daughter proven reliability - VJ Zlager VJ Zlager is bred in the Stigbjerggaard herd, owned by Henning Andersen, Denmark 24.03.2016 READ MORE Polled genetics with high components - VR Hel P VR Hel P is the best polled sire in VikingRed at the moment with his gNTM +27. 22.03.2016 READ MORE Top Balisto son - VH Bolus Who would have thought that it would be possible to find a VikingHolstein bull with S Bolton as maternal sire? 22.03.2016 READ MORE Specialist in solids - VJ Perez VJ Perez is the first and highest-ranking VJ Pick son to be marketed 18.03.2016 READ MORE Great health and fertility - VR Umbro Umbro is a great udder health and udder conformation sire. He is also positive in all health and fertility traits. 16.03.2016 READ MORE New era for good old VH Grafit VH Grafit (B Goldwyn x O-Man x BW Marshal) has been a great success both for farmers in Viking-Genetics’ home area as well as for farmers all around the world. 14.03.2016 READ MORE VJ Haley expresses the breeding goal! - VJ Haley VikingJersey Dongsgaarden Husky Haley, VJ Haley, is bred in the Dongsgaarden herd, owned by Christian Halmø, Denmark. 11.03.2016 READ MORE Great production sire - VR Fonseca VR Fonseca is the best of many sons of VR Favre that VikingGenetics owns, having gNTM +31 at the moment. 08.03.2016 READ MORE From the most successful cow family in recent years - VH Radium VH Radium is the kind of bull that everybody would like to have milking daughters from. 04.03.2016 READ MORE All in one package! - VJ Falcao VJ Falcao is the first and only VJ Hillum son to be marketed. 03.03.2016 READ MORE Best VR Leroy son - VR Lazer VR Lazer comes from the famous Buckarby herd owned by Mikael and Åsa Berglund, Sweden. 29.02.2016 READ MORE German visit with focus on NTM From Monday until Wednesday, nine persons from Prismagen (VikingGenetics distributor for Holstein and Jersey in Germany) visited VikingGenetics. 26.02.2016 READ MORE Highest producing cows in Denmark are by Viking sires! The top producing cows in Denmark in 2015 are sired by Viking Sires and it is an impressive list! 26.02.2016 READ MORE Sundance Kid and the Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch - VH Skipper Maybe he is an outlaw, this VH Skipper. He is for sure a Sundance (Sudan) Kid from an All-In (Jeeves) x Jurus (Jesther) dam. 24.02.2016 READ MORE PC more profitable in high herd management levels More live calves, less reproductive cost, a higher survival rate and a similar, even higher production. With these characteristics the first generation Montbeliarde and VikingRed crosses are more profitable than purebred Holstein cows, according to research at the University of Minnesota on 8 large-scale high performance dairy herds. 24.02.2016 READ MORE Welcome to a new year with VikingNews In 2015, the export sales for VikingGenetics increased once again 22.02.2016 READ MORE Norwegian dairy farmers prefer Holstein and Jersey In Norway, the majority of the cows are the local red breed NRF. But more and more Norwegian dairy farmers prefer Holstein and Jersey cows in their herds. 19.02.2016 READ MORE Easier life with cross breeding The Beaumond family in Scropshire, UK, find life easier and business better with their trouble-free cross bred cows. 17.02.2016 READ MORE VikingNews 1-16 is online The latest issue of our magazine VikingNews is now online. 16.02.2016 READ MORE Fiorenzo enjoys VikingHolstein and ProCROSS Fiorenzo Albini in Italy is very happy with VikingHolstein and ProCROSS in his herd of 65 cows. The new way of breeding means less problems, better life - and higher income. 12.02.2016 READ MORE Irish farmers look for the invisible cow Recently, our Export Manager Jan Andresen visited farmers in Ireland to learn about their experience with Viking bulls in their herds. 09.02.2016 READ MORE Improved results with new X-Vik Since 2014, VikingGenetics has used a new method and a new extender in the production of sexed semen. 05.02.2016 READ MORE More accurate hoof health breeding values The most important change when a new hoof health genetic evaluation was introduced in NAV in November 2015 is that the reliability of hoof health breeding values for especially cows are markedly improved. 03.02.2016 READ MORE New breeding values New breeding values were released yesterday in VikingGenetics 03.02.2016 READ MORE VikingGenetics owns more and more heifers VikingGenetics owns an increasing number of heifers from dairy breeds. We primarily buy heifers from herds that do not wish to do the flushing themselves - or from organic herds where it is not possible to flush. We do 2-3 flushings in heifers and maybe Ovum-Pick-Up to ensure higher amount of progeny. With genomic selection, the heifers are as important as the bulls, as they obtain the same reliability on their EBV. 28.01.2016 READ MORE VG takes new market shares in Bulgaria Over the last years, GV AGRI Ltd, Bulgaria, has imported around 500 pregnant Holstein heifers every year from Denmark, to establish new Dairy farms in Bulgaria. 27.01.2016 READ MORE Törlan combines top genetics and ProCROSS Bengt Svensson & Ulf Person own and run the Törlan herd in Sweden. They do cross breeding for a part of their Holstein top herd with VikingRed and Montbeliarde. This fits well to the conditions for the farm with much pasture. Besides the milk production, they also breed bullocks and lambs. 26.01.2016 READ MORE Global Business Development Manager We are now gearing up our sales efforts and seek to add a highly qualified Global Business Development Manager to strengthen our successful team. 22.01.2016 READ MORE International Reporter Are you a dedicated communicator with strong writing skills who wants to make a difference? And would you like to become part of a dynamic, global environment? Then you could be our new colleague. 21.01.2016 READ MORE VikingRed best for NTM The genetic progess can be measured in many ways, but for the cattle breeder high NTM for the newborn heifers is important since it affects the bottom line in future. 15.01.2016 READ MORE VikingHolstein – much more than Holstein Is the VikingHolstein cow like other Holstein cows in the world? In brief: no. The VikingHolstein cow is healthier, more fertile, calves easier and better for economy and longevity. 14.01.2016 READ MORE VikingGenetics - best for economy and longevity In this issue of VikingNews there is a comparison between VikingHolstein and other Holstein populations in the world. 13.01.2016 READ MORE Donation to Unicef VikingGenetics International has, instead of sending Christmas presents, decided to donate money to Unicef. 22.12.2015 Have you noticed VH Cosmo? VH Cosmo is a bull you should pay attention to. 22.12.2015 READ MORE Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year Today, the 21st of December, it was business as usual with semen collection at the bull station in Sweden 21.12.2015 READ MORE Production, feet & legs and super mammary - VJ Livius VJ Livius is out of “Haesinge Hulk Hulda”, bred by John Hansen, Funen. The dam is a young DJ Hulk daughter, just ended her first 305 days with 6600 kg milk with 5.65% fat and 4.13% protein 21.12.2015 READ MORE Success breeds success - VR Rafael VR Rankin is a new sire from the most successful VR cow since the introduction of genomic selection. 17.12.2015 READ MORE Croatian farmers impressed by VG 20 Croatian farmers visited Denmark for three days last week. 15.12.2015 READ MORE Exceptional mammary and udder health - VJ Hizzi VJ Hizzi is out of “Skovby Izzy Lissi”, bred by Max Hansen, on the small Danish Island Aeroe, south of Funen. 04.12.2015 READ MORE The number 1 sire - VR Hjusticia VR Hjusticia remained the number 1 sire in VikingRed with NTM +34. 02.12.2015 READ MORE Top of ranking - VH Lemek The number one bull world-wide is VH Lemek – and he is available for you. 30.11.2015 READ MORE Why are Australian dairy farmers turning to VikingGenetics? Dairy farmers in Australia are already noticing significant improvements in cow fertility, mastitis treatments, lameness and general fitness in just the first generation of using Viking sires. 30.11.2015 READ MORE Vietnam interested in cooperation with VG A delegation representing three importers in Vietnam are visiting Denmark in order to obtain more knowledge about our genetics and breeds. 26.11.2015 READ MORE VikingNews 4-15 is now available online! Read it here. 25.11.2015 READ MORE Higher progress for udder conformation As per November 2015, VikingJersey has changed its weighting for udder conformation index. The goal is to have a realitively higher progress for udder conformation in general and for the most important traits like fore udder attachment and udder depth. 12.11.2015 READ MORE "Bento's are awesome" Leading Edge Genetics has their On Farm Challenge this week and attached is a group of 2yr old daughters of VH Bento at Andrew and Zoe Gaul's, Bona Vista, VIC. 12.11.2015 READ MORE 100.000 liters in Argentina A first cross Holstein x SRB - a daughter of Ramshammar- in her 12th lactation just won the second prize for life-time production in Argentina. 11.11.2015 READ MORE V Föske - the last matador? V Föske has an excellent reputation all around the globe with daughters on five continents and in 28 countries. 04.11.2015 READ MORE Fewer but better bulls The later years great changes in the breeding work have had significant impact on the keeping of bulls in VikingGenetics with fewer bulls, more sires of sons and higher genetic progress. 26.10.2015 READ MORE Nine months old bulls producing semen Before genomic selection, we didn’t know the breeding values of the bulls until they were five years old. Therefore, its ability to produce at a very young age was not a limiting factor for the genetic progress. 26.10.2015 READ MORE Australians impressed by Viking-cows Australia is one of our fastest growing markets, and this week Anna Norgren & Erik Thompson from VikingAustralia is visiting us with five interested dairy farmers. 23.10.2015 READ MORE UK herd loves Viking Red Michael Broadley runs Whitecroft Ayrshires in Derbyshire, UK with 150 Ayrshire and 50 Holstein cows 23.10.2015 READ MORE Meet VikingRed sire Gunnarstorp 13-year old VikingRed bull Gunnarstorp is still one of our most popular bulls for export. 22.10.2015 READ MORE Cow like a Dream Unelma (Miqur x Johde) is worthy of her name. Unelma translated to English means a dream. 21.10.2015 READ MORE VikingJersey reach 300 kg protein A milestone was reached early this summer when the Danish Jersey cows reached 300 kg protein in average and last year 7,000 kg milk and 400 kg fat 21.10.2015 READ MORE DIY AI more successful than natural service bulls Russel Parris moved from the use of natural service bulls to a DIY AI programme. It has reduced calving interval from over 400 to 385 days, it gives control and certainty and it has increased production from 7,400 to 8,000 litres per cow. 16.10.2015 READ MORE Torre Santa Maria 100% VikingGenetics - what does it mean? At the dairy “Torre Santa Maria” in Spain they use the best tools available today on the world’s market for healthy, productive and long-lasting cows: VikingGenetics. 15.10.2015 READ MORE Big interest for VikingGenetics in Vietnam Last week an AI and breeding seminar was held in Vietnam showing big interest for both beef and dairy genetics from VikingGenetics. 12.10.2015 READ MORE What is VikMate? VikMate is the mating program that is designed to help farmers in achieving individual breeding goals on the herd. 12.10.2015 READ MORE Leaders are those with followers Genomics makes it possible for more companies to work with health traits. The pressure on the dairy economy at the same time increase awareness and interest for breeding a healthy = profitable cow. 09.10.2015 READ MORE Components and calving ease - VR Barkov VR Barkov is a new genomic sire with NTM +29 and he is sharing rank 2 in the VR Borsse son group. 02.10.2015 READ MORE Red Holstein from excellent cow family - VH Cap Red. The Red Holstein sires in VikingGenetics have shown a tremendous progress the last couple of years. Please check our webpage where several good Red Holstein sires are presented. 01.10.2015 READ MORE Japanese delegation visits VikingGenetics This week the board of directors from Doutou Asahi Agricultural Cooperative in Japan is visiting Vi-kingGenetics. 01.10.2015 READ MORE Miracles happen in Australia VH Miracle obtains extraordinary conception rates by Australian reseller. 01.10.2015 READ MORE World leading genetics in the first VJ Hubert son VJ Rodme is out of ”Rodme Nygaard May Kirsten”, bred by the Hansen family, at Rodme Nygaard, Denmark 28.09.2015 READ MORE Breeding MAGIC in Kenya At Makitosha Farm in Kenya they are challenged by a most problematic environment for intensive dairying with heat and high moisture. Therefore they decided to create their own more suitable breed, MAGIC, which stands for the initials of “Makitosha Gir Cross”. 16.09.2015 READ MORE Interesting sire line - VH Griffin VH Griffin is one of many bulls with top VikingGenetics sires in the pedigree 14.09.2015 READ MORE Happy Viking customers in Chile This week Holstein manager Claus Langdahl is visiting Chile together with Suvi Johansson, VGI. We get this early spring report from Chile. 11.09.2015 READ MORE Success with VikingRed at Whitecroft, UK Andrew Broadley at Whitecroft Dairy near Birmingham in the UK successfully have used VikingRed in his Ayrshire herd. 10.09.2015 READ MORE Type, mammary and outcross - VJ Hihl VJ Hihl is out of “Bruunsgaard Zuma Sangko” by Henrik Brunsgaard Fihl, Denmark 10.09.2015 READ MORE King Salomon - VH Salomon NTM +18 A sire that has been with us for a while is VH Salomon. He is born in 2008 with plenty of daughters milking around the world. He just seems to get better and better. 07.09.2015 READ MORE VikingNews 3-15 is now available online! Read the latest VikingNews online. 07.09.2015 READ MORE Number 1 progeny sire - VR Fimbe VR Fimbe went up in NTM and is now +26 and the number 1 of progeny tested sires in VikingRed. 06.09.2015 READ MORE Irish farmers impressed with DanishJersey This week a group of farmers from Ireland guests Viking to learn more about Nordic breeding and DanishJersey. And they are impressed. With the system, the cows and the high level of management. 04.09.2015 READ MORE Production, type, mammary and outcross Like VJ Hihl, this bull is bred in the Bruunsgaard herd, by Henrik Bruunsgaard Fihl. VJ Bihl is out of “Bruunsgaard Hulk Amalia”, a different cow family than the VJ Hihl family. 02.09.2015 READ MORE The son of the Jewel gives you calving ability VH Bentzen is a new and interesting daughter proven sire who jumped seven units in NTM and is now the second highest with +25 in NTM. 01.09.2015 READ MORE Press release - Nordic-China collaboration The aim of this exiting Chinese and Nordic Collaboration is to strengthen Chinese and Nordic Holstein breeding through enhanced use of genomic selection, which will have great importance in a number of aspects. 28.08.2015 READ MORE VikingHolstein sires free of genetic defect HH6 A new genetic defect that so far is called HH6 is found. The calves are showing diarrhea, pneumonia, small in size and homozygotic carriers die at the age of three weeks to six months with an average of 85 days. The defect is related to fat and cholesterol metabolism. 26.08.2015 READ MORE Pondus takes the plunge VikingGenetics has bought Pondus from the Altena family in the western part of Denmark, and we have huge expectations to the young bull. 26.08.2015 READ MORE New rules for publication of indexes With the latest index run in August 2015 NAV (Nordic Genetics Cattle Evaluation) has changed the rules for transition from genomic breeding values to breeding values based on daughters. 25.08.2015 READ MORE India in cooperation with VikingGenetics With 215 million female cattle and buffalo, India is the world’s largest producer of milk. The milk is being consumed by the 1.3 billion inhabitants in India. Due to high demand of milk, the Indians wish to improve their breeding material, and representatives are in Denmark this week to discuss cooperation and purchase of AI sires. 11.08.2015 READ MORE Interesting article about VikingRed In July 2015 edition of British Dairying magazine was an interesting article about VikingRed. You can read the article here (pdf-file) 03.08.2015 READ MORE A Linne daughter Grand Champion in Colombia VikingGenetics celebrated Colombian national day on July 20th the best possible way, when a daughter of A Linné was nominated as an Ayrshire Grand Champion in AgroExpo show in Bogotá, Colombia. 03.08.2015 READ MORE Vagn Rasmussen scores hattrick for Danish Red. Danish Red is part of the common VikingRed breeding scheme, and the animals at the Danish National Show have presented the future Nordic red breed in the best possible way. Vagn Rasmussen celebrated a huge triumph winning the Championship, lifetime production and best herd group competitions. 03.07.2015 READ MORE Winners for Jersey - Danish National Show 2015 The two jersey breeders Jorn Mikkelsen and Anders Levring took the desired Champion prizes infront of the Sogaard Family. 03.07.2015 READ MORE British Simmental breeders visit Denmark British Simmental was accompanied by breeders - and people in the AI industry and advisory system of Ireland and Scotland. The group is visiting Denmark this week in connection with the 40 years anniversary of Danish Simmental. 01.07.2015 READ MORE American farmers visit Denmark and Sweden These days, 15 farmers from California and Idaho visit Denmark and Sweden to increase their knowledge of our breeding scheme and primarily VikingRed and VikingHolstein for crossbreeding. 18.06.2015 READ MORE German farmers impressed by VR and PC Yesterday 40 farmers from German state Schleswig-Holstein visited Denmark to learn more about VikingRed and ProCROSS cows. 18.06.2015 READ MORE Official visit from Thailand Last week representatives from the Thai Agricultural Ministry and theThai dairy association DPO visited VikingGenetics. 12.06.2015 READ MORE Norwegian farmers request Viking's advising VikingGenetics exports semen and advisory services to our neighbors in Norway, and breeding advisor, Peter Weinkouff, recently came home from one week in Norway. During that week he had 12 interesting herd visits and one public meeting. 09.06.2015 READ MORE VikingNews 2-15 is now available online! The latest issue of VikingNews 2-15 is now online 29.05.2015 READ MORE New and interesting projects in China In China ad hoc advising in feed planning, feed analysis, health, reproduction and breeding has high priority. Therefore VikingGenetics is in the process of establishing an advising package that wil attract large Chinese state-owned farms and create interest in the Viking breeding profile. 20.05.2015 READ MORE VikingGenetics distributors meet 3rd VikingAcademy has started in Gothenburg, Sweden and 26 of our distributors from 17 different countries will meet for 2 days at Hjortviken for update in breeding as well as looking at Viking cows. 04.05.2015 READ MORE A legend has passed away – VR Cigar VR Cigar is known globally and used widely. He started by setting a massive stamp on pure breeding and afterwards crossbreeding found him very useful. Unfortunately VR Cigar passed away Wednesday the 22. of April. 28.04.2015 READ MORE 80 000 kg milk in first lactation Cow 3603 in the herd of Asger & Christian Ladefoged, Denmark, has reached 80,000 kg milk – in her first lactation! The top sire VH Lemek with NTM +44 origins from the same cow family! 22.04.2015 READ MORE VikingRed dominates in Australia VikingGenetics is more than satisfied with the latest ABV release in Australia. The VikingRed have had a strong influence on the Australian red gene pool now for more than 25 years and have really come to the fore of the latest ABV release. description 14.04.2015 READ MORE VG stays tuned and competitive The AI industry undergoes fast and dramatic changes in these years with genomic selection. Therefore it’s important to adjust the strategy to stay tuned and competitive in the global market. 26.03.2015 READ MORE Vikings study breeding and feeding in Israel Yesterday the participants in the Viking study tour to Israel visited the AI company Zion, a feed center daily mixing feed for 15,000 animals and Israel’s largest herd of 1,500 cows. 20.03.2015 READ MORE Make every cow count The motto of SCR is ”Make every cow count”. And this is what the Danish farmers participating in VikingGenetics’ study tour in Israel this week see in herds. 18.03.2015 READ MORE Vikings enter Israel This week 50 Danish farmers are on a study tour in Israel. On the first day they visited SCR that develop and produce the heat detection system Heatime and RuminAct. 18.03.2015 READ MORE Most progressive red program in the world! Did you know that VikingRed have the second largest reference population in the world next to Holstein? 13.03.2015 READ MORE Konrad & VG move forward in Poland "We are excited to cooperate with VikingGenetics - a trustworthy partner who has an established position in the international market", explains Anna Adamczuk, Sales Director at P.H. KONRAD. 11.03.2015 READ MORE Success for Viking at AgroNord 2015 The AgroNord show in Denmark was a tremendous success for VikingGenetics with fantastic groups by VH Mandel, VH Miracle and VH Bostrup. A nine-year old daughter by V Force was nominated Grand Champion. 06.03.2015 READ MORE NAV Bull Search is getting even better! NAV Bull Search was introduced in summer 2014. New features that make the search page even better have now been implemented. 19.02.2015 READ MORE New breeding scheme focus on females and ET This spring VikingGenetics introduce a revised breeding scheme with focus on females and embryo transfer. This new scheme will result in even higher genetic progress. 19.02.2015 READ MORE VikingNews 1-15 is now available online! Read the latest VikingNews online. 18.02.2015 READ MORE Stable VikingRed proofs February 2015 The proofs for VikingRed shows great stability in February 2015 with higher reliabilities on the genomic indices thanks to over 10.000 females included in the reference group last year. 18.02.2015 READ MORE VikingJersey proofs February 2015 A number of new interesting sires enter the VikingJersey top list and the level has newer been higher. At the same time the well proven sires like VJ Link, VJ Husky and VJ Hilario keep their high level. 18.02.2015 READ MORE VikingHolstein Sires February 2015 The VikingHolstein breeding program is much diversified with a strong focus on different and alternative pedigrees. 18.02.2015 READ MORE Good start with flushings in Hollola VikingGenetics heifer flushings have had a good start in Hollola bull station. 27.01.2015 READ MORE Nordic best index heifer! Rasmus and Erling Kildal from Denmark own heifer no. 2267 that has the highest genomic NTM index +45 in the Nordic countries. 16.01.2015 READ MORE The best present for New Year's! In December our editor Poul Bech Sørensen visited Mette and Tony De Nittis, a Danish-Australian couple living in Australia. 06.01.2015 READ MORE Victorian farmer happy with his VikingReds Jock Bellman, Victoria in Australia, is very happy with his herd of predominantly 150 VikingRed cows. They produce well; they are healthy, fertile and easy to manage. 18.12.2014 READ MORE Huge improvements in AUS herd going ProCROSS Tom and Paul Riches in Western Victoria, Australia, have seen tremendous improvement of fertility health, body condition and longevity since they changed from Holstein to ProCROSS in their 400 cows dairy herd. 16.12.2014 READ MORE Oudewagendrift choose VikingHolsteins The Naude brothers, Wilhelm, Peini and Johan are the proud owners of the family farm Oudewagendrift in Western Cape province in South Africa. 12.12.2014 READ MORE Successful VG team in Australia The number one market for sales in Viking semen this year will be Australia. 12.12.2014 READ MORE Western Cape herd choose VikingJersey The Gerber family runs two family farms on the Garden Route in Western Cape, South Africa. They will soon have 1000 Jersey and Jersey x Holstein cows on each farm with rye grass, clover, maize and alfalfa for hay. 09.12.2014 READ MORE Trusts in SA use 8,000 doses VG semen annually Michda Trust is a family dairy operation owned by Migo, Reynier and Ida Meyer together with their management team. 03.12.2014 READ MORE VikingGenetics at the Agromek Show 2014 VikingGenetics was present at the Agromek Show 2014 in Denmark in November. 01.12.2014 READ MORE VikingNews 4-14 is now online Read the latest news from VikingGenetics in VikingNews 4-14 online. 19.11.2014 READ MORE Visit VikingGenetics at Eurotier 2014 Welcome to discover the benefits of genomics in our stand G49 in hall 27. Take a look of our Eurotier 2014 promotion video. 31.10.2014 READ MORE US breeders visit Viking countries This week two prominent dairymen, Alan Andersen and Sherman Toone from Idaho, USA, are visiting the Viking countries. 23.10.2014 READ MORE VH Miracle heifer with gNTM +44 for flushing Heifer no. 4230 in the farm of Niels Martin Krag in Denmark has gNTM +44 which is the highest result of genomic test for female animals by VH Miracle. She has now started in flushing. 25.09.2014 READ MORE Meet us at EUROTIER As guest at EUROTIER, VikingGenetics welcomes you at our stand G49 in hall 27. See the invitation in English here (pdf-file). Invitation in German language (pdf-file) 12.09.2014 READ MORE ProCROSS sire Peterslund ProCROSS sire Peterslund was the most used sire in the Netherlands in the first two months of 2012. Many breeding specialists doubted that this VikingRed sire really would make an impact through his daughters. Fortunately progressive dairymen had confidence in Peterslund, and now they milk healthy and long-living cows. 09.09.2014 READ MORE Chinese interest in VikingRed A group of 28 managers, students, advisors and farmers from a large Chinese Dairy Association visited VikingGenetics headquarter in Assentoft i Denmark yesterday. 05.09.2014 READ MORE New CEO in VikingGenetics VikingGenetics today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Rex A. Clausager as Chief Executive Officer effective November 1, 2014. 03.09.2014 READ MORE VikingNews 3-14 is now available online! Read about the latest news from VikingGenetics. 02.09.2014 READ MORE Cooperation between NOG and VikingGenetics From 1 September 2014 a new cooperation in European Holstein breeding has been created. 01.09.2014 READ MORE A new, easy way to find the best AI sires NAV has made the work of finding the right sires easy by showing all available information on all AI sires with a herdbook number in Denmark, Finland or Sweden in one common web page. 25.08.2014 READ MORE Export manager VikingGenetics is looking for a new Export manager. See the advertisement here (pdf-file) 22.08.2014 READ MORE Open Days and Expo Agromek VikingGenetics is proud to invite you to Open Days and Expo Agromek 25 - 28 November 2014. Find the invitation and link to pre-registration here (pdf-file). 21.08.2014 READ MORE LD project succeed In the index release 2nd of July for genomic tested females, NAV introduced 6.800 Jersey cows and 10.000 VikingRed cows from LD project in the reference group. 18.08.2014 READ MORE Busy days for VG during the Danish National Show The VikingGenetics stand at the Danish National Show was busy and there was great interest in our offers for the cattle breeders. 07.07.2014 READ MORE Danish Supreme Champion by coincidence The Danish National Show: Martin Christensen dropped a tear when his red Holstein cow was awarded Supreme Champion. 07.07.2014 READ MORE I owe all that I have got to my cows! As representatives of VikingGenetics in Argentina, we often get favourable comments to the performance of the daughter of the VikingRed bulls. 02.07.2014 READ MORE US Cattle breeders want VikingJersey The Jersey breed is in rapid progress in the USA, and VikingGenetics/Danish Jersey has a good reputation with American Jersey milk producers. 24.06.2014 READ MORE VIKINGGENETICS INTERNATIONAL DENMARK Ebeltoftvej 16, Assentoft DK-8960 Randers SØ Tel +45-8795-9400 Fax +45-8795-9401 export@vikinggenetics.com VIKINGGENETICS INTERNATIONAL SWEDEN Örnsro, SE-532 94 SKARA Tel +46-511-267 00 Fax +46-511-267 07 export@vikinggenetics.com VIKINGGENETICS INTERNATIONAL FINLAND Urheilutie 6 FI-01300 Vantaa Tel.: +358 40 311 5350 Fax: +358 20 747 2001 export@vikinggenetics.com © Copyright VikingGenetics. Materialet får inte mångfaldigas utan tillstånd.