Why combine these three dairy breeds? VikingHolstein, VikingRed and VikingJersey are amongst the top scores for health and production traits worldwide. They each have their own breed improvement programme with high-ranking bulls. The VikingGoldenCross breeds complement each other well and compensate for their strong and weak points. They are unrelated, high-producing and well-suited for pasture-based production farms. Because VikingGoldenCross cows are healthy at core with superior reproduction traits, they live longer in your herd and give you a higher lifetime profit per cow. You also get heterosis as an extra benefit on top of the parent average. When you add VikingRed as the third breed to a two-way cross between Holstein and Jersey, your cows will have more body condition, better reproduction and beef value. The offspring only becomes 1.3 cm taller than the two-way cross. The end result is a herd of ideally sized grazing cows with: • Optimum health • A superior tolerance to weather extremes • Equipped to walk long distances because of their economical frame size • Strong feet with dark hooves Trait Fat kg Protein kg Fertility Calving ease Hoof health Udder health General health Udder conformation Moderate size VikingHolstein *** *** ** * * ** ** *** * VikingRed ** ** *** ** ** *** *** ** *** VikingJersey *** * *** *** *** ** ** ** **
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