News - VikingGenetics

Three large cattle breeding cooperatives in Europe intent to merge

Innovative technology at your service

Breed for better udder health and stay profitable

Reduced biological fitness can lead to a loss in profitability

New Release - VH Heat PP

VikingRed leading the green path with a new strategy

Do genomic breeding values work in practice?

VikingGenetics´ feed efficiency tech commended in prestigious award

What is the difference between polled and scurred?

Beef semen with Jerseys

From an internship to a dream come true

Sexed semen setting trends in cattle breeding

Focusing on polled genetics led to success

Polled bulls are on the rise

VikingRed is the leading Red breed

Meet Søren Borchersen, Chief R&D Officer of VikingGenetics

Leading AI companies in Europe join forces

Using sexed semen is an excellent way to optimise your herd’s performance

The Saved feed index in the Nordic Total Merit Index now includes the breeding value for metabolic efficiency.

The Saved feed index is now part of the Nordic Total Merit Index

Interbull confirms high genetic level for VikingGenetics' bulls

VikingRed is the dominant red breed in the world

Saved Feed adds more value to NTM

Benefit from the naturally healthy VikingRed cows

“The effects of using a sexed semen strategy together with genomic testing obviously increases the genetic level in the herd”

By Peter Larson, Senior Breeding and Product Manager, VikingGenetics

VikingJersey – international master of udder health

Improve production and daughter fertility with VikingRed

VikingHolstein shows daughter proven bull power

By Lars Peter Sørensen and Hans Stålhammer, VikingGenetics

Good management practices can help avoid unhealthy cows.

By Veronica Löfgren

Breeding values for fertility can now be calculated in a different way and with more accurate information.

Interbull numbers prove the superiority of VikingHolstein

People and Passion

“I always wanted to work keeping the animals healthy”

International daughter fertility trendsetter

We need to support farmers to cope with what the industry and final consumer are demanding from them.

Poor fertility is one of the most common reasons for culling in dairy herds

Peter Larson followed his calling for the Jersey cows

Strategic alliances to strengthen VikingJersey

By Lars Peter Sørensen, Genetic Development Manager, VikingGenetics

Breeding for improved fertility for over 40 years

My vision is to make VikingRed even "greener"

By Claus Langdahl, Senior Holstein Breeding Manager

Bull dams in the spotlight

By Kasia Kupisiewicz, Project Manager R&D

No relevant correlation between progressive motility and field fertility

By Claus Langdahl, VikingHolstein Breeding Manager

We move fast, but are we moving too fast?

VikingGenetics' values and aims

Arla accelerating the green transition

VikingGenetics and the Jersey Cattle Society UK sign a strategical agreement

By Claus Langdahl, Senior Breeding and Product Manager, VikingGenetics

VikingHolstein - master of udder health

By Jan Lassen, project manager R&D

Reduce carbon footprint by genetic selection

Three reasons why VikingGenetics breeding programme is innovative

Handle antimicrobials with care

Handle antimicrobials with care. We all have a role to play.

VikingJersey shine at annual herd competitions in South Africa

VikingGenetics - Innovative breeding

Saved Feed index released in the Nordics

Genetic diversity is something a successful dairy cattle breeder really should consider when planning the next generation of dairy cows.

By Ruth Bønløkke Davis and Anders Fogh, SEGES

Polled bulls are gaining popularity

Saved Feed index to be released in autumn 2019

Meet Erik Thompson, Sales Manager for VikingGenetics Australia

“I was doing something a little different to what the “main pack” was doing,” he recalls.

Sustainable genetics for the future

Total merit indexes – NTM vs. JPI

NTM is about money

Viking sends semen, embryos, and Jersey heifers to Uganda

By Lars Nielsen, Head of Breeding VikingGenetics

Identifying genetic disorders with genomic testing

“We always try to choose as narrow a spectrum of antibiotics as possible and penicillin is still effective”