I have several more heifers to calve from this bull. This ones out of a Swedish Red dam. With a paternal calving ease score of 113, he’d make a great bull to use in heifer pens. If you look for polled in your breeding program, Lekve seems to be a no-brainer. We find NRF semen to be the best sire conception of all the breeds we use. This bull doesn’t look to have many holes. Let’s hear what everybody is thinking. We just move on at dehorning. Before I ran out, Eggtroen was my go-to bull for creating a pregnancy. Select Sires breeds 80% of my heifers so it’s mostly Viking Red on them. I’m fairly convinced that a large part of our farm’s reproduction turnaround in the past year was the use of Norwegian Red on problem cows.

Milking daughters of Red bulls from Sweden and Finland, I think the differences come down more to the bull than what country they came from. While the majority of my crossbreeding continues to be the rotational variety, I like to do a little experimentation on the side like this. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. 0000001852 00000 n Similarly, there was no significant difference between the NRF x HO heifers in their 305 day yields of milk and protein, with HO higher by 361 kg of milk and 2.6 kg protein, and NRF x HO higher by 2.5 kg of fat. I had a handful of calves born this summer. Crasat – Redon has established himself as a legend of the Montbeliarde breed so it was only a matter of time before his sons started making an impact.

Crossbred Norwegian Red x Holstein in Alberta, Canada. Val – The number one active bull for TMI at 35 (Velsvik is still the top bull overall at 36, just freshened my first daughter a few weeks ago). I think Creative Genetics may loose some business to ABS and Semex. <<091EA77DF56DAB4BAF15C1420375C98B>]>> Udders and fat percentage are traits that his proof suggests his daughters excel in. The latest issue of the Geno BULLetin will illustrate that quite clearly. I have 15 daughters on the ground and that number will grow such that he could produce more daughters than any other bull has produced in my herd. I haven’t eliminated any Red breeds from my program and essentially evaluate things on a bull by bull basis. We believe the guys from Geno when they show us that the Norwegien Reds have superior fertility to the Swedish Reds. Cardiff JB – This bull intrigues me because of the sire stack. It’s taken a long time to get this whole mess sorted out but it’ll nice to finally be able to use the newest and the best from Europe. I can’t claim to know what to expect here but I did want to get some more Orraryd blood into my herd through BonJovi. Choosing non-HO sires for crossing to HO females should use the same degree of care as choosing HO sires.

JavaScript seem to be disabled in your browser. While the majority of my crossbreeding continues to be the rotational variety, I like to do a little experimentation on the side like this. Close teats are becoming a problem for some. "Offering sexed genetics using IntelliGen Technologies to our customers is a natural next step for our organization," said Sverre Bjornstad, Geno CEO. I have more to learn about the Finnish Ayrshires and Norwegian Reds but I hardly think you could hurt yourself by using quality bulls from each of these breeds, including Red Dane. His slightly below average longevity score would say that longevity isn’t necessarily a strength though. This bull doesn’t look to have many holes. Norwegian Red from Geno Global continues to be a big player in my herd. I’ve never had to cull one for that reason anyway. %%EOF The Norwegian Red X Swedish Red X Holstein is very recently fresh so she should clean up better than she looks now. Or am I just easy to please? Part of what helped was the fact that Semex was looking for a home for a lot of NRF […] Creating pregnancies is hard enough with some cows, and it seems like Norwegian Red semen at least gives some of those hard breeders a fighting chance.

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Asmo UlliMulli is another one that hadn’t necessarily grabbed my attention until I saw how much usage he was getting in the Scandinavian countries.

Geno handles all exports of Norwegian Red genetics worldwide in cooperation with local distributors and is based in Hamar, Norway. Red Absorption Cross (Three Different Ways), started using Norwegian Red semen as cleanup. Close teats are becoming a problem for some. With more than half of 2013 completed, Braut is my personal top choice for Bull of the Year. The main sire of these heifers is Orkko with an Orava or two thrown in for good measure. 0000001406 00000 n My goal going forward is to utilize the knowledge I’ve gained through experience in using a wide variety of Red bulls. My first Foske daughters will freshen in March and I’m excited to see what they will do. With close to 400 breedings, Norwegian Red semen now has a 12% higher conception rate than semen from all other breeds on cows with four or more inseminations. Either way, as a general rule we are now using mostly NRF as cleanup and are getting more pregnancies as a result. I could use a $5 Holstein but I told myself that IF she got pregnant with a crossbreed at least I wouldn’t have to deal with poor conception for her offspring.

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