When the first calves by Norwegian Red sires began to arrive in 2006, the Canadian Dairy Network made an analysis of Calving Performance records in the herds that calved out both HO x HO matings and NRF x HO matings from January 2006 through October 2007, analysing a total of 15,820 HO x HO calvings and 859 NRF x HO calvings. Viking Genetics put out an interesting set of numbers that showed the most used Viking bulls of 2011. I think Creative Genetics may loose some business to ABS and Semex. Plus after using them for clean up, breeders will find out how much of an improvement over their hard breeding Holsteins the NRB is and use more NRB’s. Pretty good. An individual example from today perfectly illustrates the power of Norwegian Red semen. We had used Holstein and a few others breeds in what seemed to be a futile attempt in getting this cow pregnant. Norwegian Red from Geno Global continues to be a big player in my herd. 1251 13 He lost some share to beef semen in 2014, but Kansas ought to see some more clean up use in 2015. Type wise, he profiles as an average udder bull. And here are some Aussie Red pictures sent by Steve Snowdon: Royal Treble (Illawarra) X B Jurist (Swedish Red) X Holstein, Ayrshire (Poker) X Sperringe (Swedish Red) X Holstein, Raastad (Norwegian Red) X B Jurist (Swedish Red) X Manfred (Holstein). In North America, Semex markets some Ayrshire bulls influenced by Nordic Red genetics. Being an Orraryd son I’d bet he’d be able to fix some bad udders. Tangvoll is an Oygarden son so you can expect very high production. Maybe Nordic Red bulls as a whole are more fertile? These results will be reported separately. His feet and legs score is well below average (88) but that doesn’t seem to affect his excellent hoof health score of 117. The CDN reported in 2007 that 5% more live NRF x HO calves were born alive from first calf HO heifers and 1% more were born from later parity HO cows in the TwoPlus study. As long as I’m asking, let’s get Eik over here too. removal ON. Fine for using on heifers. 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. Donato (Denmark)- A new one being brought to the US that has my attention. As you may remember, I’ve started using Norwegian Red semen as cleanup on all cows. Canadian TwoPlus project at University of Guelph shows that crossbreeding to Norwegian Red sires improves calving ease, reproduction, health and survival while maintaining production. This Peterslund son has done great cleaning up hard to breed cows for me. Creative Genetics is currently marketing the Finnish bulls with the Swedish Bulls while keeping the Red Danes separate. While he liked the 1st cross, the 2nd and 3rd were more disappointing. Current bulls in usage and/or calves on the ground include Arbelunda, Facet, Gunnarstorp, Hallom, and Melby. Swedish Red post the best fat yields. His type traits aren’t too dissimilar to Braut’s. She’s not the highest producing cow but she does pull her weight. With Red bulls from all three countries now under the same umbrella of Viking Genetics, it makes sense. 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). There’s hardly been a bull I’ve used from Geno that hasn’t created pregnancies at a better rate than the competition. My oldest cows tend to be short to moderate in stature and strong. The Ayrshire X Swedish Red X Holstein is from a decent Sperringe dam. One bull from the list that has my attention is V Föske, who is pictured at the beginning of this post. Honestly, I can’t really say I endorse one breed over the other when it comes to the Reds. She’s above average for production in her age group. %PDF-1.4 %���� He sires high production from excellent udders. The first calves have hit the ground and will be fairly steady for the foreseeable future. With Norwegian Red, there are polled options. Current bulls in usage and/or calves on the ground include Arbelunda, Facet, Gunnarstorp, Hallom, and Melby. Matings between Norwegian Red elite AI proven sires and purebred Holstein dams aimed at getting 20 NRF x HO heifers per herd in 60 or more herds. Braut (Norway)- Braut remains in the rotation even after over 1200 heifer calves have been born on my farm since the first Braut was born. The Norwegian Red service sires, when mated to Holstein yearling heifers gave 93% live calves at birth, vs. 88.1 % live calves when Holstein service sires were mated to yearling Holstein heifers, an advantage of 5.6 % more live calves. I also bred a group of heifers to Safir (a Peterslund son) so I will eventually also be milking some of them. Like Oygarden, Tangvoll is also polled. Pell Pers (Sweden)- This has been a bull for use on my heifers over the 2014 and that likely will continue into 2015. I’ll probably just use him until I can’t anymore. My first Foske daughters will freshen in March and I’m excited to see what they will do. To sum it up, on daughter deviations Norwegian Red crosses come out on top for milk yield, protein yield, and daughter pregnancy rate. Likewise, you’ll probably want to avoid Tangvoll on cows with already wide teats. VR Cigar – This bull is on the Creative Genetics price list so I presume he is available in the United States. 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. For those that understand American football, I’d say that the Brauts are built like a middle linebacker. 0000003412 00000 n As I’ve written about in the past, semen fertility has been fantastic on problem breeders and during the summer heat. Ravn – Another polled bull, I’ve been wanting to use Ravn for quite a while now. Joan Cooper posted an update on the Geno Global Dairy Crossbreeding blog with the pertinent information on the new regulations for importing semen from Europe. The Swedish Reds have seen the most widespread usage here in the United States as evidenced by the over 7000 milking daughters while the others haven’t hit 1000 yet. 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. As far as Norwegian Red bulls, I’d still say that the fertility king Bosnes still ranks among my favorite bulls. My next wave of Nordic Red blood will be Finnish Ayrshire. "As an organization, we are thrilled at the opportunity to offer this technology platform to our farmer-members," said Lars Kristian Bredahl, Geno COO International. Udders will be a strength on Brink daughters, with an udder composite of 117. Next I will look at a family of breeds that plays the largest part of my breeding program. Change ). 0000001073 00000 n Ravn – Another polled bull, I’ve been wanting to use Ravn for quite a while now. Braut is a great bull that is well proven around the world. Another bull I’d be happy to go back to would be Eggtroen, a high production polled bull. A second lactation Potter had been bred 10 times previously (she must’ve inherited her fertility from her mother as most Potters are good breeders). The other 20% is bred by a Genex technician and after a pretty disastrous run using one of their Ayrshire young sires (Bost was the bull), I’m having him use Norwegian Red on them. And finally, the Norwegian Red was the last of the Nordic Reds to gain a foothold on my farm. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. However, for a hard breeding Satire (service #8) I went with a $5 Holstein. Lekve – A polled bull from Norway, he’ll help me genetically dehorn my herd without sacrificing quality. Anyone milking any Braut daughters ? These days I’m utilizing Braut a little differently. This Peterslund son has done great cleaning up hard to breed cows for me. Type wise, he profiles as an average udder bull. Either way, as a general rule we are now using mostly NRF as cleanup and are getting more pregnancies as a result. If you have hoof problems in your herd, stay away from Peterslund. ... www.semex.co.uk neurocad.lva.lt. These cows are not absorption crosses in the true sense. In most cases I’m going to be making significant strides in terms of fertility with the daughters. BonJovi (Australia) – My foray into Aussie Red genetics has mostly been BonJovi. Strategies, Norwegian Red, Swedish Red | Leave a comment » As you may remember, I’ve started using Norwegian Red semen as cleanup on all cows. Pell Pers – I’ve mentioned Pell Pers as being one I want to use and now I will have that opportunity. National Association of Animal Breeders 8413 Excelsior Drive, Suite 140 Madison, WI 53717 Ravn – Another polled bull, I’ve been wanting to use Ravn for quite a while now. For 3rd plus service we always replace the Swedish Red mating with Norwegian Red. Just got done with another herd check today. In the past I was using Braut to make a lot of first generation crossbreds from Holsteins. Close teats are becoming a problem for some. Definitely one of my all-time favorites. I am milking a number of O Brolin daughters and very satisfied so far as the first one will soon enter her second lactation. Another nice looking cow by the Finnish Ayrshire Asmo Tosikko. Karma: 0 (+0/-0) Reply | Quote: Re: Norwegian Reds. More recently, the udder specialist Hjulstad has also been one I’ve turned to in order to create a pregnancy. Hes sired by peterslund and marketed by cogent, but was bred from Mark Shadwicks swedish red herd in cumbria. In this category we have Viking Red (can be subdivided into Swedish, Danish, and Finnish), Norwegian Red, Aussie Red, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorn/Illawarra. So how has it been going? Val looks to be the production king of the NRF breed with a production index of 136. Crossbreeding of purebred HO females to any other breed of sire will immediately reduce inbreeding levels to zero in the F1 cross and eliminate problems associated with inbreeding depression. Richard started crossbreeding back in 2002 with the initial plan of breeding a pure Viking Red herd. Swedish Red gets its heaviest use amongst my heifers and we are seeing a 10% advantage in conception on my heifers over anything else too. Perhaps a little deep (98 for udder depth) but a strong ligament. She’s above average for production in her age group. The SRB X Holstein crosses have been my top test day cross for some time now. His proof strengths include production, fertility, udder ligament and calving ease. I don’t necessarily emphasize polled in my herd but when the polled bulls continually top the Norwegian Red lists, it’s hard to avoid using polled bulls. I just got done putting a block on another Peterslund hoof this morning. Kansas (Canada) – Cleanup bull. Tangvoll is a bull that could widen them out. This bull doesn’t look to have many holes. I had a nice crossbred heifer calve this week, shes the first one to calve by the british bred swedish red bull Skyhigh Hartland. JavaScript seem to be disabled in your browser. 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