The new reality of dairy production in the U.S. is high and volatile feed costs. It used to be that the producers managing their cows for the highest milk production possible were paying the most for their feed with little regard for the bottom line. Now those not growing their own feedstocks are paying prices [...]

A new fertility index may be published in Ireland in December. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) geneticists behind the new index say it will improve the reliability of fertility scores for bulls and provide fertility scores earlier for young test bulls.

Norwegian Red bulls will jump €26/$36 USD in overall Economic Breeding Index (EBI) [...]

Sometimes we lose the impact of what a well-designed, multiple-year study should mean to us. Let’s think of the study presented here as “Trying out purebreds of a breed before using that breed for crossbreeding.” Wouldn’t you love to raise and milk purebred Norwegian Red or Fleckviehs or whatever breed in your herd to see [...]

After a slow day in the Organic and Grazing Pavilion on the first day of the Expo, there was little downtime in our (Geno Global) booth promoting the Norwegian Red breed for crossbreeding. My question of “Are you crossbreeding yet?” was frequently answered by “just started” or “not yet,” instead of “I just have Holsteins.”

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Stop by the Geno Global booth in the Organic and Grazing Pavilion (booth 34-35). This Pavilion is part of the Outdoor Trade Mall in between the Exhibition Hall and outside Food Court. Gary Rogers, Global Technical Advisor, Tor-Arne Sletmoen, Managing Director of Geno Global, and Joan Cooper, U.S. Technical Support are [...]

Words like “solid feet and legs,” “milking more than I expected,” and “impressed with the amount of dairy qualities” are descriptions by Jim Griggs, District Sales Manager for ABS Global from Idaho, when seeing purebred Norwegian Reds for the first time.

Jim and his wife, Nicole, and Bob Dresinger (ABS Independent Rep from Michigan) and [...]

Richard Knapman in the UK milks 160 Norwegian Red (NRF) crossbred cows. He’s been crossbreeding for 7 years and tells why he “looked at Norwegian Red, tried them and hasn’t looked back since.”

His herd of 160 milking crossbreds average 9,000 liters of milk and he is on a “white-water contract.” He plans to [...]