{"id":2216,"date":"2021-04-27T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2022-03-30T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:49:49","slug":"do-you-have-the-best-breeding-strategy-in-your-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/do-you-have-the-best-breeding-strategy-in-your-herd\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have the best breeding strategy in your herd?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1644757925\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-282898193\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><em><strong>SimHerd calculations show the potential of different management strategies, making it easier for you to choose the best breeding strategy in your herd. In <a href=\"http:\/\/vikingdanmark.dk\">VikingDenmark<\/a>, the biggest Danish AI company, over 500 herd specific calculations were made in 2020. The majority of these calculations showed the potential of using beef semen and sexed semen.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #13508a;\">SimHerd helps select the best breeding strategy, given the specific conditions at the farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle\"  id=\"row-1586933438\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-76487251\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"max-width:520px;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>SimHerd Calculation helped set the strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Vejg\u00e5rden I\/S, in Southern Denmark, run by Kristian Clausen and his son Kasper Clausen, a SimHerd calculation helped them select their breeding strategy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #13508a; font-size: 85%;\">We had already started using beef semen, but the calculation showed us the potential in using even more beef semen in the herd. Now we have started using 50 % beef semen, with enough heifers to maintain the same replacement rate in the herd, says Kasper Clausen and explains that they every year need 160 heifers for replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#col-76487251 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 5% 5% 5% 5%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1342421620\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_81078611\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7793-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_81078611 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1107567607\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1421093688\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Herd specific key figures and dialogue create the foundation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SimHerd calculations are based on herd specific key figures, and dialogue with the farmer about the specific conditions at the farm. This is done in collaboration with the breeding advisors, that also set the breeding strategy with the farm.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #13508a; font-size: 85%;\">Based on the calculations the farmer can see, which breeding strategy is the best for the herd. Several different strategies are calculated to show the potential more or less beef semen and sexed semen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-1863379122\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1970796743\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_337199106\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7676-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_337199106 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1167018940\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Finding the balance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 638 ProCross dairy cows at Vejg\u00e5rden, resulting in around 700 calves being born each year. Therefore, it is necessary to have a sound breeding strategy. In Denmark purebred bull calves have a very low value compared to beef x dairy calves. Therefore, it is desirable for the majority of farmers to minimize the number of purebred bull calves, by using as much beef semen as possible, whilst ensuring the optimal number of replacement heifers. This balance can be har to find.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #13508a; font-size: 85%;\">In the calculation, we investigated the potential in using 30, 50 or 70 % beef semen on the cows. We choose the middel ground at 50 % says Kasper Clausen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1598414094\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2046285337\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The best half of the heifers at Vejg\u00e5rden are served with sexed semen, and the worst half with conventional semen. The best 40 % of the cows are also served with sexed semen, whilst the poorest 50 % are inseminated with beef semen, the rest with conventional semen. Kasper Clausen is looking forward to more results coming in on ProCross cows, and hopefully the possibility to take a genomic test of his cows in the future, so he can select the best and worst cows more precisely. When this is a possibility, he will start using even more sexed semen and beef semen.<\/p>\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1918961892\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-526426406\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-805564344\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x10 md-x10 lg-x10 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><strong>Vejg\u00e5rden I\/S, Denmark<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Owned by Kristian og Kasper Clausen<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Number of cows: 638<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Breed: ProCross<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Yield: 9.872 kg ECM<\/span><\/p>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-805564344 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-805564344 .text {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-805564344 {\n    width: 40%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-526426406 {\n  padding-top: 250px;\n  background-color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n#banner-526426406 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_7776-1024x768.jpg);\n}\n#banner-526426406 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(53, 70, 136, 0.5);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1918961892 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary\"  >\n    <span>Contact us for more information<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Vejg\u00e5rden I\/S, in Southern Denmark, run by Kristian Clausen and his son Kasper Clausen, a SimHerd calculation helped them select their breeding strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2235,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions\/2235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}