Number of Milkrecorded cows

156,177

Percentage of all cows

68%

Average size of herds

24.6

No. of herds

9,346

No of 1. inseminations

210,084

Percent inseminated animals

98%

Percent with test bull inseminations

38%

No of tested bulls pr year

125

Size of daughter groups

150-200

Breeding value estimation model

Animal model, Test Day Model

Breed Average fore production 2007/2008:

Kg milk 8,616, fat 372 kg - 4.32%, prot 302 kg - 3.50%

Highest producing cow 2007/2008:

Kg milk 17,711, fat 749 kg - 4.2%, prot 637 kg - 3.60%

Sire: S.Niko Et, owner Tero & Mari Heikkilä, Alavieska

Highest producing herd 2007/2008:

Kg milk 13,281, fat 515 kg - 3.88%, prot 462 kg - 3.48%

Owner of the herd: Mäntsälä M & J MTY, Marttila

·         The breeding goal is a healthy and productive dairy cow with good longevity and functional conformation. The breeding goal is expressed in NTM (Nordic Total Merit). The NTM consist of all traits with economic value: Milk production, Daughter fertility, Calving Ease, Birth index, mastitis resistence, Other Diseases, conformation, milkability, temperament and longevity

·         Bull sires used in the programme from Finland, Sweden and Canada

·         Cows with the highest NTM are selected for bull dams

·         Large daughter groups

·         First calvers and older cows are classified

·         Efficient Mating Plan –program in herd level

·         ASMO-nucleus herd

·         Genetic exchange with other countries

www.faba.fi

Faba Breeding

President Anna Lappalainen

Secretary – Breed manager Seppo Niskanen

Faba Breeding

P.O.Box 40 (Urheilutie 6)

01301 VANTAA, Finland

Phone +358-20-7472020, fax +358-207472001

E-mail faba@faba.fi