Is building profit among your New Year’s resolutions for 2023? Improvement of your herd is certain by implementing the best genetics! You can start right now with VR VESTY. (And this resolution will be so much easier than shedding those 10 pounds of holiday weight!)
VR VESTY is a bull with an NTM (Nordic Total Merit) of +36, and he has sat atop the VikingRed leaderboard for 6 consecutive proof releases. He remains very stable at the top, and even ticked up a few points since last proof round on milk volume (108 to 110), protein (+1 point) and udders (+1 point).
VR VESTY is the bull to use if you seek an outstanding production bull (128) that also transmits high milk volume (110). He has even higher fat and protein pounds (129 and 121, respectively), which allows him to improve percentages (+0.29%F, +0.11%P), too. He is an A2A2 bull.
He will sire very pleasing udders (110), and especially rear udder width at 114.
VR VESTY is a good choice for robotic herds due to improved udder health (106), fast milking speed (112), square teat placement both front (104) and rear (100), and slightly longer teats (105).
ProCROSS herds will appreciate his larger frame size (116) with increased stature (110). He will also improve metabolic efficiency (107), and this comes on top of his feed efficiency expected when we use him for crossbreeding.
All this combined, we expect VR VESTY daughters to have excellent longevity (113).
All in the family
The proven sire of VR VESTY, VR VIMO, was the feature of our December 29 e-newsletter and, clearly, VR VESTY is forged from the same mold! (Same is true for paternal brothers VR VEHMAA and VR VENUS). Go back further on the paternal side to find some of the breed’s greats like PETERSLUND and Canadian bull, Rockstar.
His maternal side meets the same quality level, starting with VESTY’s outstanding VR FROBERG dam, shown below. She is working on her third lactation for Nita and Jakob Gade in Denmark—the breeders of VR VESTY. This cow’s lifetime average production is almost 28,000 pounds of milk with an average of 7.8 pounds per day of milk solids! She is classified 87 points.
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