VikingGenetics

VikingGenetics is a dairy industry service provider based in Hollola, Finland selling testing & quality, farm equipment & herd tech.

VikingGenetics is a dairy and beef cattle genetics cooperative owned by about 16,000 farmer members in Denmark, Sweden and Finland. It provides science-based bull genetics for the Red, Holstein and Jersey dairy breeds, including the Finnish Cattle breed population, along with embryo transfer programmes, a three-breed crossbreeding programme (ProCROSS) and the CowFIT Weight herd monitoring system. Selection is based on the Nordic total merit index (NTM), using data from more than 740,000 cows recorded annually in a shared Nordic database. The company works with universities and research organisations on genomic testing and breeding tools, with a stated focus on animal welfare, food safety and reducing emissions. Its head office is in Hollola, Finland, with sales and advisory offices in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia, and sales teams in the USA.