Month: November 2025

Webinar about NBDI

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Welcome to NAV’s Beef on Dairy Webinar

Join us for an exciting and informative session where we explore the Nordic Beef Dairy Index (NBDI). This webinar will provide insights, strategies, and practical examples to help you make the most of beef semen in dairy herds. Don’t miss the chance to learn from experts and engage in national discussions!

Date: December 4
Time: 10:00–11:30 (DNK & SWE), 11.00-12.30 (FIN)
Platform: Online via Microsoft Teams
Teams link: Join the webinar here


Agenda

  • What is NBDI? – Terhi Vahlsten, NAV
    • Traits, weights, correlations
    • Publication
    • The use of beef semen and most popular beef breeds in DFS countries
  • Does NBDI work? Results from Finland – Terhi Vahlsten, NAV
  • More meat on the bone – Viktoria Ekenberg, PhD student SLU
  • Extra information on top of NBDI in Denmark – Jakob Lykke Voergaard, NAV
  • Strategy: How to use beef semen in dairy herds – Sara Petersen, advisor Viking Danmark
  • National questions and discussion

The webinar will be held in English, with opportunities for questions and discussion in national languages.

We look forward to your participation!

NAV Evaluation and NAV Beef Evaluation

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The fourth NAV routine evaluation for this year took place as scheduled. NAV Bull Search has been updated with new EBV’s and GEBV’s and NAV Beef Search is also updated with new beef x dairy breeding values.

In this evaluation, the single-step method was introduced for temperament, replacing the previous two-step method. The single-step approach uses all information from genotyped and non-genotyped animals simultaneously. Read more in the paper Improved breeding values for Temperament.

Several improvements were introduced in the general health evaluation.

NAV has also released breeding values for purebred beef bulls and cows as scheduled. Beef breeding values are updated to NAV Beef Search too.

Read more about the evaluation and changes: