Webinar about NBDI

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
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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!

Youngstock survival included in NBDI

The fourth NAV routine evaluation of beefxdairy breeding values took place as scheduled and NAV Beef Search is updated with new beefxdairy indices.

In this evaluation youngstock survival was included in Nordic BeefxDairy index (NBDI). At the same time the economical weights of all NBDI traits were updated. These changes cause significant reranking between the bulls and for many of the bulls the NBDI value changes several index points.

Read more about the new NBDI: