The NAV Dairy Cattle Workshop was held on 20 January in Copenhagen, bringing together stakeholders for discussions on NAV’s strategy 2026–2028, the upcoming NTM revision, and current Nordic research in methane emissions and climate-smart breeding. The workshop also included updates from EBE and breed-group discussions on proposed weights of Saved Feed in NTM. Workshop presentations are available via the link below.
NAV Dairy Cattle Workshop 2026 – Presentations
The latest NAV routine genomic evaluation took place as scheduled. NAV carried out genomic prediction for Holstein, RDC and Jersey. Genomic breeding values of bulls are updated to NAV Bull Search after each evaluation.
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NAV organized an NBDI webinar on 4 December. The webinar attracted over 70 participants. At the end of the event, participants from each country engaged in active discussions in country-specific groups, using their own languages.
Links to the presentations are below and the recording is here: NBDI webinar
What is NBDI – Terhi Vahlsten, NAV
Does NBDI work? Results from Finland – Terhi Vahlsten, NAV
More meat on the bone – Viktoria Ekenberg, SLU
Extra information on top of NBDI in Denmark – Jakob Lykke Voergaard, NAV
Strategy: How to use beef semen in dairy herds – Sara Petersen, Viking Danmark
NAV has decided to withdraw from the international beef breed genetic evaluation system, Interbeef. The decision will take effect on 4 December 2025.
The autumn 2025 evaluation has been updated in the Interbeef search and will remain available until the first evaluation of next year, which will be published at the end of February 2026. After that, the Interbeef search will be closed.
The latest NAV routine genomic evaluation took place as scheduled. NAV carried out genomic prediction for Holstein, RDC and Jersey. Genomic breeding values of bulls are updated to NAV Bull Search after each evaluation.
Read more from the NAV newsletter.
NAV Interbull Search has been also updated with new Interbull breeding values.