Holzmichl daughter
This is a Holzmichl daughter in Southern Bavaria with a production of 45 litres a day...
Making headway with Milking Fleckvieh registry in North America
Making headway with Milking Fleckvieh registry in North America Many farms want to register Fleckvieh cattle and track performance while doing dairy crossbreeding. There are publications out there that demonstrate the viability of Fleckvieh use and their use in dairy production. Nothing beats having your own system though. Recently,...
How To Reduce The Causes of Mastitis
Mastitis is production-limiting, complex condition that can increase cull rates, veterinary visits and operating costs. Management and environmental factors are important and one way to help reduce mastitis, lower somatic cell counts and get more lactations per cow, is by taking advantage of hybrid vigor with crossbreeding. An indicator...
The History of Fleckvieh Dual Purpose Cattle
Considering Genetic Change For Your Dairy Herd? The most accepted theory about the history of Fleckvieh and the formation of the modern Fleckvieh animal goes as such: A dark colored bovine animal that was related to prehistoric cattle was cross bred with other tame domesticated cattle, to form this...
Four Big Advantages of Fleckvieh Dairy Cows
There are several good reasons why dairy farmers in North America are learning about the advantages of Fleckvieh x Holstein crossbreeding! Worldwide, the Fleckvieh cattle breed has a large population of about 42 million animals. In some areas of the world these cattle are very common place on dairy...
Why Fleckvieh Cows Have Longer Production Lives
When studying cattle life cycle, much like a horseman that looks at his horse and says: ”No feet , no horse” , a similar approach should be taken when looking at the life span of dairy cows: In Veterinary practice and farm visits I have seen many cases of...
What Everyone Ought to Know About Fleckvieh and Genomics
Dairy Farmers can lower costs and improve herd health with a proven sire program. Consistently applied targeted mating can improve the genetics of a given herd with highly predictable outcome. Find out how BDC and Fleckvieh use genomic estimated breeding values to increase the accuracy of genetic evaluations to...
Improve Reproductive Anatomy in Your Dairy Herd
Poor Confirmation Dairy Cow Rear Pelvis When you take a close look at this dairy cow, you will note a great udder quality. The position if the rectum is clearly more forward than the vagina. It almost appears as though the rectum is tucked into the body cavity while...
How Fleckvieh Crossbreeding, Absorbtion Crossing and Three Way Crossing can assist your farms productivity
Fleckvieh is a dual purpose breed can assist your dairy farm’s productivity and fertility with crossbreeding, absorption crossing and three way crossing. Dairy Breeding Management Dairy cattle breeding management is in a situation of radical change and reorientation. The drive for profitability in the dairy business by making cows with a...
10 Benefits of Fleckvieh
#1. Flat lactation curves. The benefit here is that the stress on the udder is less. This adds to longevity since the udder does not become subject to damage from the high volume of milk produced in the early lactation. Early spikes in milk production and then a drop...