Waldhoer – Bayern Genetik Sire Feature Here you see the bull “Waldhoer” available through Better Dairy Cow, official distributor Fleckvieh Semen Sales – Canada and United States. He is showing outstanding progeny in North America as well as Europe. Very excellent for udder quality/attachments and medium size frame. He...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...