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...

Genetic in utero sex reversal – polled cattle – slick hair gene

The almighty human mind with new inventions: Scientists have made the discovery of technology called CRISPR/Cas 9. This technology allows for making changes to the DNA of cells. Basically – science can reprogram cells and accelerate desired traits much faster than through selctive breeding. No new gentic material is...

Polled Genetics – genetic transmission and benefits on and off farm

More and more genetics of true Fleckvieh come with polled genetics; An example of true polled denoted by “PP”: https://rind.bayern-genetik.de/en/fleckvieh/current-offer/genomic-polled-bulls-218.html?id=55181 An example of polled denoted by “Pp”: https://www.bayern-genetik.com/en/sires/fleckvieh/genomic-polled-bulls-besamungsstation-grub-landshut-bullen-zuchtwerte-typ-selfmate-860.html?id=56341 An example of Polled/scurs denoted by “PS”: https://rind.bayern-genetik.de/de/fleckvieh/a2a2-bullen-348.html?id=68099&lng=deu On farm: Less work – as you can decrese or cut out dehorning....

Cow productive life taken seriously

https://www.dairyherd.com/news/dairy-production/it-time-rethink-dairy-cow-lifespan Most modern dairy farms are looking at milk production as a primary scale of success. This is great but is only one dimension of what is really food production. So – Fleckvieh adds efficiencies:...