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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1539627" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>The Fleckvieh is a dual purpose breed. One of our members that bought a 150 cow dairy several years ago had Holsteins in the beginning. He had a lot of problems with the Holstein cows and within the first year he had replace every one of them. He needed cows that could hold up. He and his brother had a herd of beef cows that they had been breeding Fleckvieh for several years, so he went out to the pasture and picked out some of the cows that looked like they might be able to milk.</p><p></p><p>He said many of those cows in a dairy environment produced 25,000 - 30,000 lbs of milk. The Fleckvieh cows breed back easily, don't have health issues like other dairy breeds have and are very popular with grass based dairies, mainly because the can hold their body condition and still produce milk.</p><p></p><p>The Normande is also a good choice, as they are also a strength breed. They don't give as much milk as the Fleckvieh, but they are good animals as well.</p><p></p><p>The Milking Shorthorn has quite a bit of Holstein and Illawarra genetics in them that their is very little Milking Shorthorn genetics in the breed. They are good cattle, but for a grass based situation, the Fleckvieh should be first choice, Normande second choice then the Milking Shorthorn.</p><p></p><p>For more information on the Fleckvieh, visit our website <a href="http://www.dairycattleregistry.com" target="_blank">http://www.dairycattleregistry.com</a> we also have information on the Normande as well, you just have to go to the bull listing page and under the Normande bulls is a link to information about the Normande breed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1539627, member: 16303"] The Fleckvieh is a dual purpose breed. One of our members that bought a 150 cow dairy several years ago had Holsteins in the beginning. He had a lot of problems with the Holstein cows and within the first year he had replace every one of them. He needed cows that could hold up. He and his brother had a herd of beef cows that they had been breeding Fleckvieh for several years, so he went out to the pasture and picked out some of the cows that looked like they might be able to milk. He said many of those cows in a dairy environment produced 25,000 - 30,000 lbs of milk. The Fleckvieh cows breed back easily, don't have health issues like other dairy breeds have and are very popular with grass based dairies, mainly because the can hold their body condition and still produce milk. The Normande is also a good choice, as they are also a strength breed. They don't give as much milk as the Fleckvieh, but they are good animals as well. The Milking Shorthorn has quite a bit of Holstein and Illawarra genetics in them that their is very little Milking Shorthorn genetics in the breed. They are good cattle, but for a grass based situation, the Fleckvieh should be first choice, Normande second choice then the Milking Shorthorn. For more information on the Fleckvieh, visit our website [url=http://www.dairycattleregistry.com]http://www.dairycattleregistry.com[/url] we also have information on the Normande as well, you just have to go to the bull listing page and under the Normande bulls is a link to information about the Normande breed. [/QUOTE]
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