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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1471758" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Backtrack a little. The first picture would be a Swiss or French Simmental. A Fleckvieh is considered a full Simmental also, but they are colored quite a bit different. They were/are a deep dark red, generally with a little less body white.</p><p>But, back to the comment.</p><p>Today's modern Simmental is like what you posted, but they are also red. I would be curious to know what percent is red vs black in today's herds.</p><p>People like to jump on us about "trying to be Angus". That is far from the case. Yes, the color came from Angus mostly (or holstein). I had black Simmental back in 1972. You got black with your first cross using grade Angus based cows. </p><p>DNA testing on purebred black modern Simmentals, showed 99% Simmental. </p><p>Just look at the animal. Besides color, they do not look like the Angus cow. A good cow man can see the difference in a PB Simmental & an Angus.</p><p>Granted there are a lot of 1/2 and 3/4 bloods around now. There has been a resurgence of crossbreeding. Many people want the 1/2 or 3/4 blood bull for their British cows.</p><p>I have sold a good many PB bulls over the 45+ years of breeding, and I would guess 95% went to British herds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1471758, member: 968"] Backtrack a little. The first picture would be a Swiss or French Simmental. A Fleckvieh is considered a full Simmental also, but they are colored quite a bit different. They were/are a deep dark red, generally with a little less body white. But, back to the comment. Today's modern Simmental is like what you posted, but they are also red. I would be curious to know what percent is red vs black in today's herds. People like to jump on us about "trying to be Angus". That is far from the case. Yes, the color came from Angus mostly (or holstein). I had black Simmental back in 1972. You got black with your first cross using grade Angus based cows. DNA testing on purebred black modern Simmentals, showed 99% Simmental. Just look at the animal. Besides color, they do not look like the Angus cow. A good cow man can see the difference in a PB Simmental & an Angus. Granted there are a lot of 1/2 and 3/4 bloods around now. There has been a resurgence of crossbreeding. Many people want the 1/2 or 3/4 blood bull for their British cows. I have sold a good many PB bulls over the 45+ years of breeding, and I would guess 95% went to British herds. [/QUOTE]
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