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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1164247" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>There should be no excuse for calving problems these days if a breeder will be more selective. The Simmental and even Fleckvieh breeders have been very progressive at addressing calving problems. With the use of EPDs, as a tool, a breeder should be able to select bulls that will avoid the calving problems of yesteryear.</p><p></p><p>Back when the Simmental were first brought into this country, there were calving problems, (many of the Continentals had calving problems). Part of this was that the Continentals were being bred to too small of a cow. But the Simmental at that time was bred to the Hereford because of the White Face, but there were still calving issues. This gave the Simmental a bad rap for calving problems. But one thing about the Fleckvieh which is from Germany and Austria, is that they have always been a more moderate framed type of cow and didn't have as many issues with calving problems. </p><p></p><p>There is defiantly more interest in the Fleckvieh as the <a href="http://www.fleckvieh.com" target="_blank">http://www.fleckvieh.com</a> has several members all over North America.</p><p></p><p>I ran across a very interesting website about the early years of the Simmental in North America <a href="http://simmental-sbl.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html" target="_blank">http://simmental-sbl.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1164247, member: 16303"] There should be no excuse for calving problems these days if a breeder will be more selective. The Simmental and even Fleckvieh breeders have been very progressive at addressing calving problems. With the use of EPDs, as a tool, a breeder should be able to select bulls that will avoid the calving problems of yesteryear. Back when the Simmental were first brought into this country, there were calving problems, (many of the Continentals had calving problems). Part of this was that the Continentals were being bred to too small of a cow. But the Simmental at that time was bred to the Hereford because of the White Face, but there were still calving issues. This gave the Simmental a bad rap for calving problems. But one thing about the Fleckvieh which is from Germany and Austria, is that they have always been a more moderate framed type of cow and didn't have as many issues with calving problems. There is defiantly more interest in the Fleckvieh as the [url]http://www.fleckvieh.com[/url] has several members all over North America. I ran across a very interesting website about the early years of the Simmental in North America [url]http://simmental-sbl.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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