Dairy and beef integration may be the phrase of the moment, but for a Somerset dairy farmer, producing a “dual purpose” animal has driven farm profitability for some time. In the 1980s the Voizey ...

“I had Simmental beef cattle and then went to Europe and saw their Fleckvieh dairy cattle and their dairy cattle looked more beef than our beef cattle,” she said. “That’s when I started using ...

Thomas Grupp, general manager of German genetics company Bayern Genetik, said having the one animal for beef and dairy production was economical and that’s what would be needed in farming. “The future ...

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I first came across a breed of cattle known as Fleckvieh when I was in vet school. It has several positive attributes but what stood out for me is the fact that it is a dual purpose breed. Though this ...

Ian Lupton with three cows produced since he began importing Fleckvieh semen in 2011 to crossbreed with his largely Fresian milking herd. Photo / Mike Barrington Ian Lupton kept talking about ...

(Phys.org) —A large team of researchers with members from Australia, France, Denmark, the U.S., Germany, Canada and the Netherlands, is reporting that 234 cattle have had their genomes sequenced as ...

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