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The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is reddish in colour with white markings, and is kept for milk and meat. There he was: The gorgeous beast — the well toned skin is wine red, it is neatly horned and ...

Northern Ireland Simmental genetics were once again to the fore at the recent British Simmental Cattle Society sales in ...

Five cattle breed societies – Simmental, Salers, Charolais, Parthenaise and Blonde – are withdrawing Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)Euro-star indices from sales catalogues. The Irish Simmental ...

Frank Fitzpatrick raises Barzona cattle and has about 600 of them on his ranch in California. In high school, he did his senior project on Limousin and Simmental cattle, then started studying Jan ...

Willie O’Halloran, his wife, Mary and son, Robbie, farm their multi-prize-winning Simmental herd in partnership under the Bearna-Dhearg prefix in Chamberlainstown, Cahir, Co Tipperary. Willie, a ...

LA GRANDE – What can cow-calf producers do to make their operations more successful? Jerry Lipsey has some suggestions. Make better cattle and better beef. Make accurate genetic decisions. Breed for ...

The American Simmental Association celebrated its 50 years anniversary in conjunction with its annual Fall Focus board meeting and educational symposium at the ASA headquarters in Bozeman, Aug. 25 to ...

Behind every good bull is an even better cow, one that must jump through a lot of hoops - year in, year out - with as much data collected on her as possible. And these impressive cows are the priority ...