Brown Swiss
Retso in New York: Six Dairy Breeds Successful under One Roof
“We are celebrating a memorable year and are preparing for the next one.” This recent post on the Facebook page of Retso turns out to not be an overstatement at...
Lambrecht Dairy in Wisconsin: Top Quality Forages Lead to Exceptional Components
The 320-cow herd at Lambrecht Dairy is currently averaging 92lb/42kg at 4.8% fat and 3.4% protein on twice daily milking. Located at Kewaunee, about 2½ hours north-east of Madison, the...
Sunshine Genetics in Wisconsin: Exporting Embryos to the World
Sunshine Genetics has a long history as the leading embryo transfer facility in America’s dairy-land of Wisconsin. Established in the 1970s, Sunshine Genetics has made the exporting of embryos a...
Selection of Current, Elite Fleckvieh and Brown Swiss Sires
It continues to be important: the progeny proof. This was demonstrated again by the attractive German Fleckvieh bull Hochadel from BSG (Besamungsstation Greifenberg). ‘As a young bull with 136 gTMI,...
Heritage-Pride, California: Impressive Dutch Belted Herd, Acquired Via Two-Pronged Approach
In the 1990s, the number of representatives of the Dutch Belted breed world-wide turned out to have dropped below 500. For Ronald (Ron) Pietersma – an American with Dutch roots...
Brown Swiss Varia - July 2024
The Canadian Brown-Heaven Farm reports of a very successful classification round at the end of May. 22 Brown Swiss cows were scored, resulting in six EX scores. The highest score...
Doboy: Breakthrough as a proven sire & Optimal: no extremes
The daughter-proven Sinatra son Optimal is one of the most desirable Brown Swiss bulls bred in France. He breeds cows with many strengths and no extremes.
Gubelmann Brown Swiss in Canada: ‘I Don’t Care Where a Bull is From’
The Gubelmann family have bred one of the top genetic merit herds of Canada, and produced the highly proven bull Kingsley and the new release sires Kachow and Dionysis-P. On...
Brown Swiss in mixed herds: How to feed, how to breed
In many regions, Brown Swiss share the barn with other breeds, most often with Holsteins from a global viewpoint. What impact does this have for farmers? Are they fed, managed...
Gerda was a lottery jackpot
With the Gardan daughter Gerda, Georg Florin attracted the attention of the international Brown Swiss scene at the European Show 2008 in Rotholz. Twelve years later her great-granddaughter Norwin Gentle...
Bloomlord: The number one from 17 brothers
Bloomlord, from the AI stud in Greifenberg, is the Nr.1 worldwide on the German-Austrian basis among 17 Blooming sons. He combines high milk yield with good conformation and, compared to...
Tatschl Brown Swiss: A popular wellspring in Austria
In the picturesque hills of Carinthia in southern Austria where the green pastures nestle into the mountainsides lies the farm of the Tatschl family. Since 1906 they have been working...