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July 2024
Conformation and PTAT: What are the Differences?

In general, a good bull is a good bull, no matter what country he is used in! That sounds like a perfectly reasonable statement, right, yet there are exceptions to this rule - bulls with impressive proofs in one country...

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July 2024
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 the land here, generation after gene...

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July 2024
The queen with 170,000kg lifetime production

The Pronto daughter Rosa of Martin Rehm has already produced 170,000kg/374,000lb milk with 4.1%F and 3.6%P and is pregnant again. Two of her daughters have also cracked the 100,000kg/220,000lb mark and the third is close...

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July 2024
When strong cows hear the wolves howling

The bull Laugen-P was bred from the Biver Mause cow family on the farm of Markus and Stefan Kofler in South Tyrol. The cows are strong while the productions conditions in the northern Italian mountains are tough.

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July 2024
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 the female side, Gubelmann animals totally dom...

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July 2024
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 celebrated a huge...

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July 2024
BSI Intriguing Sires DNA - July 2024

Snoopy ranks at Nr.1 ISU in France, and is also 209 gPPR in the US and 134 gGZW in Germany. He is a son of Jonmar, who is now proven and transmits lots of production from smaller cows with nice udders. ‘Snoopy’s dam Perd...

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July 2024
BSI Intriguing Sires DNA II - July 2024

Laugen-P is currently one of the most interesting polled sires in international Brown Swiss breeding. He presents himself as an all-rounder with a super balanced, no-holes proof: +820kg milk +.29%f +.22%p, 114 type with...

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July 2024
BSI Intriguing Sires DNA III - July 2024

AG Valps is a Vance son who was bred on the farm of Martin Schlecker in Osterberg and comes from a family strong for production and components. His Alpsee dam produced about 8,300kg/18,300lb 4.8%F 4.1%P in her first lact...

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July 2024
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.

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July 2024
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 his sire, much improved fitness.

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July 2024
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 was given to Anfield-CE Thunder Emma EX-9...

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July 2024
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 and bred differently than in Brown Swiss her...

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July 2024
The favourites of the AI studs

Among the sires of sons over the last 3 years, bulls from the Blooming line come out on top with the highest number of sons: every ninth AI bull in the world has O’Malley, Pactole or Huge as their sire. The number of pro...

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June 2024
Claynook Farms: Modern Holstein Enterprise with 35% of Income from Breeding

With Claynook Zeebah Letchworth in the Nr.1 position for young females and Ranger son Claynook Zard-RC in second place on the sire list, Claynook Farms in Ontario is drawing a lot of attention, also after the recent Apri...

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