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Some Vidoes and News
There are a few good new vidoes out there from ProCross producers. You may recognize the guy in the first video. Also worth pointing out the latest issue of the ProCross newsletter.
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Fleckvieh and Normande Discussion
Cabin Hill 1088 Hippo Same Cow Being Shown at World Dairy Expo 2012 We’ve been giving plenty of focus to the Montbeliarde as of late so I figured I’d move the discussion to a couple of other breeds,...
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Guess the breed combination!
I had a calf born a few weeks ago that looked a little different than what I think she was supposed to look like. So for some fun, guess what breed combination she is and the sire for extra credit....
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Guess the breed combination: Winner!
Congrats to Patrice Painchaud for guessing the correct sire, Motroen-P! The dam was a R&W Holstein sired by Ace-Red. There were many good guesses. I assumed a few of you would guess Milking...
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Procross dairy tour in California
i am posting from my phone in the oakland airport, so i will make this brief. i attended the procross dairy tour in oakdale, california. i think this is the 5th or 6th time i have attended. i think...
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Photo Update: February 2013 ProCross Edition
I managed to get out amongst the cows with the paparazzi equipment again. Although some of these pictures are from a few weeks back. I’ve not had much time to put them on. Since my son was born last...
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Pictures from Seamus O’Loughlin
Seamus O’Loughlin was kind enough to send me some pictures from Ireland. Most of these heifers are Jersey from Swedish Red/Holstein dams:
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Guest Discussion Question: Yiorgos Eleftheriou
(Note: Today’s discussion question comes from the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. Yiorgos Eleftheriou originally sent the following e-mail to the Dairy-L discussion group but thought this...
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Test Day Results: January
Breed # Cows Milk/Day ECM/Day FCM/Day %Fat %Protein DIM LgSCC 305ME Totals and Averages 446 82 90 92 4.3 3.3 206 3.4 26788 All Crossbreds 245 78 90 91 4.6 3.4 198 3.2 25880 Holstein 201 85 90 92 4.0...
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Two Year Production Results
# Cows Milk/Day FCM/Day %Fat %Protein DIM LgSCC All Crossbreds 2012 220.83 79.50 91.25 4.46 3.35 180.75 2.84 Holstein 2011 270.42 82.58 88.00 3.95 3.12 217.17 2.53 2012 224.25 85.58 91.00 3.97 3.10...
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News And Notes
Swiss Simmental X Jersey X Holstein Foske (Viking Red) X Holstein (Digger) The two pictures had already been posted on our Facebook page for some time now. Periodically, I’ve been throwing up some...
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Bull Profile: Gunnarstorp
The Swedish Red bull Gunnarstorp comes in with an NTM at 20. According to his proof, Gunnarstorp daughters have no major flaws other than shallow body depth, poor milking speed and poor temperment....
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The Bulldog Mutation
In this post from 2011 I showed you all a crossbred calf (Swedish Red X Holstein) born with a bit of a deformity. Her face resembles that of a bulldog. This animal was also pictured in Progressive...
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Red Absorption Cross (Three Different Ways)
Royal Treble (Illawarra) X B Jurist (Swedish Red) X Holstein Ayrshire (Poker) X Sperringe (Swedish Red) X Holstein Raastad (Norwegian Red) X B Jurist (Swedish Red) X Manfred (Holstein) The lights and...
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Test Day Results: February
Breed # Cows Milk/Day ECM/Day FCM/Day %Fat %Protein DIM LgSCC 305ME Totals and Averages 435 79 86 87 4.2 3.4 218 3.3 26888 All Crossbreds 241 75 85 86 4.5 3.5 213 3.6 25970 Holstein 194 83 87 88 3.9...
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American Bison
As we turn the page to April 1st, I’d like to take the opportunity the announce the latest major shift in my crossbreeding program. For the past several months I’ve been consulting and searching with...
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Montbeliarde in Iran and Crossbreeding Seminar From WAE
Today you get two posts for the price of one. First are some pictures from Iran that Majid Ahmadi was kind enough to send to me: Next I would like to show a very good video done by Progressive...
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Cow Profile: 417 (update)
I last profiled the best cow in my herd, #417, here in August 2011. I chose to do an update now because she just passed 1000lbs of fat in a lactation for the third time. On our last test last...
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Entries for Crossbred Cow of the Year
Right, its time to throw in a little competitive fun on the blog. Given the success of the bull of the year contest, why not cow of the year? The idea is not exactly new. We had the judging contests...
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Sire comparison on 1st lactation heifers at Andersen Dairy
This is not a representation of all of the sires of 1st lactation heifers. I removed any bull who had less than 5 daughters or who’s daughters averaged less than 130 dsf (days since fresh). All...
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