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 ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Breeding associations warn that Switzerland's new animal breeding ordinance could jeopardise rare livestock breeds – and potentially push some closer to extinction. This content ...

A cow transported by helicopter after its summer in the Swiss Alps near the Klausen Pass, August 27, 2021. ARND WIEGMANN / REUTERS Pastoral, pristine scenery, rolling pastures that seem greener and ...

WEST UNION, Iowa — There were 40 head of Brown Swiss sold at the March 14 Iowa Protein Showcase Sale at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. The sale average was $2,066. Gabe Hanson, of La ...

Orbec Sherry, a lifelong Viroqua resident, was honored by the Brown Swiss Historical Society at the 2015 National Brown Swiss Convention. Sherry (1896-1988) received the Historical Master Breeders ...

Non-farmers (or really anyone who doesn’t deal with the issue) may not realize that dehorning cattle is not like trimming a fingernail. Armin Capaul, a small-scale rancher and farmer, initiated a ...