BREEDING INFORMATION
Delta Refiner The American Art-Acres Tex B cow family proves its worth once again with another successful high ranking bull to follow Delta Paramount with Delta Refiner. Refiner’s dam is a high producing daughter of Swamo Delta Jordan (Novalis x Jabot), a fitness and longevity specialist who died prematurely. Refiner’s sire, Manager, is a German Mtoto son from the Prelude Spottie family who also has high breeding values for fitness and longevity. Refiner combines an O Man-free outcross pedigree with a high-ranking
index level and the udder and feet and leg qualities of the Tex B family. Refiner will sire strong daughters that have plenty of width and length. Wide and sloping rumps complement good udders with –20 somatic cell count and a high score of 107 for udder health. His daughters have great feet and legs with excellent locomotion and a high rating of 107 for hoof health. With a calving ease figure of 108 his calves are easily born. Production is 500+kg of milk, 36+kg of fat and protein with a PLI of £152. Refiner is priced at £20 per straw.
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Refiner daughter Bessie
The Fleckvieh breed – strength and dairyness The Fleckvieh breed is one of Europe’s oldest breeds and Fleckvieh cows are being bred all over the world today. The most important Fleckvieh populations are in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. CRV’s Fleckvieh breeding programme uses all these populations. The 2013 CRV Fleckvieh Global catalogue is now available from Avoncroft. For your copy call: 0800 7831880.
Crossbreeding with 50:50 bulls There are extra production benefits to be obtained from crossbreeding and this tendency of a cross-bred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents is called heterosis, or
hybrid vigour. Many producers express an interest in cross-bred bulls, and those who use cross-bred sires will maintain approximately half of the hybrid vigour experienced in a first-cross animal. In addition to heterosis for milk production, cross-bred dams exhibit heterosis for fertility – about 1.5% higher non-return rate. Avoncroft have a selection of crossbred bulls.
Woeste Polder Reladon
Woeste Polder Reladon Newfailand Mr Frosty
50% Montbeliarde (Redon), 31% Holstein Friesian (Fitlist) and 12% Brown Swiss 6% MRI. Reladon is a young cross-bred bull, from a good productive and sustainable cow family, with more than 11,000 first inseminations in the Netherlands Reladon has remarkably high conception rates.
Mack 50% Jersey (Manhatten), 50% Holstein Friesian (Paladium). New Zealand proven (195 daughters production, 47 daughters Type). CRV Ambreed’s number-one cross-bred sire Mack is the complete package.
Great production comes from daughters that are much liked in the dairy, with high fertility and longevity ratings, and come in a moderate-sized tidy package with very good udders.
Newfailand Mr Frosty 50% British Friesian (Raleigh), 50% Holstein (Balance). UK proven with more than 3,000 milking daughters now, Mr Frosty needs no introduction. Frosty’s are milky with low somatic cell counts, great chest width, wide rumps and low pins and good teat length.
Doneen Marleen Hugo Collins Royal Hugo x Galtee Merci (56% Holstein, 44% Friesian). Marleen Hugo is a popular bull in Ireland with more than 8,600 daughters. He is the best of Ireland and New Zealand breeding leaving mediumsized strong durable cows with great udders, width of muzzle, chest and rump. He really excels for percentage of fat and protein. For further details of all cross-bred bulls available call 0800 7831880.
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