Strategy of the Dual Purpose Breeding - WSFF

Past,PresentPresent and Visions for the FutureWSFF Council Meeting, 2007 in PragueDr. Thomas GruppGeneral ManagerPrüf- und BesamungsstationMünchen, GrubGermany

Topics:! History of the Fleckvieh breed! The development from a triple purpose breed to adual purpose breed and how the type traits changed! Actual performance requirements for milk, beefand fitness! How does the ideal dual purpose Fleckviehcow and bull look like?! Crossbreeding – A chance for the dual purpose breedFleckvieh! The future of the Fleckvieh breed– More than just a vision

History of the Fleckvieh breed:Schweizer FleckviehFreiburger! red! blackBerner FleckviehSimmentalerJuraviehLötschenvieh! Scheckvieh! Berner Rothscheckvieh! Berner Fleckvieh / Simmenthal Race! Simmentaler Fleckvieh / SimmentalerHistory of the Fleckvieh Breed

Freiburger ViehHistory of the Fleckvieh Breed

Freiburger ViehFreiburger Rindvieh-black-Le Bétail BovinFribourgeois-red -History ofthe Fleckvieh Breed

JuraviehLötschenviehHistory ofthe Fleckvieh Breed

Berner Fleckvieh/SimmentalerHistory ofthe Fleckvieh Breed

Berner Fleckvieh/SimmentalerHistory ofthe Fleckvieh Breed

Berner Fleckvieh/SimmentalerHistory ofthe Fleckvieh Breed

The development from a triple purposebreed to a dual purpose breedThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Draughtperform anceMilk productionBeefproductionThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

HansThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

AktionärThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Regent566 O ZThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

PeterThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Humbold 3743The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Heino 5143The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Bernit24672/O WThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Haxl2356/13Alapis27999/O WThe developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Zelot16040/18The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Hebel13/3790The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Regio 10/191190The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Zeitlos 10/191640The developm entfrom a triple purpose breed to a dualpurpose breed

Actual performance requirementsfor milk, beef and fitnessOur breeding aim for Fleckvieh:Balanced, productive and high efficient dual purpose cattlesuitable for the production of milk, beef and by-products, that canbe kept in all production systems around the world.Actual performance requirements for milk, beef and fitness

Milk production:! 10-times the lifeweightper year in kg! 30.000 kg lifetime production! 1.200 fat kg! 1.100 protein kg! First test day as young cows: 25 kg milk! First test day with 2nd calf: 30 kg milk! First test day with 3rd calf: 30 - 35 kg milk! Extremely flat lactation curvesActual performance requirements for milk, beef and fitness

Udder health:! Somatic cells / mlmilk < 150.000 overall lactations! No dipping neededActual performance requirements for milk, beef and fitness

Beef production:! Production of at least 4 calves per cow and lifetimeIntercalving period of 365 days! Weaning weights of Fleckvieh bull calves 300kgat 6 months of age! Carcass grades ofslaughter cows atleast R3, when fedwith TMR, U3Fleckvieh weanersActual performance requirements for milk, beef and fitness

Don‘t go for the extremes!MilkDual purposeBeefChanges of the type due to the breeding for one single traitActual performance requirements for milk, beef and fitness

How does the ideal dual purposeFleckvieh cow look like?! Feminine! Balanced! Productive in milk & beef! Pigmented! Smooth coated! Excellent skeleton! (Polled)How does the ideal dual purpose Fleckvieh cow and bull look like?

Type-cow1st lactation, 286 days:8.665 – 4,14 – 3,532nd lactation, 290 days:9.635 – 4,40 – 3,673rd lactation, 299 days:10.624 – 4,01 – 3,46How does the ideal dual purpose Fleckvieh cow and bull look like?

Type-bullWeaner15 monthsDevelopmentof the bullExodus PP4 yearsHow does the ideal dual purpose Fleckvieh cow and bull look like?

CrossbreedingA global chance for the dual purpose breed FleckviehWhy?Because of important economic advantages!! Beef! Milk quality! Hardiness! Fitness! Efficiency! Temperament! Polled factorCrossbreeding – A global chance for the dual pupose breed Fleckvieh

Crossbreeding with dairy breedsFleckvieh x JerseyFleckvieh x HolsteinFleckviehCrossbreeding – A global chance for the dual pupose breed Fleckvieh

What is the future of theFleckvieh breed?Crossing withdairy breedsDual puposeCrossing withbeef breeds

! The dual purpose breed Fleckvieh becomes themost important cattle breed worldwide because of itsefficiency! For crossing programs with dairy breeds Fleckviehbecomes the most important sire breed, with beefbreeds the most important dam breed! An economically efficient dairy production is onlypossible with a productive dual purpose breed asFleckvieh - this is especially true for family farms! Fleckvieh is the only breed that meets the highestdemands regarding milk hygieneFleckvieh Vision

! Fleckvieh is suited for automatic milking systemsand standardized feeding systems (TMR) betterthan any other breed! The influence of Fleckvieh genetics in extensivebeef breeding will rise in the future – at the sametime beef production with classical dual purposebreeds gets more and more popular worldwide! In the future only high quality carcasses like thoseof Fleckvieh can be marketed in an economicallyefficient wayFleckvieh Vision

! Fleckvieh and Fleckvieh crossings meet thedemands of the consumers regarding harmoniccattle that do not go for the extremes! The dual purpose breed Fleckvieh helps to reducethe ecological problem of the greenhouse effect! Fleckvieh is the only cattle breed worldwide thatis suited for all known production systems, fromdairy ranching to an intensive milk and beefproductionFleckvieh Vision