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Simmentaler - Feed the World Brokkies & Kursusse | Snippets & Courses 162 Simmentaler the “Universal“ Breed Dr Thomas Grupp & Stephan Voigts Simmentaler is the only “universal breed” in the world, that can produce milk and beef on a high level . The use of Simmentaler allows for a cost-efficient production of milk and beef through extraordinary fitness and feed efficiency especially as far as protein gain is concerned. The excellent adaptability of Simmentaler purebreds and crossbreds to different climates offers the breeder a lot of alternatives. Also it should not be considered as bad that Simmentaler in future will be seen as the crossbreeding breed par excellence. Simmentaler as paternal breed is excellent for Brahman-, Bonsmara-, Nguni- or dairy cows. On the maternal side Simmentaler will be the base for successful beef production, since the best genetics is of no use, if there is not enough milk on the mother side. Why not put a Simmentaler on any Indicus or Synthetic breed to get high quality carcasses? The possibilities of Simmentaler are boundless – let Simmentaler help you to increase the profit margin! For Simmentaler breeders the most important goal is to improve the productivity of the Simmentaler breed in all different production systems. The products sold by farms (bulls, weaners, slaughter stock, breeding animals , milk and slaughter cows) using Simmentaler genetics have to guarantee an adequate income for the farmers. Consequently Simmentaler breeders also sets great value on beef traits. Last but not least, it gets more and more important that a cattle breed has a harmonic body without any extremes that gives the consumer confidence in the products produced with the breed. This is a summary compiled by Dr Thomas Grupp and Stephan Voigts of an article published in the magazine “Fleckvieh World” by Bavarian-Genetics. “We breed for a medium sized, excellent muscled, robust and efficient dual purpose cow for the production of beef and milk, suitable for all production systems in the world”. It is difficult to measure a breeding aim in figures other than EBV’s. We see these figures as basic data for beef and milk production with Simmentaler, which have to be adjusted according to the farm needs. Live weight of cow 400 - 650 kg, milk production of 4000 - 6500 kg of milk (10 times live weight) with weaning weight of 215 - 320 kg. Age of first calving 26 - 32 months of age and a AB grade carcass weighing above 230 kg. Type and harmony Simmentaler cows might show little shortcomings in their type traits at the age of one, before the first lactation and as old cows. We are looking for Simmentaler yearlings with a skeleton that allows a clear prediction for the future use of the cow - the pelvis has to be large enough, the neck should have enough muscling. The skeleton of a cow is very important and to sum up: “If the skeleton is sound, you can hang up every production“. For dual purpose breeds, different traits are more important than for pure beef or dairy breeds respectively. Very often breeding aims are complex and scientific, for dual purpose cattle it could be based on three main types which are described as “POWER” (measured as general fitness - productive lifetime, fertility, calving ease, stillbirth rate, daily gain and quality carcass), “ALLROUND” and “MILK” (measured in the dairy industry but also in terms of higher weaning gains). In between there are different subtypes depending on the type of the cow/heifer the corresponding type of bull is selected for from these categories. Whereas purebreeding favours the “Allround-type” animals, the optimum for a crossbred animal might be completely different. Functionality We don’t breed cattle for its own sake, we need to produce beef, beef and by- products to earn money on the farm. The beef production of Simmentaler improved a lot during the last decades. However, at the same time Simmentaler lost milk production type traits, mainly udders and feminity. It is very important, that the improvement of the production traits does not limit the animals in their functionality (locomotion, feed intake, udder size, extreme convex muscling). Experiences from traditional systems like mountain pastures (adaptability, robustness, type) and extensive farming have to be incorporated into breeding decisions because they can serve as early indicators of undesirable developments in breeding work. In our opinion Simmentaler should be able to cover the whole range of production systems (dairy ranching – zero grazing/TMR systems) without losing the functionality and type traits. Health and Fertility The most important requirements for any cattle are health and fertility. Only healthy cows with good fertility are suitable for the production of healthy food. A natural robustness and hardiness are prerequisites for the adaption of the animals to climates with suboptimal conditions. Breeders have to keep an eye on health traits, because this is the only way to detect and eliminate weak points on cow- or bull-lines. Because of the rising demand for Simmentaler cattle, the calving interval has to drop to 365 days. Last but not least this also would give the breeder more possibilities for selection on his farm. Those strong Simmentaler cows do a lot of things just a little bit better. And all those little changes together are responsible for a higher profit: higher price for bull calves, less expenses for the veterinarian, a higher price for slaughter cows, a shorter calving interval and a better fertility, and last but not least, more valuable calves per year and on top of all, a higher milk production. But at last for me the most important thing is to make profit says Dr Thomas Grupp.
Natural polledness In general every farmer decides himself, whether he wants his cattle with or without horns. Since a raising number of farmers is interested in keeping cattle without horns, but does not like the process of dehorning the animals, we have to breed polled cattle in the future. The term “natural polledness” was created by Dutch Simmentaler breeders. We gladly take over the term, because it expresses exactly the fact that there exist two allels of the polled gene and that the allel for polledness is dominant over the allel for horned animals. Unfortunately during the last decades the natural polled animals were culled at an early stage, because people thought that these animals had a weaker constitution. In the future Bavarian- Genetics hopes to offer a wider range of polled bulls. Product quality Unfortunately our knowledge about quality characteristics of Simmentaler beef and milk (higher CLA content etc.) is still very limited. However, some attempts were made in the past to find out about such traits. For example, milk was tested for its Kappa-Casein type and beef was tested for marbling and tenderness. This product differentiation does not find much favour from the big supermarket chains – for them beef is beef and milk is milk, so they don’t have to pay a higher price for high quality products. Test done in Germany show that products from Simmentaler cattle have superior quality. Consequently, it should be possible to realize a better price for these products. Genomical selection is a big challenge for all people responsible for breeding and artificial insemination. As we see a bright future for Simmentaler if we don’t make any mistakes, Bavarian-Genetics will not change its focus on dual purpose in the long term. Dual purpose is no lip service for us, but the base of our thinking, our actions and our success. AGM Namibia Simdeks 25 - 49 Diere Simdeks 50 - 74 Diere Simdeks 75+ Diere Grootste Simmentaler Teler Namibia 2012 Walsim Stoetery REF Rusch HGS Voigts HGS Voigts Gerhard Voigts Toekenning 3 de Plek Gerhard Voigts Toekenning 2 de Plek Gerhard Voigts Toekenning 1 ste Plek Walsim Stoetery Jacat Stoetery HGS Voigts Irene Winkelsentrum Pretoria 163
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