Genetic Crossbreeding Friesian, Red and Jersey

Glenfergus-Cross Tri-Crossbreeds have the lowest use of antibiotics combined with the highest lifetime production. Due to their genes, these medium-sized cows are masters at turning roughage and grass into a consistent high milk yield.

How many months of the year do your dairy cows spend grazing outdoor? Are they equipped with strong feet and legs to walk between the barn and the field? How do they handle rough weather — and how is their feed intake?

Pasture grazing makes certain traits in your cows even more important:

• Feed Intake/Saved Feed
• Feet and Legs
• Hoof health.
• General health.
• Feed intake
• Resilience.
• Medium-sized.

You want your cows to live long and last long, making your dairy business profitable, sustainable and enjoyable.

One of the great advantages of breeding Tri-Crossbreeds is heterosis—the increase of favourable characteristics of a hybrid organism over the characteristics of its parents.

Heterosis is the opposite of inbreeding. It happens when you cross two unrelated breeds.

Research has found that heterosis especially improves traits like vitality, fertility, health, survival, lifetime production and longevity.

In crossbreeding, the first generation is called F1.

Instead of backcrossing the F1 as you would in two-way crossbreeding, you introduce a third breed.

The heterosis stays at 100% for the first two generations. Then it drops when the first backcross happens (mated to the original breed) to give the F3. After a few generations, the heterosis levels at 86%.

By using the three-way cross you can achieve a steady heterosis of 86% compared to 67% with a two-way cross ensuring a healthier and more fertile herd for seasonal calving.

Glenfergus-Cross Tri-Crossbreeds are specifically bred for the beef-on-dairy segment, where easy calving are the number one priority.

Our sires give higher profitability to dairy herds delivering calves with higher growth rates, solid milk production on calf delivery, and if calves are male, better meat quality.

Glenfergus-Cross sires provide…

• Easy calvings - Optimal calving performance when used on dairy cows
• Healthy calves - Strong, vigorous calves with high survivability
• Reliable data - Progeny-tested on dairy cows with high reliability
• High production - Increased daily gain and superior male carcass values

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