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Dutch Belted Dairy Cows
Dutch Belted dairy cows are known as the best cow for grazing, proving to be exceptional milkers and often out-producing other breeds. As such, they're fast emerging as one of the most sought-after breeds for cross-breeding by grass dairymen and stockmen.
Among the practical features of this breed, which date bac
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Dutch Belted Dairy Cows LIVESTOCK Beef 22-3-35 Dutch Belted dairy cows are known as the best cow for grazing, proving to be exceptional milkers and often out-producing other breeds. As such, they're fast emerging as one of the most sought-after breeds for cross-breeding by grass dairymen and stockmen.
Among the practical features of this breed, which date back more than 300 years to the mountains of Switzerland and Austria, are: incredible fertility, economical size, strong grazing ability, sound feet, early maturity, persistent milk production and high protein/fat ratio.
For example, Duchess Zelma "O", the queen mother of today's Dutch belted breed, averaged 20,600 lbs. of milk per year at 3.4 percent protein.
Our company's purebred sires also throw a high percentage of belted offspring out of other breeds. Hybrid vigor alone is documented to increase performance up to 15 percent.
We offer semen from a number of Dutch Belted sires. Thousands of these bulls have been put to work in herds throughout North America, Holland, and the U.K. Semen is shipped by one of the top custom AI studs - Interglobe Genetics of Pontiac, Ill. (Kenneth & Winnifred Hoffman, Bestyet Dutch Belted, 4279 E. 12th Rd., Earlvile, Ill. 60518-6079; ph 815 246-9523)
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