"With crossbreeding, the kg/milk solids per cow may have dropped slightly compared to our straight Friesians, but they do not need as much feed and the 'Not in Calf' (NIC) rates are significantly better. A few years ago, I broke down our 14% NIC rate and found the Friesians contributed 28% and the VikingRed crosses contributed only 5%."
Bev Phelan
1,000 cows, Dairy Plains, Tasmania, Australia
