Origin and location The Saanen breed is used in particular in the South-East, the Centre and the West of France. It gives excellent results, showing that it can adapt to a wide variation of different foodstuffs, in the mountains or in the plain. Aptitudes and uses The Saanen goat is a thick-set solid animal, with […]
Origin and location The Alpine breed is reared in all the areas of France where goats are usually to be found. It is particularly widespread in the middle valley of the Loire and its tributaries, in the valleys of the Saône and the Rhône and in the Poitou-Charentes region. In Savoy, the birthplace of the […]
The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is a Swiss breed of dual-purpose cattle. It is reddish in color with white markings, and is raised for both milk and meat. Among the older and most widely distributed of all breeds of cattle in the world, and recorded since the Middle Ages, the Simmental breed has contributed to […]
The Limousin is a French breed of beef cattle from the Limousin and Marche regions of France. It was formerly used mainly as a draught animal, but in modern times is reared for beef. A herd book was established in France in 1886. With the mechanization of agriculture in the twentieth century, numbers declined. In […]
The Jersey is a British breed of small dairy cattle from Jersey, in the Channel Islands. It is highly productive – cows may give over 10 times their own weight in milk per lactation; the milk is high in butterfat and has a characteristic yellowish tinge. The Jersey adapts well to various climates and environments, […]
The Brown Swiss or American Brown Swiss is an American breed of dairy cattle. It derives from the traditional triple-purpose Braunvieh of the Alpine region of Europe, but has diverged substantially from it. Milk yield was measured in 2013 at 10231 kg per year; the milk has about 4% butterfat and 3.5% protein and is […]
The Montbéliarde is a breed of red pied dairy cattle from the area of Montbéliard, in eastern France. It is used mainly for dairying and particularly for cheese making. The animals are red pied with white heads and short horns, and of dairy type. Mature cows weigh 600 to 700 kg and stand about 145 […]