ELKADER, Iowa — Tucked into the hills on Gunder Road north of Elkader, Jerry and Wanda Brink and Jerry’s brothers, Jim and George, and their families raise purebred Fleckvieh Simmental and Hereford ...

I first came across a breed of cattle known as Fleckvieh when I was in vet school. It has several positive attributes but what stood out for me is the fact that it is a dual purpose breed. Though this ...

Just the day before, Mary had delivered her first calf, a 90-pounder. Now, Mary and her calf were in one of the barns at Indian Creek Cattle, by the banks of Indian Creek. Mary and her calf are aming ...

But Colac region farmer Luke McCarthy hopes to change that as a keen exponent of the red-and-white breed for the past decade. Pronounced ‘fleck-fee’, McCarthy family now joins 100 per cent of their ...

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Please enable JavaScript to read this content. I first came across a breed of cattle known as Fleckvieh when I was in vet school. It has several positive attributes ...