The Norwegian Red crosses are amazing says Vissers, Holland
The Vissers family at Ravenstein in Holland is milking 275 cows. Herd average milk yield is 9,328 kgs, 3.98% fat and 3.50% protein. The family started crossbreeding some years ago and are very satisfied.
The Vissers family is milking about 40 Fleckvieh x Holstein crosses, and is very happy with them. They are now also milking six Norwegian Red x Holstein first lactating cows (4 daughters by Norwegian Red sire 5654 Olstad and 2 daughters by Norwegian Red sire 5723 Ølberg), and Mr. Vissers says: AMAZING!
All six Norwegian Red x Holsteins are shown in the picture, and all are above 30 kgs of milk (average 32.2 kgs, milking twice a day). They have calved within three weeks time, and the average age at calving was 1.11 year.