Crossbreeding. The word stirs debate in the dairy industry like no other. I readily expect a segment of our subscribers to stop reading this article after the first sentence and I might fully endorse that decision. If you are the owner of a herd of 100% Registered Guernseys, please feel free to spend your valuable reading time reviewing the many interesting articles and items to be found in this issue and give no further thought to anything but purebred breeding yourself. However, if you have a commercial group of cattle that need to test higher to take advantage of inviting component premiums and you are spending too many nights assisting with difficult calvings, read on, because the Guernsey breed has something more to offer you.
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