
NEWS PRO GALLOWAY
These contributions are intended to help achieve constructive discussions about a sensible and reasonable approach to Galloway breeding, without constantly looking back and blocking the view of necessary developments and new things.
What particularly connects us with the global Galloway family is our love for cattle and our joy in producing valuable grass-based beef.
Galloways are not the only thing in our lives - but they are unique!
BECHTELSBERG FESTIVAL AT THE 2023 WORLD'S LARGEST GALLOWAY SHOW IN ALSFELD/HESSEN
The judge at this year's Galloway Open was Merlin Bradley from Australia. It wasn't an easy task for him, as the quality in the individual classes was very high. With the 1a animals Yacky and Harmonie, we presented two cattle for the final round at the beginning of the judging competition. Afterwards, cows and calves were ranked in four age groups in the monochrome Galloways. Here we were able to have three class winners: Yelina, Yjohanna and Ypsilon. Yule vom Bechtelsberg, now owned by Moritz and Bernd Schlichterle, completed the round as the fourth class winner from our kennel. When selecting the winners, the nine-year-old El Toro daughter Ypsilon was chosen as the winner with her outstanding bull calf on foot. The typical first cow Yelina took the reserve victory with her strong cow calf. With the bulls, the success story continued with our show animals. Our Sid son Saam vom Bechtelsberg (in a breeding partnership with Steffen Schubert, Bad Rodach) was the winner of the old bulls. Saam is a framed, elongated eye-catcher with good foundations. There was also a sash for us with the young bulls. The winner was the very young Vagrant son Van Gogh. Following the individual competitions, 5 companies presented a collection with at least three animals. Our top three cows and their good calves were also placed in first place as the winning group in the company collection.
CONGRATULATIONS!
CAISSY FROM BECHTELSBERG
WILL BE RESERVE WINNER
Bought at the best off heifer auction in Gross Kreuz. And in Viöl we won the reserve champion title against a strong conference! Congratulations!
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GALLOWAY HEIFER IN GROSS KREUTZ AT “BEST OF” 2023 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
Caissy from Bechtelsberg is now in Schleswig Holstein. We congratulate the new owners and wish them lots of fun and joy as well as maximum success.
UPDATE: NEWS ARE HERE!
NEW, SMALL BUT FINE STOVES IN FAM'S RANDOW BREAK. White
UPDATE: New blood is here! New, small but fine Galloway herd in the Randow Bruch just outside Stettin. It all started with a phone call more than 5 years ago. Then the visit of the Weiß family in Ottrau, participation in the beginners' seminar and then finally on February 8th the four cattle moved into their new home. Everything was perfectly prepared: pasture tent, water supply and the wolf-repellent fence. Now we are all excitedly waiting for the first calves from the top bulls Doron and El Torro from Bechtelsberg.
THE BEEF - A MULTI-TALENT
In Chapter 11 of the Critical Agricultural Report 2023, with the focus on: “Agriculture and nutrition for a world in transition,” Andrea Lenkert-Hörrmann describes the results of a very interesting slow food project in 7 sections: - The cattle - a three-purpose animal. Milk, meat and ecosystem services - Maintain racial diversity - Redefine performance. Good forage utilization and feed efficiency, health, fertility and off-road mobility - Not all pastures are the same. In addition to short grass pasture-holistic grazing / mobgrazing - Also young bulls in the pasture. Cow-bound calf rearing and pasture fattening - Good handling of the animals. LSS - Low-stress and artisanal slaughtering. No long live animal transports, sufficient maturation and consistent quality - The planetary boundaries of our dinner plate. Sustainable and environmentally friendly cattle farming will lead to less meat consumption but better beef. From this the author derives the following requirements: 1. Cattle belong on pasture and year-round grazing must be better promoted. 2. Breeding orientation needs to be corrected. 3. The meat trade must be politically supported. 4. The commercial class regulation must be adapted to the special qualities of pasture-raised beef. 5. Further training for people from crafts, agriculture and gastronomy must be promoted. 6. Reduce meat consumption according to the space available to us. This and many other interesting articles can be read on the Internet at – “The critical agricultural report 2023”. It's good that the vast majority of Galloway breeders and keepers have been on this path for years and are doing a lot of things right.