News from Three Gables

The Jewel of Austria’s mountains in Canada

“Das Juwel der Berge”, or the Jewel of the Mountains as the Tiroler Grauvieh is known as, is coming to Canada. After nearly four months of planning and preparation, the Government of Canada granted permission for the import of Tiroler Grauvieh semen from Austria. It will be mere weeks now before the genetics of this breed are available to... [Read more of this article]

French-Swiss relations

Well … it has probably happened many times before throughout the past centuries in their bordering native lands, that the now French cattle breed Tarentaise was crossbred with what is now the distinct Swiss cattle breed Braunvieh.  However, for us it is a very new thing with a promising future. Our new Tarentaise yearling bull arrived from Gerald... [Read more of this article]

What wears red and is in time for Christmas?

Until our Tiroler Grauvieh semen from Austria becomes available, we are exploring another Alpine breed: the Tarentaise.  The benefit of the Tarentaise cattle is  that they are already established in Canada, like the Braunvieh, and we have access to live animals. Colin and I made contact with a reputable breeder in Alberta, Canada, from where we... [Read more of this article]

Grauvieh in Canada?

On October 20th. of 2009 we inquired with the Tiroler Grauviehzuchtverband in Austria – the breed association of the Tyrol Grey cattle – about importing Grauviehsemen to Canada. We have a keen interest in cross-breeding our Braunvieh with what in the last century was still considered the same type of cattle but of a different region:... [Read more of this article]

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