Placid, broad in the beam cattle which grow very fast on a factory produced, protein-rich foods. It doesn't make for tasty beef. Simmental is a breed which is good for both production of beef and milk. These docile, hardy animals originate from the Simmen Valley in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland. Over the last 100 years the breed has spread across Europe and have been bred in Britain since the 1970s. The colour of Simmental ranges from pale yellow to dark yellow and red to reddish brown. The main colour of the head is white. In crossbreeding, the Simmental has proved very successful. It provides more growth, a larger frame and thus a better beef yield to its crossbred progeny. It improves the quality of the meat with white fat and excellent marbling. It improves the milk yield, resulting in strong development of the calves in suckler herds. Sommentals are adaptable and are becoming increasingly numerous for their high beefs yields and dairy capacity.
