In Switzerland cows because of its growing from year to year size longer fit in the stall that was built several decades ago. On Monday told the newspaper Welt.

With a growth of 1.6 meters Swiss cows can weigh over 800 kg. "Many of the stalls were built 25-30 years ago size animals. For modern cows are often too close, especially when the animals lie", - leads edition of the words of a specialist agricultural centre of Arenenberg. "Cows grow by an average of 3 mm per year - this trend must be stopped," - said in turn, Marcus Gerber, the head of the Association of Swiss herdsmen Swissherdbook.

The increase in size of the animals leads not only to difficulties with their placement, but will also reduce the production efficiency. At the same milk yield cows need more food to make up for the large power consumption due to the increased mass.

The problem spawned from the farmers in a discussion about the need for removal "the new Swiss cows", which must be smaller and neprihotlivye current individuals. According to them, the new breed needs to reach a height of 140-145 cm and weigh 500-600 kg.

The publication notes that currently, each of the nearly 700 thousand cows annually issues an average of 7.5 thousand liters of milk, yields the best of them can reach up to 12 thousand liters.

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