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Herdbuchbetrieb

English translation: Dairy farm herd book


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German term or phrase:Herdbuchbetrieb
English translation:Dairy farm herd book
Entered by: Hans-Gerhard Leppert
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07:31 Nov 15, 2004
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Agriculture
German term or phrase: Herdbuchbetrieb
Der durchschnittliche Milchertrag, d. h. die Pro-Kuh-Leistung betrug 2003 rund 6.537 kg Milch, in Herdbuchbetrieben reicht das Leistungsniveau bis 8.045 kg Milch bei einem Fettgehalt von 4,19% und 3,46% Eiweiß.
Hans-Gerhard Leppert
Germany
Local time: 03:52
Dairy farm herd book
Explanation:
or "dairy farm records". That's where they are more likely to keep records of nutritional contents of the milk. They may breed cattle as a sideline, but only as a sideline....

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Note added at 57 mins (2004-11-15 08:29:03 GMT)
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Or maybe \"dairy herd book\"?
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David Moore
Local time: 03:52
Grading comment
Thank you very much, I think this fits best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1registered herdJohn Speese
4Dairy farm herd bookDavid Moore
3cattle breeding farm
milinad


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cattle breeding farm


Explanation:
Herdbuch is a stud farm however stud farm is associated with horse, so here you can safely say cattle breeding farm

milinad
Local time: 07:22
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Dairy farm herd book


Explanation:
or "dairy farm records". That's where they are more likely to keep records of nutritional contents of the milk. They may breed cattle as a sideline, but only as a sideline....

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Note added at 57 mins (2004-11-15 08:29:03 GMT)
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Or maybe \"dairy herd book\"?

David Moore
Local time: 03:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71
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Thank you very much, I think this fits best.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
registered herd


Explanation:
A registered herd consists of purebred livestock of a particular breed that are selected for the best of whatever trait they are used for, in this example milk production, and they are registered in the herd book maintained by the association for that particular breed.


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John Speese
United States
Local time: 21:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84

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agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: a farm with a registered herd
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