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Australian Rubia Gallega Breed Society
Australian Galician Blonde/Rubia Gallega registry
About Rubia Gallega
Galician Blonde
The Galician Blonde cattle breed is known as Rubia Gallega in Spain where it originates.
Rubia Gallega is raised primarily for beef now. It is renowned for its gentle temperament, hardiness and adaptability, together with the production of high-quality meat in animals with excellent feed conversion rates
About Rubia Gallega Australia
About The Breed
Originating in Galicia, a province in Spain, the breed is best known for their tenderness and intense beef flavor.
Originally a dual purpose breed used for draft work and milk production. Now primarily a beef breed producing some of the wolds most sought after beef , however some are still used for milking to this day for the production of traditional Galenian cheese.
Benefits of Rubia Gallega
A naturally docile breed that's easy to handle with exceptional growth rates with select sire data showing an average daily weight gain of over 2kg along with a 3.6kg feed conversion
The maternal aspects of Rubia Gallega are amongst the best, milk production is very good being a dual purpose breed. the unassisted calving rate for the cows site above 95% with plenty of room in the pelvis for the largest of calves.
Rubia Gallega are a great option for breeding over dairy cows certain sires have a calving weight of only 30-32kg. Even crossed with dairy cows, the calves' will still exhibit exceptional growth.
(pictured is a 5 month old heifer calf)
Animal Registration
We are working with the ABRI for the DNA verification, Animal registration and Breedplan