Allmogekor

Allmogekor ( ALLMOGE cattle; singular Allmogeko [ almu: jɛku: ] ) is a collective term for the old country breeds of cattle in Sweden.

Breeds

There exist (ed ) s several old Allmogeko breeds. Official studbook keeper for the most is the Föreningen Allmogekon, the union Allmogeko. However, they are currently focused on the conservation of three races and also leads only for this breed books:

• Bohuskulla [ sv → ] [→ fr ]
• Ringamålako [ sv → ] [→ s ],
• Väneko [ sv → ] [→ fr].

Two pronounced dairy breeds, the Fjällko and Rödkulla be supervised by Svensk Mjölk, the Swedish professional association of dairy farmers.

The Swedish Samarbetsgruppen Lantrasforum ( Community Landrace Forum ) lists on its red list of all breeds stud book out of Allmogeko in the highest degree of danger, " seriously threatened ".

Use

These cattle are resistant, healthy and self-sufficient and thus ideally suited for extensive free range on meadows and in open woods. They were used as a two -to three -purpose breeds, ie as breeds that are used as draft animals, as a milk and meat as suppliers. In terms of profit maximization they can not compete with modern souped Einnutzungsrassen. Your strength lies in the extensive grazing and thus also in landscape conservation grazing projects as well as the easy-care and undemanding entertainment for the non- farm own needs. In addition, they will receive as a living gene bank and not least as valuable cultural heritage.

The name

The Swedish word " kor " (cows ) is the plural form of "ko " ( cow), " ALLMOGE " is the peasant class. The name can therefore be translated as " Bauernstandskuh " as " Bauernkuh " or simply as " Landkuh ".