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Fat Cattle Force Farmers to Call for ‘New Model Cow’

Swiss cows have to be in shape to make it up the mountain for summer (Keystone) Many Swiss cows are getting too heavy for soft Alpine pastures, too wide for their stalls and too gluttonous for their owners. An interest group is now calling for cows to be bred that are smaller, lighter and more easily sated. Some cows are more than 1.60 metres (5’3”) in height and tip the scales at more than 800 kilograms (1,760...

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