The Australian Red Dairy Breed was formed in January 1986 and was officially incorporated in October 1987. It was a unanimous decision that they are promoted as "Aussie Reds"

The motivation for establishing a new Australian Dairy cattle breed was for red and white dairy cattle breeders to broaden their genetic base to allow rules and regulation to suit modern day production requirements.

The objective is to breed healthy, wide climate tolerant (including heat) economic dairy cows, which can outperform other dairy breeds by improved productivity, through early maturation and high food coversion ratios.

With careful selection from overseas breeding programs which include herd health monitoring and functional workability traits, including economical food conversion ratios plus reduced genetic defects, a much more profitable cow is being created for the Australian Dairy Industry.

The Australian Red Breed's objective is to breed healthy, wide climate tolerant (including heat), economic dairy cows which can out perform other dairy breeds by improved productivity, through early maturation and high food conversion ratios.

With careful selection from overseas breeding programs which include herd health monitoring and functional workability traits, including economical food conversion ratios and reduced genetic defects, a much more profitable cow is being created for the Australian dairy industry.

Accepted in the Aussie Red Breeds Register are the following:
Red or Red and White females that are registered in the Ayrshire, Dairy or Milking Shorthorn, Illawarra or Red and White Holstein Breed Societies in Australia.

Progeny of any bulls which have been approved by the A.R.B.R. Bull Approval Committee which are of dominant red genotype dairy breeds from anywhere in the world.
These may be bred in any combination that the breeder chooses.

Photo courtesy Sheri Martin, Genetics Australia

Registration of Aussie Reds

Accepted into the register are the following:

Red or Red and White females that are registered in the Ayrshire, Dairy or Milking Shorthorn Illawarra or Red and White Holstein Breed Societies in Australia and progeny of any bulls which have been approved by the ARBR bull approval committee which are of dominant red genotype dairy breeds from anywhere in the world.

These may be bred in any combination that the breeder chooses.

Registration as a Full Member (cost $133) entitles you:

• Registration of all ARDB cattle
• Participation in decisons relative to the ARB.
• Subscription to the International Red Cow Magazine.
• Fellowship with breeders with similar objectives.
• Enables Value Adding for selling registered cattle.
• Eligibility to submit young bulls for Progeny testing.
• Updates on all ARDB information
  

Associate membership (cost $33) entitles you:

• Subscription to The International Red Cow Magazine.
• Update on all Aussie Red Dairy Breed information. AB information.