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Cattle
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Cattle auction
Friday, 30 September 2011
Scottish Highland Cattle have become increasingly popular over the years, especially for smaller landholders.
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WHOLLY COW
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
It's midwinter: cold and wet, with mud everywhere. Days are short and nights are long, not to mention dark and stormy - the favourite time for cows to decide to calve.
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OH DAIRY ME!
Friday, 15 July 2011
It is well known that New Zealand has well in excess of 11,000 dairy herds.
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Tradition holds Simmentals back
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Most beef cattle in Franklin are of dairy origin, derived from the large number of milking herds in the area. But dairy farmers seem reluctant to look past traditional choices of beef bulls to mate with their herds.
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Dual purpose breed one of oldest
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Simmentals are one of the oldest cattle breeds in the world. Named for the Simme Valley in Switzerland, where they originated, they have been breed recorded since 1806.
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EDIBULL
Monday, 21 March 2011
Age old breed produces prime eye fillet.
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Mini-sized, maxi-use Dexters
Thursday, 16 December 2010
The Dexter breed originated in Ireland from the ancient native Irish cattle, going back 5000 years.
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Herefords from horns to hooves
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Hereford cattle are a beef cattle breed, widely used both in intemperate areas and temperate areas, mainly for meat production.
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Less stress for more enjoyment
Thursday, 22 July 2010
After two particularly wet winters a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ remark from Janet Poole to her husband Ray resulted in the arrival of Miniature Herefords at the couple’s Matakohe Polled Hereford Stud.
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Red Devons and red shirts
Monday, 24 May 2010
Rolling up to view a paddock of prize Bulls wearing a red shirt is not the brightest thing any journalist has done.
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Generations of hardy, natural selection
Friday, 23 April 2010
Highland cattle have benefitted from generations of natural selection amongst the harsh conditions of the remote Scottish highlands and islands.
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Beautiful belties adapt to most conditions
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Amber Wood has been involved with farming all her life. “My family farmed this valley from my grandfather’s time, and my father carried on with dairying until a few years back.
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Big-belted beauties
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Overall conditions, such as climate and vegetation are critical to the suitability of a particular breed to an area.
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A brief history and big future for Devons
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Red Devon Cattle are one of the oldest breeds of cattle in New Zealand. They were very popular in the early days for their dual purposes.
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Handsome, docile and back from the brink
Thursday, 21 May 2009
As Arthur Beazley, past councillor of the NZ Red Devon Society pointed out they are a remarkable breed with very adaptive qualities, that means they are now completely established within all the major beef producing nations.
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