Longhorn is sire of choice for heritage beef scheme

Newcastle University is turning the lower yielding portion of its 300-cow herd over to Longhorn breeding as part of a newly launched scheme to provide ‘heritage’ beef.

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Longhorn is sire of choice for heritage beef scheme

Newcastle University Farms has agreed to sign up to calf supply company Buitelaar's newly launched Longhorn Heritage Beef project. In recent years, Holstein-Friesian male calves have had little value,...

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