Increasing use of technology and data driving beef production on Luing

THE ethos for the Luing breed has always been to produce low input cattle which will perform in the harshest of conditions with minimal intervention. The founders of the breed, the Cadzow family are continuing to refine these traits with increasing use of technology and data.

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Increasing use of technology and data driving beef production on Luing

THE ethos for the Luing breed has always been to produce low input cattle which will perform in the harshest of conditions with minimal intervention. The founders of the breed, the Cadzow family are continuing...

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