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RARE CATTLE Breeder Directories... these are not old heritage breeds, but are rare and unusual cattle with unique genetics or relevant history in North America. Some are rare here, but not in their country of origin.
ANGUS HERITAGE DIRECTORY list only breeders who raise the hard to find lines of pure Heritage or Native Angus; old original Scottish bloodlines kept pure since before the 1970s frame wars, when “improved” stock (outside breed genetics) were added into the American Angus herd books. Native Aberdeen Angus heritage cattle typically range from 2 to 5 frame score. Since the Dunlouise Angus operation in Scotland trademarked preferred terms such as Native or Scottish Angus used to describe old original heritage Angus, breeders who do not pay for that privilege are forced to refer to them by other names, which may cause confusion {image credit: heritage Angus, Pinebank Angus, NZ}.
ARKANSAS Bovine Engineering & Consulting Doug Fry Rose Bud AR 501-279-1230 email Doug is the son of the late Gearld Fry, who studied the teachings of linebreeding and grass fed genetics from Dr. Jan Bonsma of South Africa since 1972.
ARKANSAS Wilson Ranch Native Aberdeen Angus cattle; Old World Black Cattle Rob Wilson Heber Springs AR ranch 501-362-2714, Rob cell: 501-206-4337, Nan Cell: 501-206-4335 no email found Our traditional Aberdeen Angus are the pure, original Scotch bloodlines.
GEORGIA Hodge Ranch & Sustainable Genetics, LLC Bill & Di Hodge Franklin GA 770.605.6385 email Established in 2004, a beef genetics marketing company dedicated to enhancing profitability in the production segment of the industry. We believe, first and foremost, that a bovine animal was put on this earth to function as a grazing animal. A repository of old line, maternal efficiency genetics, frozen semen, including Pinebank Angus genetics, grass fed old Jersey genetics. Kinloch Farm utilizes Pinebank Angus, NZ, Wye Angus in Maryland, and the work Larry Leonhart did in Montana at Shoshone Angus.
GEORGIA Oliver Angus Spence Oliver West Point GA 404-803-4400 email Our genetics derive from Angus cattle imported in the 50’s and 60’s from Great Britain, through the Wye Angus herd in Queenstown, Maryland. Since 1986, we have sustained these genetics by using Wye blood and operating a closed herd of cattle.
KANSAS Lava Acres Ranch Native (Heritage) Angus Kaid Bauman, Mgr Cambria, Kansas 785-476-8036 email Owned by the Lopez family immigrated from Columbia who are physicians and health care specialists in the medical industry; because of their love of farming and desire for healthy diet and sustainable lifestyle, they started a herd of Native Heritage Angus with Faith Valley Farm heifers & embryos.
KANSAS Powell Angus Ranch Kalvesta KS no email found Find us on Facebook.
MARYLAND Wye Plantation Angus University of Maryland, College of Agriculture, Queenstown, Maryland 410-827-6016 email A historical herd: Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906-1990) was the great grandson of Amory Houghton who founded Corning Glass Works in 1851. Mr. Houghton owned the Wye Plantation from 1937-1979. Jim Lingle became the manager of Wye Plantation and was instrumental in forming the legendary Angus herd. Around 1940 the first Angus herd of 18 females were purchased from North Dakota and Oklahoma. 12 of those 18 cows make up today's genetic influence in the herd today. No other females were ever introduced into the herd. Mr. Lingle imported 25 bulls from the British Isles for Wye Plantation between 1941 and 1959, when the herd was closed. Due to larger British Isles genetics, the Wye herd became popular during the frame wars in the 1970s. Houghton gifted ownership of the major part of his Angus breeding herd to the University of Maryland Foundation in 1979. It holds a traditional annual sale the first Saturday in April each year. It is still a closed herd and an important source of heritage Angus genetics in North America.
MONTANA Diamond D Angus Valier MT Mark DeBoo 406-799-3480 email Jim Spinner 406-505-0509 email.
MONTANA Saddle Butte Ranch Harrison O'Connor Geyser MT 406-735-4400 email The Saddle Butte Ranch has become a safe harbor for an endangered species: the Native (Heritage) Aberdeen Angus. Few breeding cows of true Aberdeen Angus exist today. They are listed in the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in England. On Saddle Butte Ranch all Angus bulls are native to Scotland. It is with a feeling of privilege and anticipation that we are developing a herd to become an important source in the U.S. for this important breed that almost went extinct.
NEBRASKA Bolze Ranch Angus Ron & Becky Bolze, Sadie Bolze & Tanner Nielsen Chadron NE 402-321-0067 email Started their herd in 1979.
NEBRASKA Spring Valley Ranch Bassett, NE Ben or Sherry Andrews at 402-684-3308 or Frank at 612-747-4400 email
NORTH CAROLINA Wickwire Angus David Freeman Bull Creek NC Starting out learning from Jim Lingle and Jim Reid of Wye Plantation, Mr. Freeman's herd is made up entirely of Wye ancestry with no other Angus bloodlines ever used.
PENNSYLVANIA Octoraro Angus New Paris PA Sam Wylie 814-889-9196, Sherrill Wylie 814-494-2341 email The breeding practices and philosophy of Octoraro Angus have found a niche and our cattle are sought as seed stock by Angus breeders throughout the United States. We breed producer-friendly cattle for farmers who want to get back to the pure, breeder-type Angus of long ago. We stay out of the mainstream and like it that way. It is this practice that enables us to keep costs low and find a strong market. The Wylies have divorced but are both very active in Heritage Angus genetics.
PENNSYLVANIA Octoraro Epiphany Angus New Paris PA Beth Clark 814-244-9861, Chris Reichard 717-816-4816.
PENNSYLVANIA Em Brook Angus Rick & Barb Emerick, and sons Richie & wife Paula, Ryan
& wife Elisabeth Schellsburg PA email working with Octoraro Angus on Angus "Genetic Seed Saving."
TEXAS Faith Valley Farm Gary Daugherty Gatesville TX 254-205-0554 email Recovering and producing the ‘Old Style’ Heritage Angus by using Vintage Semen, closed herds and select sources - with no modern genetics - no outside breed influence.
TEXAS O Cross Cattle facebook page Paul Teegardin Quitaque TX 254-205-0554 email
TEXAS Texas Spur Lowlines & Midline Angus David & Barbara Welch Kerens TX 281-460-5615 or 903-388-4860 email Old line Heritage Scottish Aberdeen Angus, and hot weather resistant Senepol x Square Meaters x Lowline We are putting Native Aberdeen Heritage back in our beef cattle. Our Heritage (Scottish) Aberdeen have superior grass conversion genetics. We use genetics from Dunlouise Aberdeen Angus cattle of Angus, Scotland.
TEXAS Woodstone Angus Bill & Yvonne and son, Will Woods New Ulm TX 979-992-3640 email A long established Scotch-Irish conservatory herd that preserves, maintains, and refines the pure bloodlines of Angus Cattle which originated entirely within the British Isles. These cattle are smaller frame, easy-fleshing, calving ease, with adequate but not excessive milk production, and are competitive in the feed yard and superior in marbling, muscling, and carcass quality.
CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA Venator Ranches Ltd. Heritage Angus and Bison Dr. Christoph & Erika Weder Hudson's Hope, BC 250-783-9999 email Our Angus herd has been bred and selected from "Old World Grass Based Angus Genetics" and are 100% forage developed.
INTERNATIONAL: ARGENTINA El Hinojo de Bru The unique genetics 100% pure available in world for Aberdeen breed is from Dunlouise or "El Hinojo de Bru" in Argentina - and both use semen from 60's. “El Hinojo” herd is the one of few in the world that has not been modernized (influenced by outside breeds). The Aberdeen Angus traits have been kept unaltered at Cabaña El Hinojo in Coronel Suárez, Argentina, all along. Mr. Luis Jaime Bru, one of the owners of Cabaña El Hinojo, has continued to preserve the original, unhybridzed Aberdeen Angus in his herds. His herds in Argentina shows how the same animal was considered “big” in the 50’s and “small” in the 80’s. ~ from article in the “Informe Ganadero” Magazine. You must email this operation from their website.
INTERNATIONAL: SCOTLAND Kingston Farm Dunlouise heritage Native Aberdeen Angus Geordie & Julia Soutar, son Duncan and daughter Louise Forfar, Aberdeen, Angus, Scotland email Starting in 1995 the Soutars began searching and acquiring all the Native Angus they could find left pure in their country. They ended up with 9 female lines left in existence. In the 1970s (frame wars) North American Angus were commonly infused with other breeds of cattle.
INTERNATIONAL: NEW ZEALAND Pinebank Angus Heritage Angus Willie Falloon and Waigroup Angus Pinebank NZ email The Pinebank herd was founded in 1919 by the late Henry Falloon. In 1965 Gavin Falloon closed the herd. It has remained pure old Scottish and heritage New Zealand Angus cattle. See also Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand rarebreeds.co.nz/angus.html
Keith Murdoch's Angus Cattle Presentation - a great document on the Angus industry in Australia, by the owner of Sparta Angus stud, years of experience in breeding - worthy reading, full of sound advice. This paper was kindly sent to us at the by Keith Murdoch, after he saw Native Angus listed on the RBTA website with an estimated population of fifty females. Thank you Keith, for allowing us to use it. After reading this paper, some email discussion with Keith and investigations, I removed Native Angus from our website as the type was not rare, in my opinion. This is an excellent paper, which Keith worried would upset people but which, to his gratification and surprise, was very well met he had great feedback. Keiths Sparta stud had zero American genetics. (As you can see, America is well known abroad for having contaminated our once-pure English cattle breeds, and rightfully so. This is why I keep these directories here -- for preservationist breeders who know the difference, and want to keep the pure ones from going extinct in North America).
ANGUS: FULLBLOOD LOWLINES are heritage Angus cattle in a smaller package. Lowlines descend from old Australian heritage Angus genetics. Lowlines (re-branded in USA as “American Aberdeens” in 2017) began with pure heritage Angus cattle imported from Canada to the Trangie Research Centre of NSW, Australia in 1929. They were selected & bred for smaller frame scores over decades of research, while studying the relationship between cattle size and feed efficiency. When the research ended in 1992, the Lowlines were released to the Australian public, and began to export back to North America in 1996. Fullblood Lowlines of today have been kept pure, kept to the old type and were selected for smaller frame scores and high efficiency on grass, and are the major source of heritage Angus in North America today. They come in black and red. Lowline breeders are well represented by their registries, and I presently know of no unusual populations of Lowline to warrant a special breeder directory here. Below are links to the existing Lowline member & breeder directories kept by their registries. {image credit: AAA Aberdeen Angus semen, Steil Knockranny, UKLivestock.co.uk}
American Aberdeen Association (Lowline) (AAA) Member Search
American Aberdeen Association (Lowline) (AAA) Animal Search
Canadian Lowline Cattle Association (CLCA) Member Directory
Canadian Lowline Cattle Association (CLCA) Animal Search
Australian Lowline Cattle Association (ALCA) Member Directory
AYRSHIRE: HERITAGE ISLAND DIRECTORY {image credit: vintage 1925 Player's Cigarette collector cards}.
CONNECTICUT New Pond Farm Ayrshire West Redding, CT 203-938-2117 email
MASSACHUSETTES Shannon M. Rice-Nichols Amherst MA email
OHIO Lake Metroparks Farmpark Kirtland OH 440-256-2122 email
WISCONSIN Denman Farm Brian Denman Richland Center WI 608-647-7617 email
Livestock Conservancy; report on the heritage Ayrshire and its history
US Ayrshire Breeders Association
Ayrshire Herd Book; Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1 Racecourse Rd., Ayr, Scotland.
CANADIENNE Dairy Cattle, aka Black Jerseys, Black Canadienne, French Canadienne or Quebec Jerseys, originated in the 16th century, when French settlers brought cattle over for foundation stock to settle Canada. The Canadienne is hardy, rugged, and well adapted to the Canadian climate. They are long lived and have a docile temperament. They are efficient producers of quality milk. Born red or tan, they darken to brown or black as they mature, keeping a pale muzzle and udder. Cows are generally small weighing 1000 to 1100 pounds. They excel on small acreage homesteads for milk and cheese production. {image credit: vachecanadienne.com}
RHODE ISLAND Swiss Village Farm Foundation Sarah Bowley Newport RI 401-848-7229 email
NEW YORK Canadienne dairy cattle Bryant Zilke Elma NY
CANADA, ALBERTA Coyote Acres Ranch (Patric & Lorri Lyster) Halkirk, Alberta 403-884-2625 email
CANADA, ONTARIO Ferme Dagenais Canadienne Gilles & Irene Dagenais Embrun ON 613-448-3167
CANADA, ONTARIO Foxfire Heritage Farm Canadienne Dairy Cattle Danielle Seguin Powassan ON 705-978-1895 email
CANADA, ONTARIO Stilman Farm Canadienne Dairy Cattle Boris Stilman Angus ON 647-830-5533 email
CANADA, QUEBEC Charette Canadienne Dairy Cattle Denis Charette St. Stanislas de Kostka QC 450-371-8378
CANADA, QUEBEC Duchesne Farm Canadienne Mario Duchesne St-Hilarion QC 418-457-4333 email
CANADA, QUEBEC LeBlond Canadienne Dairy Cattle Ghishlaine LeBlond Ayer's Cliff QC 819-849-7887 email
DEVON aka North Devon, Ruby Red Devon, Milking Devon {image credit: vintage 1925 Player's Cigarette collector cards}
ARKANSAS Fourche River Farm Devon Greg & Lavonne Hickl Harvey AR 479-299-4368 email
MISSOURI Cross Creek Red Devons Garland Pierce Branson West MO 417-338-5001 email
NEW YORK Dharma Lea Farm Devon cattle Paul & Phyllis Van Amburgh Sharon Springs NY email Dharma Lea Farm produces 100% grass fed milk with a 90-cow certified organic dairy and 100% grass fed meat with a 20-cow Devon beef herd. Read the condensed version of a Cornell University article about how the Dharma Lea Farm successfully raises all calves on their mothers for 10 months, and save money doing it.
TEXAS Grace Heritage Ranch American Milking Devon Brian & Mary Schalk Lyford TX email
WISCONSIN Hill-View Dairy Dutch Belted and Milking Devon Brian Denman Richland Center, WI 608-647-7617 email
CANADA, ONTARIO Devonside John Drummond & Jacinta Willems Mitchell ON 519-393-5590 email
CANADA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLE Rustaret Farm Milking Devon Rusty Bittermann Kinkora PEI 902-887-3719 email
Red Devon USA Association Member Directory search page
Davy's Devon Herd Book; Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, Court House, The Square, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England.
SOUTH DEVON and MINIATURE SOUTH DEVON. The South Devon heritage breed is not closely related to the Red Devon. The South Devon is typically a golden red, larger breed. There is one unique family of registered fullblood unusually small-framed South Devon, but too few to list here yet. {image credit: hoodandbroomfield.co.uk}
North American South Devon Association (NASDA) Member Directory search page
South Devon Herd Book Society, W. G. Turpitt, secretary, 16 Sherborne Rd., Newton Abbot, Devon, England
DEXTER aka IRISH DEXTER DIRECTORY. Herds of unusual Dexter in this directory include rare brindle or white marked or spotted cattle, or, Dexters selected for higher dairy production rather than dual purpose beef type. At the end are links to large Dexter herd book member directories {image credit: vintage photo of an oddly marked Dexter steer; courtesy of Patti Adams and Barbara Netti}.
KANSAS Wakarusa Ridge Ranch Irish Kerry & Irish Dexter Cattle Clay & Patti Adams Overbrook KS 785-836-3065 email
KENTUCKY Hope Refuge Farm Milking Dexters Jeff & Kim Newswanger Manchester KY 606-598-6215 email
TENNESSEE Freedom Farms LLC A2 & brindle Dexters Warren & Sally Coad Philadelphia TN 865-213-0590 email
TEXAS Legend Rock Ranch Barbara Netti Spring Branch TX 830-438-4044 email breeders of chondro & PHA free, small, polled, A2, red Dexters for 15 years in the Texas hill country.
American Dexter Cattle Association (ADCA) member list
Legacy Dexter Cattle Breeders breeder directory
Purebred Dexter Cattle Association of North America (PDCA) member list
Dexter Cattle Society, Manor Farm, Stubbs Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey, England.
DUTCH BELTED or LAKENVELDER dairy cattle existed as far back as the 1600s. Dutch Belted cattle were often owned by Dutch nobles who were reported to have also bred this unique belted pattern in their Dutch rabbits, Lavender chickens and Hampshire pigs. During the 1830s Dutch Belted cattle were imported in the United States of America where they were used as exhibition animals by showman and entertainer P.T. Barnum in his renowned traveling circus. The Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America was founded in the year 1886 {image credit: Mother Earth News}.
CALIFORNIA Zimmerman Farm Dalene Hokanson Milford CA 530-260-1115 email
CONNECTICUT Abbey Of Regina Laudis Bethlehem, CT 504-214-0090 email grass fed dairy herd of Dutch Belted cows
CONNECTICUT Lakeview Farm Louis & Kathy Bach Tolland, CT 860-872-7716 email
CONNECTICUT New Pond Farm Dutch Belted West Redding, CT 203-938-2117 email
ILLINOIS Best Yet A.I.Sires Dutch Belted Martha Winifred & Miriam Hoffman Earlville, IL 815-246-9523 email Grass-based dairy genetics from our family farm to yours
ILLINOIS Dutch-Ayr Farm Rick & Kristine Haag Cullom IL 815-689-2231 email
LOUISIANA Baker 4 Farm Joe D Baker Jena LA 318-992-5040 email
MARYLAND Lloyd Hake & Christoper Connolly Fairplay MD 202-674-1180 email
MARYLAND Stephen & Dianne Lewis Medusa, NY 518-239-8437 email
MICHIGAN Andew & Jamie Schneider Westphalia MI 989-587-6941
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manning Hill Farm, LLC Sam & Sarah Canonica Winchester NH 603-239-4397 email
NEW YORK Upson Farm Cornell Upson Cherry Valley NY 607-264-3108
OHIO Meyer Farm Leroy & Rose Meyer Fort Loramie, OH 937-295-2303 email
PENNSYLVANIA Dutch Meadows Farm Dutch Belted Stoltzfus family Paradise PA 717-442-9208 email
TEXAS Dutch Belted Farms David & Cathy Shepherd Kerville TX 830-285-1452 email
TEXAS Five Mile Farm Marsha Stein Snook, TX 979-272-1323 email
TEXAS Zarosky Zoo Farms Mary Zarosky Floresville TX 281-798-9398 email
TEXAS Twenty-Eight North Farm Enrique Espinoza III Mathis, TX 361-851-7863 email
VIRGINIA Little Owl Natural Farm Dutch Belted and Guernsey Linda Uihlein Free Union, VA 434-973-6015 email
VIRGINIA Well Fed Farm Aaren Nunez Floyd VA 540-986-5766 email
WISCONSIN Bohnview Farm Ellen Bohn Watertown WI 920-253-8826 email
WISCONSIN Hill-View Dairy Dutch Belted and Milking Devon Brian Denman Richland Center, WI 608-647-7617 email
WISCONSIN Welcome Meadows Jim Versweyveld Delavan WI 608-751-2215 email
Dutch Belted Cattle Assocation of America (DBCAA) Breeder Directory
Dutch Belted Cattle breeders in Livestock Conservancy
Dutch Belted Cattle FB Group
GALLOWAY: Some of the Rarest Heritage Galloway in North America would be Riggit or color sided (CS) cattle, which is a color pattern often selected against by White Galloway breeders (but it is genetically linked to the better-known white park marking). The Riggit pattern was banned by the American Galloway Breeders Association in 2020. North American Riggit Galloways can still be registered in the Canadian Galloway Association in the White Galloway division. Small framed and miniature fullblood Galloway cattle are very rare. Most cattle registered as "Miniature Galloway" are upgraded hybridized animals. This Directory includes breeders of the rarest colors or sizes of fullblood 100% heritage Galloways. Beneath this directory are links to mainstream Galloway registry breeder directories {image credit: reproduction of painting of a Riggit Galloway; artist: Garrard; circa 1804}.
COLORADO RT Camelot Ranch miniature Belted Galloway Rene Gantt Elizabeth Colorado email All of our Belted Galloways are registered 100% fullblood.
FLORIDA Terra Bella Mini Farm small frame Galloway, Highland & White Park Tony & Tanya Ramos Lithia FL 910-778-4833 email We are a small family-owned farm, Farmer Veteran Coalition Member, and we raise crossbred, purebred, and some fullblood small Galloway cattle. We are located just outside of Tampa, where we coexist with the local fauna and flora.
IDAHO Mini Cows West Fullblood mini Belted Galloway, Lowlines Gene Kantack Idaho Falls ID 208-523-5959 email
INDIANA B&J Cattle Co Belted and White Galloway Brice & Jane Jackson, Jeff & Jennifer Jackson Greencastle IN 765-720-0746 email
INDIANA Redwing Farm fullblood miniature White, Riggit and Solid Galloway Karen Hymbaugh Westfield IN
NEW YORK Dog Day Acres Land & Cattle Co miniature Belted Galloway Joe & Robin Greubel Lucas IA We raise miniature & small framed grassfed cattle, including registered Belted Galloway. Several of our calves are incredibly small and classify as miniature.
NEW YORK Blue Fire Farm small Belted Galloway Phil & Jenny Stroh Farmersville Station NY 585-689-0754 email Our family raises heritage cattle breeds that excel on native pasture.
OHIO Reds Sunset Farm Lauren Isaacs Dayton OH 937-681-9261 email Our new herd (one overmarked white, one red) Galloway cows are registered with the AGBA. They are from Karen Hymbaugh's herd, sired by Pilgrim.
OREGON Whiskey Creek Miniatures small Belted Galloway Bernard and Theresa Perkins (WCM) Springfield OR 541-933-2259 email
SOUTH CAROLINA Crowing Cow Farm small frame White Galloway Allene Wiley Simpsonville SC 843-834-1832 email some are overmarked almost riggits
TENNESSEE Idaho Galloway Cattle fullblood & crossbred, midsize & miniature, solid and white Galloway Heather Cartwright West Plains MO email formerly Emmett ID; find us on fb.me/idahogallowaycattle
UTAH Cascade Belted Galloways (dispersed?) Roosevelt UT Kirk Fackrell & Kris Gunn All our Galloway cattle are fullblood, and mid-sized between 42-48" tall.
UTAH M&J Assets fullblood miniature Belted Galloway Michael & Jacque Hurley Roosevelt UT 435-823-7079 email We bought Kris Gunn's herd; our cows are purebred and run between 45-48" at maturity. Find us on FB.
VERMONT Ministock Farm registered Miniature Belted Galloways Jody Richards & Larry Davignon Randolph VT 802.728.4283 email We raise miniature registered Belted Galloways. We have embraced the heritage lines of the original belted Galloway breed and over time bred them down to a more sustainable size for small farms.
VERMONT Meadow View Farm fullblood small frame Belted Galloways Lyndonville VT 802-626-3104 email find us on Facebook.
VIRGINIA Idlehour Farm Miniature Galloway cattle Scott & Heather Fox Mount Sidney VA 540-470-8694 email Located in central Shenandoah Valley. Our mini Galloways are not just small crossbred cattle like most minis, which are a conglomeration of several breeds intermixed to develop smaller animals. Our minis are pure Galloway, developed over two decades of selective breeding. We started breeding for size from 100% pureblood heritage standard size Galloways 25+ years ago and have kept the lines pure from the beginning. Our herd's original listing was for Misty Meadow Farm in Virginia, with Rob Clements, Weyers Cave VA as the owner. I am his daughter.
VIRGINIA DeerBorn Farm Rebecca Duffield / Ogborne North Garden (Charlottesville) VA 856-264-7894 email Deerborn Farm Facebook page.
WISCONSIN Home Oasis Farm registered Belted Galloways Dora Chippewa Falls WI 715-828-3856 email Our herd is all 100% belted Galloway, registered with the Belted Galloway Society, Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC). Due to our smaller acreage, we raise small frame, homestead size cattle; we purposely select on the smaller side; most are frame scores 1 - 0.
WYOMING Mountain High Mini Cows fullblood miniature Belted Galloway, Scottish Highland Michael or Stacey Evanston WY 307-789-2469 We are a small ranch that raises fullblood midsize and miniature Belted Galloway and Scottish Highland cattle. Our cattle are registered with the American Highland Cattle Association and U.S. Belted Galloway Society.
Belted Galloway Society Beltie breeder directory
Belted Galloway Society Beltie breeder websites
American Galloway Breeders Association breeder directory
Canadian Galloway Association member search
United Kingdom Riggit Galloway Cattle Society
Belted Galloway Cattle Society, Galloway Estate Office, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Roughhills, Dalbeattie, Scotland.
Australian Miniature Galloway Cattle, Australia
Australia miniature fullblood Galloway semen list (some cleared for export)
GUERNSEY: Most registered Guernsey cattle today in North America are not heritage (not fullblood); most have been “improved” with Holsteins or Jerseys to better compete in the commercial dairy market. In this directory, we list breeders of old pure heritage island Guernsey cattle, with no known outside genetics in their pedigrees. These cattle typically produce milk on grass, are hardy in most climates, and are known for their milk and butter that has a higher vitamin K, giving it a distinct darker golden color than other breeds.
History of Heritage Channel Island dairy cattle breeds: In the 1800's the Jersey cow, the Alderney Cow, and the Guernsey cow were all names for the same cows that came from the Channel Islands. Some time after the Jersey herd book was created on the Jersey Isle, they stopped allowing Guernsey Island cattle into Jersey and vise versa. Here is a free book to read online concerning these original Channel Island heritage dairy breeds: This has pictures showing how similar coat patterns were for the channel island cows. Of course, since that division, generational breeding has created the more distinct heritage breeds of Jersey and Guernsey, but at one time they were all simply called channel island milk cows.
The_Jersey,_Alderney_and_Guernsey_Cow. {image credit: vintage Guernsey, vintageposterworks.com}
LOUISIANA Cajun Milk Cows purebred Miniature Guernseys Tom & Theresa Taylor Maurice LA 337-400-2279 email We started breeding miniature Guernseys in 2010. These cattle are pure Guernsey, and selected over time for smaller stature. It is still a breed in progress. Cajun Milk Cows has miniature Guernseys that are between 40"and 44". The smallest calf we've had born is 23". We register our mini Guernseys through the American Guernsey Association to test for Guernsey purity and to DNA verify parentage. We use small, registered Guernsey bulls for purity.
MASSACHUSETTES Bristol Co Agri H.S. Ani Sci Dept Ms. Blanchette Dighton MA 508-669-6744 x129 email
NEW HAMPSHIRE Stone Hedge Farm Peggy Delong Tamworth NH 603-323-8335 email
VERMONT Gopher Broke Farm Jane L. Waterman Hyde Park VT 802-888-9280 email
VIRGINIA Little Owl Natural Farm Dutch Belted and Guernsey Linda Uihlein Free Union, VA 434-973-6015 email
CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA Ashton Oasis Farm Herman Drescher Enderby BC 250-838-2655 email
CANADA: MANITOBA Brambles Farm Heritage Guernsey Rebecca Lange Roblin MB 204-937-8349 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Brady Farm Jeff & Roberta Brady Yarker ON 613-358-1260 email
CANADA: SASKATCHEWAN Catherwood Livestock Les & Betty Hamm Perdue SK 306-237-9286 email
INTERNATIONAL: GUERNSEY ISLAND Future Guernsey Dairy Project
Miniature Guernsey Enthusiasts private Facebook group: “... for those interested in breeding small statured Guernsey cows. Also discussing smaller statured registered Guernsey bulls and participating in the genetic recovery program are goals within this group.”
The World Guernsey Cattle Federation, The Hollyhocks 10, Clos des Goddards Rue des Goddards Castel GY5 7JD Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Contact person: Courtney Walker
Royal Guernsey Agricultural & Horticultural Society, States Arcade Balcony, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Isles.
Protecting a rare breed: the Guernsey cow (8:33)
Alderney; Herd Book of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (Alderney Branch); Royal Alderney Agricultural Society (The Alderney Branch of the Royal Guernsey A. and H. Society), P.D. Sumner, secretary, The Bungalow, Butes, Alderney, Channel Isles.
HEREFORD: Heritage Breeders Directory. Pedigree Traditional Hereford cattle, also called Heritage, Traditional or Original Population (OP) Herefords trace back to herd books started in the United Kingdom in 1846. Hereford herds in North America were pure until “breed improvement” during the 1970s frame wars brought in outside breed genetics to quickly increase frame scores and add pigment. This Directory gathers only breeders who select Hereford cattle of old bloodlines preserved from the 1960s and before. {image credit: freevintageimages.co.uk}
More History: Breeders in Herefordshire, England, began the Hereford Herd Book
in 1846. In the 1870s-1880s almost 4000 head were imported to the Americas. Pure Hereford breeding began here in 1881, when Gudgell and Simpson of Independene Missour imported the bull Anxiety 4th from England. Many heritage Herefords today trace back to that bull. In 1898 Robert Hazlett of Hazford Place, El Dorado Kansas bought an Anxiety 4th bred bull from Gudgell and Simpson. He in turn became known for his bull lines, Beau Brummel and Lamplighter. Most of the Hazlett herd was purchased in 1936 by Harper and Turner of Sulphur, Oklahoma, who developed the Rupert, Tone, Beau and Bocaldo Hereford lines. In 1948 the bull TR Zato Heir was purchased from the Patterson Ranch in Bismark ND, and was added into those genetics.
Line 1 Horned Hereford Cattle history: Line Ones originated on the Fort Keogh Research Station in Miles City, Montana. For many years the herdsman at the Research station was Ray Woodard. He convinced his 2 brother-in-laws Les Holden and Jack Cooper that they should use these cattle in their herds in the late 40's. Jack Cooper and Les Holden were half brothers with the same mom but different fathers. They used Miles City cattle and the "rest is history". When you hear 'Line One' the person is likely referring to cattle with a heavy amount of Cooper and Holden breeding in them. On pedigrees you can see these as "CL 1 Domino_" the breeding of Cooper Hereford Ranch now run by Mark Cooper and "HH Advance" cattkel is the breeding of Holden Herefords ran by Jack Holden. While Cooper and Holden are known for their predominantly Line 1 herds, their herds are not straight station bred. There are a couple of lesser known herds that do maintain straight station bred Line 1s and to them being purist is very important. Their commitment to the integrity of straight station Line 1s is great in case something ever happens to the government funded station program. The Line 1 herds are some of the few that offer truly predictable results.
ARKANSAS Fourche River Farm “old style” Hereford cattle Greg & Lavonne Hickl Harvey AR 479-299-4368 email
KANSAS Deewall Family Herefords Mike and Jane Nash Deewall Coldwater KS 620-635-5978 email Over 105 Years of Nash / Deewall line bred Hereford Cattle (Advance Domino & President Mischief) since 1914. Our Horned and Polled Hereford cattle are easy keepers and they do it on grass.
NORTH DAKOTA Pollestad Herefords (since 1927) Steven Pollestad Taylor ND 701-974-3970 email
OKLAHOMA Day Herefords Richard & Sheila Day Roff OK 580-456-7567 email
OKLAHOMA Lent Anxiety Horned Herefords Jim Lent Indiahoma OK 580-246-3560 email old English foundation line Anxiety 4th linebred Horned Herefords that go back to the 1800s, all Jim's cattle are frame score 2, structurally sound, with great feet. Anxiety cows are known for grazing rugged country, fighting off predators, and always bringing a calf to wean. Outcrossing with other breeds or even other pure lines of Herefords, offers great heterozygosity.
TEXAS Faith Valley Farm Gary & Nancy Daugherty Gatesville TX 254-205-0554 email Producing traditional bloodlines and old style Angus and Herefords by using vintage semen, closed herds and select sources - no modern genetics - no outside breed influence. Mr. Daugherty worked on a Classic (Traditional) Hereford Restoration breeding herd project together w/ the former Haley Hollow Farms of Tennessee.
INTERNATIONAL: Australia Cotmore Downs Peter Hall New South Wales Mr. Hall's great, great grandfather established Cotmore Herefords in the UK, circa 1780. The United Kingdom once boasted at least 80 Hereford cow families with that number dwindling to 20 today. In Australia, Peter Hall's re-emerging lines of old Hereford genetics include the Cotmore bull line, and the Lovely, Gaudy, Pansy, Gypsy, and Mayflower cow lines, which can serve as a valuable source for future genetic diversity.
INTERNATIONAL: United Kingdom Traditional Hereford Breeders Club (THBC) was formed in 1996 by Hereford cattle breeders in the UK who wished to maintain the native or Original Population (OP) of Herefords, which are pure Hereford cattle born and raised in the United Kingdom, and whose ancestry is traceable to the original 1846 Herd Book. Read about the heritage breed's history here. Traditional Hereford cattle are recognized as a Category 5 rare breed by the Rare Breed Survival Trust (who believe there are only around 1100 females in the world). They are descended exclusively from the original population of English Hereford cattle with no outside breed bloodlines, unlike commercial Herefords. They are the ultimate foragers, capable of producing exceptional beef entirely on grass. They are noted for their ease of calving and very docile temperaments.
HEREFORD, MINIATURE: The fullblood smaller frame score lines of Herefords are actually heritage cattle. Their pedigrees trace back to before the “frame wars” of the 1970's when outside genetics were introduced for quick breed “improvement” to stay competitive with the beef market in North America. Fullblood miniature Herefords "began" at the Point of Rocks Ranch owned by the Largent family of Texas. They along with other breeders, deliberately chose not to follow the fad, and bred pure Hereford cattle with the old efficient types & bloodlines, smaller frame scores, and increased efficiency per acre of grass. Fullblood Miniature Herefords are the major source of traditional Hereford genetics in North America today. {image credit: drovers-journal-com}
FLORIDA Paradise Ranch Mini Herefords Oliver Ray Fort Myers FL 239-825-0015 email Our goal is to breed quality, very small registered Mini-Herefords (4- 5-aught frame scores) that continue to have correct breed conformation.
TEXAS Crazy Sisters Cattle Company Heath White Waskom TX 903-926-7148 email Specializing in smaller framed registered fullblood show quality Miniature Herefords.
TEXAS Falster Farm Mini Cattle Ranch Mini Herefords Karl & Nancy Falster Winnsboro TX 903-629-3034 email Very small, high quality breeding stock and semen.
Miniature Hereford Breeders Association (MHBA) member list
American Hereford Association (all frame scores) (AHA) Animal Search
(Scottish) HIGHLAND Breeder Directory: Only fullblood 100% Scottish Highland cattle are eligible for listing in this directory, and here the focus is on unusual colors, markings or sizes. Many fullblood Scottish Highland cattle are small framed, but not many are miniature sized. Confusingly, many Highland-type little cattle are registered each year in miniature registries labeled as "foundation pure". Those with fancy double dilutes or markings can fetch high prices sold to buyers who are swept up in the fad. Under the breeder listings are links to Highland herd book directories kept by AHCA, HHCA & Canadian Highland registries. {image credit: Highland semen sales for TBR Gandolf}
CALIFORNIA Outlander Highlands ACHA registered miniature & midsize Scottish Highland cattle Elisa Peskin Alpine, CA 619 933 9092 email
CALIFORNIA Raintree Heritage Highlands Miniature & Midsize Scottish Highland cattle Adam Simms Goleta CA 805-886-0798 email 17 producing mamas and the latest crop of calves were all sired by a son of our foundation bull Brig Waylon. Our small cattle are selected for excellent temperament, excellent udders & feet, fertility, calving ease and mothering ability, and small frames, with excellent grass fed and rough pasture foraging ability.
MICHIGAN Mulberry Meadow Miniatures Miniature Scottish Highland cattle Greg & Christy Thacker Elwell MI email
MISSOURI David Embury 417-855-0415 or 417-469-2411 Willow Springs MO In 2019 David had a 2017 yellow FS00 fullblood Scottish Highland heifer for sale; he owned both parents; her small framed white dam was RLE Little Nell Pride #55470 and her silver sire was RW Anchorage #52797.
MISSOURI Webb Cattle Company AHCA Highlands, miniature Highlands Breckenridge MO 660-247-0397 email semen offered on Cheek's Sunset Silver
"Dollar" AHCA #61165 (FS0)
MONTANA Big Sky Acres, Great Falls, MT, 406-799-7047, email. Dun bull: DuckDog Creek Hamish AHCA #63655, 41" @ 2YO.
NEBRASKA Farm Cottage Creamery, Libby Milroy & Ron Green DVM, North Platte NE, 308-530-2964, email. Raising heritage animals for the homesteader, including some small frame fullblood Highlands.
NEBRASKA Rock-A-Billy Ranch pure Miniature Highlands Jerry & Victoria Green Garland NE email breeding quality Miniature Highlands for fiber and pets. Registered and unregistered livestock. Our fullblood miniature Highlands are registered with the Heartland Highland Cattle Association.
NORTH CAROLINA Big Ridge Farm Scottish Highland Cattle Raleigh NC email We often get questions about miniature highlands - this is a term that is sometimes used to deceive buyers and "miniature" is not recognized by the Scottish Highland herd book breed standard. That being said, our registered bull's lineage grows out petite, well developed cattle, that are efficient and easy on pasture."
OKLAHOMA Rockin Ridgway Ranch Sean & Katie Ridgway Sand Springs OK 918-521-1688 We raise fullblood (100%) miniature Scottish Highland cattle. email Find us on Facebook.
OREGON Croaker Crossing Farm Jenna Johnson Beaverton OR 971-770-0696 email Jenna has some fullblood 100% pure miniature and small frame Highland cattle. She also breeds a lot of crossbreds, so make sure you clarify what you are asking about.
TENNESSEE Ruddy Byre Highlands standard & miniature heritage Scottish Highlands Philip & Yvonnda Agent Rockvale TN 931-446-9723 email
TENNESSEE Whats 1 More Farm small frame Scottish Highland cattle Christina Coppolino Elizabethton TN 321-432-7833 email Find us on FB @WhatsOneMoreFarm; a lot of crossbreds, but a few fullblood miniatures.
TEXAS Douget Fold Miniature Highlands Erin Doguet Jourdanton TX email
TEXAS Galloping Winds Ranch real miniature Scottish Highland cattle Rob & Teresa Barr-Jones Florence, TX email We raise registered 100% fullblood Highland cattle, selected over 5 generations for small frames; most of our cattle are FS-0 to FS-0000.
WEST VIRGINIA Cabin Creek Mini Farm miniature Highland Perry & Shelley Gains Buckhannon WV 304-669-7950
WISCONSIN Ravenwood Minis 100% pure miniature Scottish Highland cattle Mike & Kathy Kruk email Jefferson WI We select and breed smaller Scottish Highlands that we believe are closer to their ancestral size.
WYOMING Mountain High Mini Cows fullblood miniature Scottish Highland Evanston WY 307-789-2469 We are a small ranch that raises fullblood midsize and miniature Belted Galloway and Scottish Highland cattle. Our Highland cattle are registered with the American Highland Cattle Association.
American Highland Cattle Association member directory
Heartland Highland Cattle Association member directory
Canadian Highland Cattle Society member directory
Heritage Cattle Registry | Homestead Cattle Association, certifies already-registered, & registers (when needed) any fullblood 100% miniature Scottish Highland Cattle, and educates new owners in the Miniature Cattle industry about the difference between the heritage and the more popular crossbred and graded up miniature cattle.
JERSEY directory of cattle with pure bloodlines and pedigrees that trace back to Jersey Island heritage cattle, with no known outside genetics... It is not clear if the breeders included in this directory raise actual 100% heritage Jersey, but they do concentrate on proven grass fed genetics. {image credit: hoodandbroomfield.co.uk}
ARKANSAS Wilson Ranch Rob Wilson Heber Springs, Arkansas Phone: 501-362-2714 Ranch Rob Cell: 501-206-4337 Nan Cell: 501-206-4335 no email found Our old New Zealand bloodline A2/A2 Jersey cattle are easy calving, good milkers with excellent udders and teat placement with good grass genetics. We also raise traditional Aberdeen Angus, the pure, original Scotch bloodlines.
CONNECTICUT New Pond Farm Jersey West Redding, CT 203-938-2117 email
GEORGIA Sustainable Genetics Bill Hodge Franklin, Georgia 770.605.6385 email Frozen Semen. A repository of old line, maternal efficiency genetics including heritage New Zealand Pinebank Angus genetics and grass fed old Jersey genetics.
LOUISIANA Cajun Milk Cows fullblood & purebred Miniature Jerseys Tom & Theresa Taylor Maurice LA 337-400-2279 email Cajun Milk Cows is a family farm in south Louisiana, breeding miniature Jerseys and miniature Guernseys since 1998. We breed family milk cows that are miniature, 38"-42" in height, so that small acreage homestead families can enjoy fresh milk. We have painted, polled, and A2 genetics in our herd. We have a few fullblood 100% Jersey cattle that qualify as miniature. Our herd is tested yearly for diseases and is free from Bovine Leukosis Virus (BLV), BVD, Brucellosis, Campylobacter, Coxiella Burnetii (Q Fever), IBR, Johnes, Leptospirosis, Neopsora, and TB. We drink our milk raw and only sell disease free mini milkers.
NEBRASKA DuckDawg Creek Farms, Libby Milroy & Ron Green DVM, North Platte NE, 308-530-2964, email: imlibby@nque.com. Raising heritage animals for the homesteader, including some registered 100% Jerseys.
Island Jersey preservation news in UK
World Jersey Cattle Bureau
Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society-Royal Jersey, Showground Milk Records La Route de la Trinite JE3 5JP Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Jersey Cattle Society of the United Kingdom, Edward Ashby, secretary, 19 Bloomsbury Sq., London, W.C.1, England.
A Genetic Investigation of Island Jersey Cattle, the Foundation of the Jersey Breed: Comparing Population Structure and Selection to Guernsey, Holstein, and United States Jersey Cattle, Front. Genet., 17 April 2020; Sec. Livestock Genomics
Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00366.
IRISH KERRY dairy cattle {image credit: vintage photo of Kerry cow}
IDAHO Rocky Farms Naomi Dittmann PO Box 1298 Bonners Ferry, ID
IOWA Beechy Kerry Cattle Farm Elmer Beechy Bloomfield IA 641-208-1252
KANSAS Thooft Irish Kerry Cattle Janet & Len Thooft Paxico KS
KANSAS Wakarusa Ridge Ranch Clay & Patti Adams Overbrook KS 785-836-3065 email
KENTUCKY Hershberger Farm Henry Hershberger 895 Amish Rd Sonora, KY
MAINE O'Meara Family Farm John O'Meara New Sweden ME email
MASSACHUSETTES Buck Hill Farm (& AKCA) Jody Jess Westminster MA 978-874-2734 email
MASSACHUSETTES Kerry Lea Farm Lawrence Bruffee Shelburne Falls MA 413-625-9595 email
MASSACHUSETTES Shingle Brook Farm Beth Manning Shelburne MA email
NEW YORK Reilly Kerry Farm Robert Reilly Latham NY 518-783-1223 email
PENNSYLVANIA BCBC Farm Brenda Picard Frenchville PA email
VIRGINIA Hickory Haze Farm Scott Fisher Catlett VA email
CANADA: ALBERTA Cathryns Kerrys Sam & Myrla Johnson Black Diamond AB 403-818-2017 email
CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA Alderbrook Grange Amber Rowse-Robinson Sooke BC 250-532-5869 email
CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA Tatlayoko Fold Eliza Mitchell Tatlayoko BC email
CANADA: ONTARIO Whole Village Farm Milton Wallace Caledon ON 519-942-1826 email
CANADA: PRINCE EDWARD ISLE Rustaret Farm Rusty Bittermann & Margaret McCallum Kinkora PEI 902-887-3719 email
CANADA: QUEBEC Quinn Farm Elwood Quinn L'Île-Perrot QC 514-941-1510 email
CANADA: SASKATCHEWAN SK Ranch Dwayne Pole Shaunavon SK 306-295-3366 email
CANADA: SASKATCHEWAN Spring Valley Ranch Jim Saville Ravenscrag SK 306-295-4124 email
American Kerry Cattle Association (AKCA) ~ Breeder List
British Kerry Cattle Society, R. O. Hubl, secretary, The Milestone, Stanmore Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, England.
Kerry Cattle Herd Book, Royal Dublin Society, Horace H. Poole, registrar, Ball's Bridge, Dublin, Ireland.
LINEBACK HERITAGE BREEDS: This directory includes breeders of Randall or Randall Lineback cattle, Lynch Linebacks, English Longhorns {image credits: Randall Lineback by Jeannette Beranger ~ English Longhorn; Brittanic Rare Breeds}
CONNECTICUT Howland Homestead Farm Randall Cattle Phil & Dianne Lang South Kent CT email We raise rare heritage Randall cattle. We sometimes have Randall cattle breeding stock available for sale. In 2001, along with Cynthia Creech, we formed a breed registry.
CONNECTICUT Stamford Museum Randall Lineback and Native Shorthorn cattle Victoria Jaffery Stamford CT 203-977-6529 or 203-987-7074 email A wildlife and heritage livestock living museum with public access
MASSACHUSETTES West Wind Farm Randall Lineback Cattle Michael Doyle Brimfield MA 508-434-1200 email
NEW YORK Little Seed Gardens Randall Linebacks Willy Denner & Claudia Kenny Chatham NY 518-392-0063 email organic family farm and CSA
VERMONT Brent Newell Randall Lineback Cattle West Wardsboro VT 802-896-6264 email
VIRGINIA Bayshore Farm English Longhorns Shenandoah Valley VA 540-335-9137 email
VIRGINIA Chapel Hill Farm Randall Lineback Cattle Joe Henderson Berryville VA 540-773-2688 email
VIRGINIA Sunnyfield Farm Randall cattle Tom & Jo Mariannino Chase City VA 434-372-4397 email
WASHINGTON Marchmont Farm Randall Lineback Cattle Garrett & Sophia Williams Friday Harbor WA 541-425-0469, 541-219-2161 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Lynch Cattle Lynch Lineback & Randall Cattle Robert Lynch Mallorytown ON 613-659-2881
CANADA: ONTARIO Foxfire Heritage Farm Lynch Lineback Cattle, Canadienne Dairy Cattle Danielle Seguin Powassan ON 705-978-1895 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Fine Line Farm Lynch Lineback Cattle Glenn McCaig Brockville ON 613 802 1696, 613 246 0268 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Homestead Linebacks Lynch Lineback Cattle Leigh Manierka Westport ON email
CANADA: ONTARIO McCaig Linebacks Lynch Lineback Cattle Glenn McCaig Brockville ON 613-802-1696
CANADA: ONTARIO Old 99 Farm Lynch Lineback Cattle Ian Graham Dundas ON 905 627 1917 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Perrys Corner Farm Lynch Lineback Cattle Megan Thomas Bright ON 519-897-2605 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Rock N Horse Farm Lynch Lineback Cattle Arlee & Diane Sheets Almonte ON 613-256-6117 email
Randall Cattle Registry. We are seeking new breeders who will appreciate Randall cattle as they are, and not seek to change them; feeding a forage diet, and putting them to work on the farm or homestead producing milk, meat, and draft power. If you would like to be a part of the Randall cattle conservation effort, can manage the details of maintaining pure breeding, and understand the management needs of a forage efficient, genetically unique breed of cattle, please contact us.
HERITAGE RED POLL BREEDER DIRECTORY: The Red Poll breed originated as a dual purpose breed in England in the early 1800s by crossing the Norfolk beef and the Suffolk polled dairy cattle breeds. The Norfolk, now an extinct breed, was known for the high quality of its beef. The Suffolk, technically extinct, but being regenerated, was a polled dairy breed. {photo credit: Stevie Wonder, Red Poll bull owned by Jovid Cattle Co., cattletoday.com}
CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA Elste Farm Thilo & Andrea Elste Vanderhoof BC email
CANADA: MANITOBA Circle H Farms Kristelle Harper Brandon MB 204-740-0376 email
CANADA: NOVA SCOTIA Veenholst Farm Martin & Patricia Veenholst Westville Pictou County NS 902-396-3703 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Elste Farm Thilo & Andrea Elste Elora ON 519-843-3481 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Harris Farm Mary-Jean Harris Chesley ON 519 379 2036
CANADA: ONTARIO Schill Red Poll Cattle Wendy Schill Wallenstein ON 519-638-3207
American Red Poll Association breeder search page. American Red Poll Association MISSION: "To reach out to breeders and consumers to provide information about grass finish genetics, management and marketing"
Red Poll Cattle Society of UK still being bred as the original dual purpose type breed. The Red Poll world is made up of members from every walk of life and has links throughout the world. There are members of Red Poll organisations in Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America as well as those in the "mother country" of the UK and all will say that it is truly a family of like-minded people who enjoy nothing better than to get together and talk about Red Polls.
HERITAGE SHORTHORN DIRECTORY: Heritage Shorthorns are exactly the same as Native Shorthorns. HSS was formed on January 1, 2018 to stimulate the preservation, production, and promotion of Heritage (Native) Shorthorns. When the American Milking Shorthorn Society started their “Native” Shorthorn registration program in 1988 nothing previously existed to separate pure full blood 100% Shorthorns (all ancestors tracing to the original 1822 Coates Herd Book) from other less pure Shorthorns that trace back to the Coates herd book of 1822 with pure bloodlines from England and Scotland are as rare as old pure lines of Angus and Herefords. The frame wars of the 1970s just about decimated all the pure Shorthorns in North America. And in the UK by the early 1970s, beef Shorthorn breeders were concerned their cattle were too small and lacked muscle, especially when compared with the famous beef breeds that were starting to be introduced there in the UK. To over come this issue, the Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society sanctioned the introduction of Maine-Anjou blood into the breed in 1976. But a few dedicated preservation breeders have saved what is left of pure Shorthorn cattle on both sides of the ocean. There is a large size range in the Heritage Shorthon breed. The rarest Heritage Shorthorns would include the smallest frame cattle. We have been searching for any fullblood heritage Shorthorns in miniature frame scores, and as of yet, have not found any. There are some lines of high-heritage-influenced Shorthorns (ASA100 cattle) found in miniature size listed in our Heirloom Durham Shorthorn Directory, for those seeking a small verion for the homestead. {image credit: Cruikshank Golden Thistle, Heritage Shorthorn Society}
CALIFORNIA Iron Wire Ranch Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Katie & Shaun White Janesville CA 530-251-3237 email
CALIFORNIA Spring Coyote Ranch Marshall, CA 415-663-8354 email
CONNECTICUT Airline Farm Beef Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Rebecca & Frank McLean III Cobalt CT 860-550-4205 email Grassfed beef, cow calf, Heritage cattle, Native Shorthorn semen
FLORIDA Foxfire Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Zane W. Sunday DeFuniak Springs FL 850-859-2543 email
GEORGIA Austin Heritage Shorthorns G. Dallas Austin Lewisville GA 678-485-2879 email
IDAHO Idalee Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Martin & Susan Lee Jerome ID 208-539-4104 email
IDAHO Open A Heart Ranch Registered AMSS Heritage Native Shorthorn Boise ID 208-830-7982 Genetically superior dual purpose cattle; DNA tested, milk protein A2A2.
IDAHO Richmond Park Farm Heritage Native Shorthorns John Phillis & Mary Combs Saint Maries ID 208-689-3167 email
ILLINOIS Meriville Farm Hoffmans Best Yet A.I. Sires Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Earlville IL 815-246-9523 Milking Shorthorns, dual purpose / family cows, grassfed, Heritage / Native Shorthorn semen
ILLINOIS Willow Branch Shorthorn Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorns Roger Lakamp Jacksonville IL 217-204-2894 email
INDIANA Daisy Hill Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Joshua Keesling Greenfield IN 336-301-3532 email Beef, dual purpose / family cows
INDIANA Endurance Shorthorns Grand Oaks Farm Crawfordsville IN 317-412-3360
INDIANA XL Shorthorns Native/ Heritage Shorthorns Alan Leap Flat Rock IN 765-525-7152 email
IOWA Diamond W Enterprises Native (Heritage) Beef Shorthorn Sterling Weeda Holstein IA 515-460-1066 email
IOWA How-Mar Milking Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Marc Howe Unionville IA 641-799-2630 email
IOWA Mapleton Polled Shorthorns Native Heritage Shorthorns Bert Moore Indianola IA 701-541-5035 email Quietly preserving the Shorthorn Breed in the hills of southwest Iowa.
IOWA Studer Shorthorns Dale & Anita Studer Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Creston IA 641-344-8035 email Quietly preserving the Shorthorn Breed in the hills of southwest Iowa.
MARYLAND Delldale Farm Native dual purpose cattle David W. Dell 600 Johnsville Rd. Keymar MD text 443-398-4287 email Your eastern source for native genetics.
MASSACHUSSETTES Shinglebrook Farm Native Shorthorn Beth Manning Shelburne MA 413-625-9967 email Heritage Shorthorns, semen for sale.
MICHIGAN RedHawk Highlands Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Dale & Catherine Muter Cass City MI 989-872-5383
email We produce beef, Dual Purpose family cows, Grassfed.
MINNESOTA DMH Cattle Company Dennis & Mary Hoffrogge Sleepy Eye, MN 507-227-5745 email standard and small frame heritage / native Shorthorn and Lincoln Red cattle and semen.
MINNESOTA Hidden Hill Farm Shorthorns (HHFS) Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Roy & Diane Lovaas Isle MN 763-772-5180 email
MINNESOTA The Landing Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Richard Williams Shakopee MN 763-694-7786 email
MISSOURI Misty Overlook Ranch Native (Heritage) Shorthorn David & Diane Robertson Crocker MO 573-286-6925 or 703-470-5298 or 703-362-5172 email 100% grassfed heritage beef cattle w/ A2 Genetics
MISSOURI Nile Valley Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Hendrickson Family Sedalia MO 618-367-4190 email
MISSOURI Ridge View Shorthorn Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Paul & Marian Wheeler Appleton City MO 660-476-5555 or 660-492-5749 Raising Dual Purpose homestead family cows, bulls & calves for sale.
MONTANA CR Cattle Native Heritage Shorthorns Caleb Reichhardt Butte MT 406-491-6597 email
MONTANA Diamond K Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Wally Klose Twin Bridges MT 406-684-5414 or 406-684-5338 or 406-596-1034 email Beef cattle, Heritage/Native Semen
MONTANA McClelland Shorthorns Native Heritage Shorthorns Tom McClelland Manhattan MT 406-282-7392 email
MONTANA Y Lazy Y Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Ralph & Nancy Jane Larson Corvallis MT 406-961-5478 or 406-360-3793 email
NEBRASKA Pure Grass Beef Kathryn Engel 607-227-0380 email Kathryn has researched the old heritage bloodlines of cattle and their history and relationship to each other, along with grass fed genetics. She raises a few midsized heritage Shorthorn and a few small frame heritage Riggit Galloway.
NEBRASKA Haumont Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Kevin Cooksley Weissert NE 308-872-2617 or 308-870-0986 email Milking Shorthorns, Beef, Heritage, Grassfed cattle; All are 100% pure Shorthorn and free from the genetic defects which plague some Shorthorn bloodlines.
NEVADA Albaugh Ranch registered purebred Native Heritage Shorthorn cattle Norris & Suzie Albaugh Fallon NV Albaugh Ranch runs about 150 purebred Shorthorns. The Albaugh Family started ranching in 1946 with purebred native Shorthorn cattle purchased from the Midwest Shorthorn Congress sale. Their herd is dual registered with both the American Shorthorn Association and the American Milking Shorthorn Society where the cattle are in the Native Program (the predecessors must trace back to the original two herd books with no outside breed influence--no Angus, Hereford, Maine Anjou etc crossbred into this line). The Albaugh Ranch purebred Shorthorns ALL trace back to the 1820's. The Albaugh Ranch is committed to supplying all natural, grass finished, hormone and antibiotic-free beef. Cattle and semen for sale.
NEVADA Holley Family Farm,
Robert Holley,
Dayton, NV, 775-246-1032
NEVADA J Bar J Ranch Native Heritage Shorthorns Jack & Joyce Barnes Fallon NV 775-867-3655 or 866-464-5761 email Heritage Beef & Milking Shorthorns, A2 genetics, semen for sale
NEVADA Silver Lake Ranch miniature Jersey Charshafian family Silver Springs NV
NEVADA Witte Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Herman & Pegi Witte Fallon NV 775-423-1571 or 775-217-0301 email Heritage Beef Shorthorns
NORTH DAKOTA CSB Native Shorthorn Chris & Sarena Blotter Turtle Lake ND 701-460-7790 email We have been using bulls sired by some of the older shorthorn genetics from the 60's and 70's to help preserve the old style shorthorn. Our cattle are a selected Heritage Shorthorn from animals whose ancesters trace back 100% to the 1800's or the Clay Importation as know by many. These shorthorns are quite rare in the world and do have a different DNA pattern than modern shorthorns.
NORTH DAKOTA CSB Shorthorns Chris & Sarena Blotter Turtle Lake, ND 701-460-7910 email small frame heritage cattle. Find us on facebook.
NORTH DAKOTA SL Shorthorn Native fullblood heritage Shorthorn Sam & Josephine Braddock ND 701-840-4017
OHIO JLC Company Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Joe Cavanaugh Richmond OH 740-317-8034 email
OREGON Whispering Hills Farm Joe & Sue Schallberger DVMs Dallas, OR 503-704-2408 email offering polled Beef and Milking Heritage Shorthorns, grass fed genetics, A2 genetics, semen for sale, tested for Johne's disease, & BLV. All Whisper cattle are raised in a totally grass fed environment with no hormones or supplements of any type except minerals. Drs Joe & Sue Schallberger were instrumental in forming the Heritage Shorthorn Society. They are members of the Livestock Conservancy. They own Shorthorn Select Semen. Joe provides many educational articles in his Shorthorn Bulletin newsletter, and provides consultation.
PENNSYLVANIA Glenn Holly Farm Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Michael & Sharon Allison Midland PA 724-544-2343 or 724-312-5653 email
TENNESSEE Eagles Nest Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Bobby Halcomb Portland TN 615-325-6428 or 615-202-0945 email Beef, Heritage, Grazing, Cow/calf, Milking Shorthorns
TEXAS Hartsdale Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Dale Hart Friona TX 806-250-3871 Raising dual purpose polled family cows, grass fed genetics
UTAH Cantagree Milking Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Gene Hiibner & Darren Wold Mendon UT 435-752-9237 or 435-230-5612 email Dairy, Beef, Heritage, Cow/calf, Milking Shorthorns, semen for sale, A2 Genetics.
VIRGINIA Benchmark Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Shorthorn David Bender & David Chupp Pearisburg VA 540-922-5755e email
VIRGINIA Swallowfield Farm Native Shorthorn Cattle Jonathan Musgrove & Martha Tubman Rockbridge Baths VA email
WASHINGTON La Quilla Shorthorns Native (Heritage) Beef Shorthorn Duane & Jo Lehman Rice WA 509-738-6595 email
WASHINGTON One Straw Ranch Inc Native (Heritage) Shorthorn Martin & Charlotte Frederickson Chimacum WA 360-531-0404 or 360-302-0793 email
WASHINGTON O'Silvan Farm Native Heritage Shorthorns Tamara Beltz Rice WA email
WISCONSIN Heritage Shorthorns Native Shorthorn Mike Cottrell DePere WI 920-833-7139
CANADA: MANITOBA Double G Bar Shorthorns Heritage Shorthorns Jonathan and Earl Gibson McAuley MB 306-435-9791 email
CANADA: MANITOBA Hatfield Shorthorns Heritage Beef Shorthorns Monty Thomson Gladstone MB 204-870-0089 email
CANADA: MANITOBA Ross Heritage Beef Shorthorns Grayson Ross Brandon MB 204-851-2293 email
CANADA: MANITOBA Harper Lincoln Red Cattle Brian Harper Brandon MB 204-724-0936
CANADA: ONTARIO Donnelly Heritage Beef Shorthorns Gerald Donnelly Caledon East ON 905-584-2470 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Emadale Farm Milking Shorthorn Doug Wherry Oshawa ON 905-728-0979 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Lynmark Milking Shorthorns Irene Vietinghoff Norwood ON 705-639-1414 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Maple Stone Farm Heritage Beef Shorthorn Robert & Carolyn Ridler East Garafraxa ON 519-928-5220 email
CANADA: ONTARIO Rock Hill Farm Heritage Beef Shorthorns, White Parks Kurt & Wendy McCauley Ontario email
CANADA: ONTARIO Stonehedge Farms Lincoln Red John Ashby Prescott ON 613-925-5778 email
CANADA: SASKETCHEWAN Cozart Shorthorns Heritage Beef Shorthorn Wayne Cozart Brownlee SK 306-759-2065
CANADA: SASKETCHEWAN • Matsalla Milking Shorthorns • Sheldon Matsalla 306-335-7667
CANADA: SASKETCHEWAN Notukeu Creek Milking Shorthorns Wendell Bailey Gravelbourg SK 306-648-2556 email
Heritage Shorthorn Society (HSS) breeder directory
North American Lincoln Red Association (NALRA) member directory
UNITED KINGDOM Wharf Farm Stonmour Shorthorns Stephen & Lin Viccars UK email semen from Stonmour Thunder Cloud is available internationally
Rare Breeds Survival Trust Dairy Shorthorn (Original Population)
Rare Breeds Survival Trust Northern Dairy Shorthorn
The Shorthorn Cattle Society
Coates's Herd Book The Shorthorn Society of United Kingdom & Ireland
Lincoln Red Cattle Society, Agriculture House, Park St., Lincoln, England.
Sussex Herd Book Society, 17 Devonshire St., London, W.1, England.
SPANISH CRIOLLO CATTLE are American landrace breeds of Spanish cattle developed over centuries in the New World ~ and include Corriente, Florida Cracker, Pineywoods and Texas Longhorn cattle. Cracker and Pineywoods cattle evolved in the deep South where theyre also known as woods, swamp, Raikstraw, brush, scrub and Florida native cattle. They are small cattle, most in the 600 -1000 lb range. Both produce occasional guinea cattle (which Phil Sponenberg believes is the result of an autosomal recessive dwarf gene), which are smaller, wider versions with shorter heads and shorter legs. They typically have a little more muscle and are easier fleshing than Corrientes. The Florida Cracker is one of the oldest breeds of cattle in the United States descending from Spanish cattle brought to the Americas in the early 1500s. As the Spanish colonized Florida, they established typical Spanish low-input, extensive cattle-ranging systems. This heat-tolerant breed is long-lived and resistant to parasites and diseases. They are also productive on the low-quality forage found on the grasslands and in the swamps of the Deep South. Cracker and Pineywoods come in a huge array of colors & patterns, including solid, spotted, brindle, blotching, speckled, linebacks and roans. Texas Longhorns come in the same wide range of colors & markings, and also in a range of frame score sizes, including miniatures. Corrientes have mostly migrated up from Mexico, and sport the same variety of colors and patterns. {image credit: 1941 vintage postcard taken from original oil painting “Pioneers of the West” by the noted cowboy artist and poet, L.H. “Dude Larsen,” Kanab Utah.}RARE CATTLE Breeder Directories... These directories are set aside for RARE cattle that are NOT HERITAGE cattle. These directories are for hard-to-find cattle with rare or unusual lines, with unique genetics or relevant history in North America, that are not specifically promoted or recognized elsewhere.
AMERICAN LINEBACK dairy cattle; This population may include some animals of historic breeding, but the American Lineback dairy cattle breed contains Holstein and/or Milking Shorthorn upgrading, and falls short of the genetic definition of a pure heritage breed. {image credit: Susie 23D, Holderness American Lineback cow owned by Mr. Truman A. Cole, Solsville, N.Y., late 1880s.}
• PENNSYLVANIA • Ayrback Farm • Joe Stowe (ALCR president) • Oxford PA • 240-304-5735 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Gelsinger Farm • Kaitlin Gelsinger • Robesonia PA • 610-488-1266 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Harrison Farm • Luke Harrison • Saegertown PA • 814-490-7517 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Koller Farm • Nedra Koller (ALCR Treasurer) • Shoemakersville PA • 610-926-1523 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA •Kopfer Farm • Jill Vail Kopfer • Blandon, PA • 610-587-9877 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Pretty Stitches Linebacks • Bollinger Family • Elizabethtown PA • 717-342-4882 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Snook Farm • Andrew Snook (ALRC vice president) • Middleburg PA • 570-765-4787 • email
• PENNSYLVANIA • Sweet Dream Dairy • Evan Nickerson • Albion PA • 716-237-0334 • email
"Lineback Dairy Cattle" by Robert Gear, Small Farmers Journal, Winter 1986.
"American Lineback Dairy Cattle", the history of the American Lineback Cattle Registry, Hoards Dairyman, Feb 9, 2016.
"Homestead Cattle Association" recognizes and registers Historic Lineback cattle with bloodlines not heavily upgraded with commercial dairy breeds; typically
Linebacks with stronger grass fed genetics; stouter, more powerful cattle with more capacity, sometimes shorter legged, homestead dual purpose in type.
BEEFALO, miniature {image credit: Darla the mini Beefalo “Buffy's” first calf, a heifer; Billy Carpenter}
TEXAS Carpe Diem FARMily Ranch miniature Beefalo Billy & Sherrie Carpenter Springtown TX 406-600-8681 email "Raising cattle for the love of cattle" Home of Buffy, miniature Beefalo cow and her Beefalo daughter.
MISSOURI C&S Farms miniature Beefalo Clyde Anglim Oxly MO 660-619-3193 email Dexters, Highlands, Beefalo, Longhorns, Lowlines, Watusi and several micro crosses.
MISSOURI Zebu Cattle Co Dani Nickell 417-468-2409 Marshfield MO email Dani has an unusual Buffalo X miniature Zebu.
CLUB CALVES (miniature or other unusual club type composites); this directory was formed to showcase unique Club Calf herds.
OKLAHOMA Whose Ur Daddy Farm Eric Epperson, Nowata, OK. Find us on Facebook. Eric raises an unusual type of pint-sized club cattle, but without any undesirable genetic dwarf anomolies, other than just having smaller frame scores. According to what we can figure out, this dwarf bloodline traces back to one bull and his clone, Who Man Who and Who Man Who 2. So far, it exhibits the genetic action of an autosomal recessive gene. Read more about this line of mini club calves here.
DURHAM; the miniature heirloom Durham Shorthorns are an old line of little dual purpose cattle that were bred from old Shorthorns probably starting sometime in the 1900's (if not earlier). Some are very high heritage influence little beef Shorthorns, and some are more dual purpose. Most have some outside genetics mixed in, but all have been bred as little Durhams for many years. We consider this an heirloom composite, with its long history in America. {image credit: David Wilcoxen and one of his Miniature Durham cows, Rainier, Oregon}
DELAWARE Black Sun Farm Ted Dill Felton DE
IOWA JB Cattle Co Jason Boller Kalona IA 319.239.9963 email Raising small acreage Shorthorn beef cattle, and some show cattle.
OREGON Hill Valley Farm Dave Wilcoxen Alston OR Dave is a pioneer breeder of heirloom miniature Durham Shorthorn cattle. Dave found and bought a whole herd of little Durham type Shorthorns decades ago, and has raised them until he retired and sold out in 2019, but his little Durham cattle will continue to be preserved. Article, the chiefnews.com, History, minicattle.com.
OREGON Holistic Life Farm Miniature Durham cattle Dr Paul Jensen Clatskanie OR 801-367-1332 email Paul has held on to much of Dave Wilcoxen's herd for posterity.
TEXAS Rottman Ranch Marc Rottman keeps track of the mini heritage influenced Durham Shorthorns brought in from Pat Byrd Canton TX email
WASHINGTON Lazy B Lightning Ranch Miniature & Heritage Shorthorn Patricia Byrd Okanogan WA 509-422-6388 email. Pat has always raised miniatures and midsize Shorthorns; some are "heirloom," mini Durhams, and some are small frame purebred and fullblood heritage Shorthorns. Like Dave Wilcoxen, she is a pioneer breeder of these cattle. She has always selected for as pure Shorthorn she could find in small frame scores. She has bred these cattle for decades. Most of their pedigrees go back to the original Coates Herdbook of Ireland, the first herd book record established, in 1822.
WASHINGTON Green Mountain Farm Russ & Nikki Groen Woodland WA email miniature Heirloom Durham Shorthorn and small frame Heritage Shorthorns. Find us on Facebook @GroenBergboerderij.
HOLSTEIN; Miniature Holsteins are a reconstructed composite breed created from blends of various small & miniature dairy & beef breeds, and selected for black and white or red and white spotted dairy and dual purpose homestead milk cows. They may or may not have Holstein genetics in them. Cows that qualify as miniature Holsteins may be registered with the Homestead Cattle Registry, where their actual breed composite is reflected on their registration certificates.{image credit: Lisa Buchta Thorne and her miniature “Holstein,”, Annabelle; who is a milk cow that raises a big beefy calf every year. Anabelle carries Dexter BD1 and miniature Hereford genetics.}
INDIANA Lisa Buchta Thorne Petersburg IN email
UTAH Mini Cattle Pros miniature Holstein Anthony Cabral Delta UT email
WASHINGTON Garden Gate Lavender Farm miniature Holstein Vivian Spokane WA 509-244-0767
NORMANDE Fullbloods are rare in North America. Native to Normandy, France, the Normande is claimed to be descended from the cattle imported by Viking settlers in the 9th and 10th centuries. It is a hardy breed that has been selected for the efficient production of high quality milk for butter, cream and cheese. Not only is it high in protein, fat and calcium, but its milk components include small fat micelle, BB kappa casein, A2A2 beta casein. The Normande has great carcass and growth traits, and it is one of the most marbled breeds in the world. Cull cows as old as eight years can produce prime cuts that rival those of steers. The Normande is well known for its unsurpassed marbled beef, flavor and tenderness, and regularly wins blind tests for its taste. {photo credit: Sociedad de Criadores de Ganado Normando del Uruguay}
MAINE Alpen Rose Creamery Normande cattle Arundel ME 207-590-7624 Heritage dual purpose type. Closed herd, disease free small frame cattle. Steers occasionally available for oxen and beef. Quality dairy inspired by the Alps. Find us on FB @Almrosen.
NEBRASKA OuttaBox Ranch Normande H.E. Ahrens Hay Springs NE 786-562-1558 email small framed, dual purpose fullblood & crossbred Normande cattle, developing a miniature Normande composite, Belfairs & crosses; grassfed & grass finished beef & home grown commodities in northwestern Nebraska.
PENNSYLVANIA Spotted and Speckled Farm Mike & CJ Cannon Middlebury Center PA 570-376-3431 email Find us on FB @spottedandspeckled.
WISCONSIN Howling Oaks Normandes Rhonda Treml-Knebel Arpin WI 715-305-2843 email fullblood and percentage dual purpose Normandes.
PINZGAUER Fullblood Austrian Pinzgauers are relatively rare in North America; (no breeders listed yet) {image credit: new Pinzgauer calf born on B-Bar Stock Farm, New York, bbarfarm@aol.com}.
North American Pinzgauer Breeders
SQUARE MEATERS or Mini Murrays, are smaller framed Murray Grey cattle. This beef breed was developed in Australia during the early 1900s. By 1950, Australian butchers were willing to pay top dollar for Murray Greys. They are highly sought after for their outstanding meat quality and ability to efficiently finish out well on grass. On good pasture, they make good weight gains and produce well-marbled, tender beef without grain. Murray Greys came to America in the late 1960s. Although they are a premium breed for grass fed cattle, there are still relatively few herds here in the United States. The Murray Greys gentle temperament makes them very easy and enjoyable to work with. It is hard to find anyone that raises the smaller, Mini Murrays or Square Meaters. {image credit: Nada, a mini murray cow, cowwhisperer.com.au}.
COLORADO Square Meaters Cattle USA Carolyn L Watson 778 Salt Creek Rd, Ignacio CO (?)
IDAHO Double RM Ranch Murray Grey Cattle Reuben McLean American Falls ID 208-680-3620 email classic cattle registered with the National Murray Grey Registry (NMGR); very gentle, low birth weights, and exceptional gains. Colors vary from silver to dark brown & dun colors.
INDIANA Glenbrook Farm David & Sandra Moeller 717-419-1980 Leola PA email Dave Moeller was the leader of a group of American Square Meater breeders.
INDIANA Meiring Square Meaters Debra Meiring 765-437-0018 Zionsville IN find us on Facebook
KANSAS Rhiannon Foust Wakarusa IN Her cattle are Murray X Aberdeen. Find us on Facebook
MICHIGAN Steven Parsons Constantine MI raises SM cattle
MONTANA Stillwater Ranch Cattle Co registered Murray Grey cattle Belgrade MT 406-600-3378 email Murray Greys are known for superior grass finishing and a docile temperament. Easy to work with. They work well for large or small operations. Murray Greys have an excellent feed ratio and add milk to your herd. Our adjusted 205 average weights range from 550-710. Raised without antibiotics. All colors available, ranging from dun to black. Can be registered with the American Murray Grey Association or National Murray Grey Association. Semen offered on bull: PCC DC Star 5326K (straw price: $20) the first Murray Grey bull to pass Pharo Cattle Company's impressive selection process & forage based feed test. Star is small framed & meaty, perfect for those looking for animals to fit Square Meater parameters. Star was used confidently on all our yrlg heifers in 2024. His perfect 10 in tenderness is ideal for a grass finished beef program. BW: 65 lbs. Find us on Facebook.
American Murray Grey Association (AMGA) (Louisville, KY) Square Meater endorsement & registration
Murray Grey International Association (MGIA) (Burns, KS / CLRC) Members & Breeders
National Murray Grey Registry (NMGR) (Wamego, KS--may have gone defunct)
ZEBU or “eared” breeds of cattle are various Bos indicus breeds. This is a directory of unusual Bos indicus cattle in America, including various miniature Zebu composites, many bred for small homesteads or for efficiency on grass in hot, southern or tropical climates. Herds listed here include small composites derived from crossing miniature Zebu with Brahman, Guzerat, Gyr, Indu Brasil, Nelore, Sardo Negro, or Sindhi (all Zebu or Bos indicus breeds) cattle. Some are crossed with bos Taurus breeds to reproduce smaller versions of American composite breeds that thrive in the southwest. Examples of unusual Zebu composites in this directory include miniature Beefmasters, miniature Braford, miniature Brahman, miniature Brangus (Bramalow) composites develped by Marc Rottman of Texas, and Western Heritage cattle, a mini composite developed by Dustin Pillard of Iowa, and miniature Watusi, etc. {image credit: the efficient “Meatmaster” beef cow with her big weaner calf, Marc Rottman}.
TEXAS Bottelberghe Farms Texas Mini Milker Josh & Jamie Bottelberghe Stephenville TX 817-487-6077 email We have developed a Jersey X Zebu that are the perfect heat tolerant mini milker. We call them “Texas Mini Milkers.”
TEXAS Rottman Ranch new composites: mini beefmaster (“Meatmaster”) & miniature Braford (“Zeford”) Marc Rottman Canton TX email
American Miniature Zebu Association (AMZA) Florida. Member Directory and Animal Search. Has a hardship divison.
International Miniature Zebu Assocation (IMZA) Virginia. Member Directory. Founded in 1991, IMZA is the oldest registry.
National Zebu Cattle Club (NZCC) promotes and sponsors shows for both IMZA and AMZA registered cattle.
Wastani Cattle Breeders Association Missouri. The “Wastani” is a miniature to small framed Brahman-type proprietary composite developed by a couple of breeders who wish to remain anonymous. The Wastani was developed from Miniature Zebu, Gyr, Brahman and a couple other (non-disclosed) Zebu breeds. The Wastana Cattle Breeders Association will only register animals sold by the registry founders, referred to as foundation Wastani animals. The Wastani Registry has an upgrade division, but has no plans to offer a hardship division.
The Homestead Cattle Association. Registering all breeds of homestead and miniature cattle. Herdbooks are in place for any breeder that owns or breeds minature Brahman or other miniature long eared or Zebu cattle. They receive their true breed composite identified on their registration certificates.
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