The Cattle

The Angus

This guy just makes you want a nice fat rib eye for dinner.  Smaller and more efficient eaters, these guys rock the meat category in quality.  Black skin and solid color make these guys hardy and immune to sunburn.    They are naturally polled, meaning they have no horns, and they originated in Scotland, referred to there as Angus Doddies.

 
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The Hereford

The red and white cattle you see all over the country.  These cattle excel at producing a great deal of meat.   They come from Herefordshire England, and they sport docile temperaments as well as excellent mothering instincts.  They were brought to the US by well known politician Henry Clay.   They come in polled (hornless) varieties due to a genetic mutation within the breed.

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The Texas Longhorn

Everyone knows this breed; they are famous from movies and westerns that span the generations.  Docile, intelligent, I have seen them trained to ride like horse, though I cannot imagine it is a smooth ride.  They are America’s oldest breed, and provide a very lean meat.  These cattle have been surviving for centuries on little more than weeds and sweat.