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Does anyone have Scottish Highlands?
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<blockquote data-quote="grassfarmer" data-source="post: 354856" data-attributes="member: 5920"><p>Bizin, I think your neighbours were telling you some strange things. As a Scot myself I can tell you there are virtually no Highland cattle in Scotland that aren't bred to a Highland bull nowadays. I have never seen one with a welsh black or hereford calf although there may be someone, somewhere using this cross. I once saw a 10 cow herd with angus calves. Shorthorn always was the no1 cross with highlands and some herds still do that. Most Highlands in Scotland today are hobby cows kept for their looks. Saying that the Highlands are remarkable cattle with useful characteristics and a valuable gene pool. Largest rib eye of any breed measured, third highest marbling breed in the world are two of the facts to stick to the guys that run them down through ignorance. I would argue that the most successful use of the highland has been in the creation of the Luing breed. This was created from a 75% Shorthorn, 25%Highland base back in the late 1940s - a time when you could still find great examples of both breeds. Big enough but still very commercial in their traits - before the showring era of the 50s-70s (or 2000s?)when so many breeds were ruined. The Annual Luing cattle sale this spring in Scotland set the highest average for any bull sale, ever in the UK. These are a maternal cattle breed selected for functional efficiency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grassfarmer, post: 354856, member: 5920"] Bizin, I think your neighbours were telling you some strange things. As a Scot myself I can tell you there are virtually no Highland cattle in Scotland that aren't bred to a Highland bull nowadays. I have never seen one with a welsh black or hereford calf although there may be someone, somewhere using this cross. I once saw a 10 cow herd with angus calves. Shorthorn always was the no1 cross with highlands and some herds still do that. Most Highlands in Scotland today are hobby cows kept for their looks. Saying that the Highlands are remarkable cattle with useful characteristics and a valuable gene pool. Largest rib eye of any breed measured, third highest marbling breed in the world are two of the facts to stick to the guys that run them down through ignorance. I would argue that the most successful use of the highland has been in the creation of the Luing breed. This was created from a 75% Shorthorn, 25%Highland base back in the late 1940s - a time when you could still find great examples of both breeds. Big enough but still very commercial in their traits - before the showring era of the 50s-70s (or 2000s?)when so many breeds were ruined. The Annual Luing cattle sale this spring in Scotland set the highest average for any bull sale, ever in the UK. These are a maternal cattle breed selected for functional efficiency. [/QUOTE]
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