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![]() A dairy farmer all my life until 2005 when
the decision was taken to sell the milking herd of 120 Holsteins
and Jerseys and move into Highland cattle full time. We bought
our first highland cows in 2002. We now have 90 breeding cows
most are bred pure but we now put some of the lower end to the
Blonde D'Aquitaine bull. We sell a lot of breeding heifers to
fellow breeders among them a lot of first time buyers of highlands.
All the steers are put through our own shop or sold to one of
the major supermarkets at Christmas. I have judged at quite a
lot of shows in the UK and in 2009 I judged the Highlands at
the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto Canada. |
![]() I was raised on a dairy farm and upon moving
onto my grandparents homestead, we quickly realized we needed
something to keep the pastures from getting taken over by weed
and sallies. We bought our first registered highland cattle in
1992. We went to a show clinic in 1994 and caught the 'show bug'
and our family have been showing our cattle every year since
then at various shows all over Canada and the U.S. including
the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada, the National
Western Stock Show in Denver , CO and New York State Fair, amongst
many others. Our children have 'grown up' so we have cut down
the number of cattle shows we compete in to 3-4/yr. Of course
along with that , we have cut down on the number of cattle we
take to shows, as I am the 'lucky one' that gets to train and
feed the cattle for shows (before and after work) |
![]() Paul and I have been breeding Highland cattle
for the past 15 years, since we established our small fold on
our rural property in Tauranga, in 1996. I had decided that if
I was to put our 4 children through University, the financial
pain would be eased considerably if I could afford my Highlands
first!!, so our fold began with a breeding up programme of 2
C grade cattle and is now a combination of PX ( P5 s +)
and Full blooded ( Purebred ) animals. |
Disclaimer: The Virtual Highland cattle Show is a stand alone show that is not associated with any single fold or Society, and will not allow animals that are polled or minatures to participate. |