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Galloway Cattle
13th
Century Cattle for 21st Century Needs
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CD for sale "30 Years of Galloway History" 
Galloway cattle are the oldest living
Scottish breed - about 800 years old.
They're 13th century cattle
for 21st century needs.
They've adapted from the highlands of Scotland to the prairies of the Americas,
the savannahs of South Africa, the steppes and tundra of Russia
and from Tasmania to northern Queensland and the outback of Australia.
Galloway cattle have always been known for their tenderness and taste,
their ability to marble highly off grass and to have excellent hybrid qualities
for the serious commercial breeder.
Galloway cattle are the climate change cattle breed, 13th
century cattle for 21st century needs.
At Irrabina, we're developing
Galloway cattle based on Scottish bloodlines with the traditional characteristics:
large cattle on
short legs
gentle temperament
great body length
double hairy coats to maintain energy in adverse weather conditions
naturally polled
foraging ability
muscling
efficient feed conversion
easy calving
milking capacity
tender tasty beef
Galloway cattle
date back at least 800 years and are part of the Celtic herd of cattle. They
are unique in the beef producing world, originating when the survival of people
depended on the ruggedness and high production qualities of their cattle.
At Irrabina, our
Galloways are developed on pure Scottish lines, ranging from small to medium
size, all large-framed cattle on short legs.
Like most cattle
breeds, Galloway cattle have always come in a range of heights with a variation
in type due to selective breeding and the quality of the land on which they
were kept.
Smaller in height
than European breeds, Galloway cattle are not miniature cattle although those
at the lower height scale are called miniature in Australia.
In the 21st century
of fast foods and feedlot forced beef, Galloway cattle represent the slow
food concept of food production where bigger is not necessarily better and
faster is not necessarily efficient.
At Irrabina, breeding
a centuries' old breed of cattle certainly contains an element of history and
reliance on the observations of earlier breeders. In the 21st century there
are also tools that can be used as part of the selection process of breeding
stock and to measure the direction and success of breeding decisions. These
tools are an aid in decision making as intuition, a knowledge of the animals
and a subjective eye are necessary to retain type, those characteristics that
define the Galloway.
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