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HerdingStarted by a grandfather in 1937, this Florida ranch now covers 50,000 acres, feeds local communities and...BreedsKasaragod Kullan set to be Keralam’s third indigenous cattle varietyHistoryAncient cattle love affairs: East Asian cattle genomes reveal Tang-Song dynasty mixing and wild bovine introgressionHealthState announces public comment period for proposed bovine tuberculosis testing areasShowsNortheast 4-H Livestock Show celebrates 91 years of traditionShowsAnnual Webster Parish 4-H Livestock Show set to begin next weekBreedsA Leap Forward in Indigenous Breeding: ICAR–IVRI’s Breakthrough in Producing Sahiwal Calves through Advanced Reproductive TechnologiesBreedsBoyd Beef Cattle to Donate 2027 Angus Foundation Heifer PackageBreedsU.P. State Fair dairy show highlights youth, dairy cattle and communityBreedsHereford Cattle Society wins landmark court case over breed statusHerdingStarted by a grandfather in 1937, this Florida ranch now covers 50,000 acres, feeds local communities and...BreedsKasaragod Kullan set to be Keralam’s third indigenous cattle varietyHistoryAncient cattle love affairs: East Asian cattle genomes reveal Tang-Song dynasty mixing and wild bovine introgressionHealthState announces public comment period for proposed bovine tuberculosis testing areasShowsNortheast 4-H Livestock Show celebrates 91 years of traditionShowsAnnual Webster Parish 4-H Livestock Show set to begin next weekBreedsA Leap Forward in Indigenous Breeding: ICAR–IVRI’s Breakthrough in Producing Sahiwal Calves through Advanced Reproductive TechnologiesBreedsBoyd Beef Cattle to Donate 2027 Angus Foundation Heifer PackageBreedsU.P. State Fair dairy show highlights youth, dairy cattle and communityBreedsHereford Cattle Society wins landmark court case over breed status
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Cattle towns, fairs and pastures

21 places where cattle are bred, traded, shown and honoured, with a trail idea for each.

Cattle townFair or marketPastureRanch countrySanctuary or reserveCity
KindAllCattle townFair or marketPastureRanch countrySanctuary or reserveCity

Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ranch country, India, 1 breedNyukmadung

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ranch country, Australia, 1 breedBelmontRanch country, United States, 1 breedGulf CoastRanch country, South AfricaMara and the Afrikaner countryA government research station in Limpopo where the Bonsmara breed was built on the Afrikaner, the trek ox of South Africa.

Europe

Ranch country, Norway, 1 breedHallingdalRanch country, Norway, 1 breedValdresRanch country, United KingdomBalmoral CastleRanch country, SpainGanadería MiuraRanch country, RussiaKaravaevoRanch country, SpainSalamanca and the dehesaHolm oak pasture of western Spain, where beef herds and the bulls bred for the ring graze among scattered trees.Ranch country, ItalyThe Maremma and the butteriCoastal Tuscany, where mounted herdsmen called butteri still work grey Maremmana cattle with great lyre-shaped horns.Ranch country, United KingdomWindsor

North America

Ranch country, United StatesFort Worth StockyardsCowtown's old stockyards district, where a herd of Texas Longhorns is driven down Exchange Avenue twice a day.Ranch country, United StatesKing RanchA south Texas ranch founded in 1853, larger than the state of Rhode Island, where the Santa Gertrudis breed was developed.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Ranch country, Brazil, 1 breedFazenda CanchimRanch country, United States, 1 breedGranard EstatesRanch country, Brazil, 1 breedSão CarlosRanch country, Brazil, 1 breedUrutaí

Oceania

Ranch country, AustraliaAnna Creek StationThe largest working cattle station in the world, in the dry country west of Lake Eyre in outback South Australia.Ranch country, AustraliaKatherine and the Victoria River DistrictNorthern Territory cattle country of huge stations, where the 1966 Wave Hill walk-off changed Australian history.Ranch country, AustraliaThe KimberleyA vast region of gorges, rivers and cattle stations in Western Australia's far north, opened by long overland droves in the 1880s.

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