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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 variety HerdingTexas Cattle Feeders Convention to focus on herd rebuilding and 2027 outlook HistoryAncient cattle love affairs: East Asian cattle genomes reveal Tang-Song dynasty mixing and wild bovine introgression HealthState announces public comment period for proposed bovine tuberculosis testing areas ShowsNortheast 4-H Livestock Show celebrates 91 years of tradition ShowsAnnual Webster Parish 4-H Livestock Show set to begin next week BreedsA Leap Forward in Indigenous Breeding: ICAR–IVRI’s Breakthrough in Producing Sahiwal Calves through Advanced Reproductive Technologies BreedsBoyd Beef Cattle to Donate 2027 Angus Foundation Heifer Package BreedsU.P. State Fair dairy show highlights youth, dairy cattle and community 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 variety HerdingTexas Cattle Feeders Convention to focus on herd rebuilding and 2027 outlook HistoryAncient cattle love affairs: East Asian cattle genomes reveal Tang-Song dynasty mixing and wild bovine introgression HealthState announces public comment period for proposed bovine tuberculosis testing areas ShowsNortheast 4-H Livestock Show celebrates 91 years of tradition ShowsAnnual Webster Parish 4-H Livestock Show set to begin next week BreedsA Leap Forward in Indigenous Breeding: ICAR–IVRI’s Breakthrough in Producing Sahiwal Calves through Advanced Reproductive Technologies BreedsBoyd Beef Cattle to Donate 2027 Angus Foundation Heifer Package BreedsU.P. State Fair dairy show highlights youth, dairy cattle and community

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Cattle breeds of Europe

Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Highland and Chianina, and hundreds of local breeds. 121 breeds on EveryCow so far.

Cattle towns, fairs and pastures

Products of the region

Isigny butter (Normandy cultured butter)Clotted cream Buttermilk Skyr Filmjölk Viili Crème fraîche Smetana Quark Ryazhenka

Days

St Anthony's Day and the blessing of animals Imbolc and St Brigid's Day Beltane and the cattle fires Fête des Gardians St Wendelin's Day Samhain and the coming down of the herds Martinmas St Modestos's Day

Countries

🇩🇪 GermanyGerman AngusDeutsch Angus A polled German beef breed, black, brown or red, from Aberdeen Angus crossesTaurine · Beef · Docile

🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejana A rustic, gentle meat breed from Portugal's Alentejo region, once used for field workTaurine · Beef · Docile

🇷🇺 RussiaRed TambovКрасная тамбовская A red dual-purpose breed from Tambov Oblast in Russia, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose

🇵🇹 PortugalMertolenga A southern Portuguese beef breed from Mértola, once a draught ox in the rice fieldsTaurine · Beef 🇩🇪 GermanyGerman Red PiedDeutsche Rotbunte A red pied lowland breed from Germany, shaped in several regionsTaurine

🇫🇮 FinlandFinnish AyrshireSuomen Ayrshire Finland's most numerous dairy breed, red and white, from Scottish Ayrshire stockTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk

🇫🇮 FinlandFinncattle Small, hornless Finnish dairy cattle in three types: red, white and red-and-whiteTaurine · Dairy · Polled

🇨🇭 SwitzerlandÉvolène An endangered dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Alps, pied red or black with horns in both sexesTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitebred Shorthorn An always-white beef Shorthorn from the border hills, hardy and thriftyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers 🇮🇹 ItalyMucca Pisana A horned beef cow from Tuscany, chestnut-coated with a red stripe down the spineTaurine · Beef

🇧🇾 BelarusBelarus RedБеларуская чырвоная A red dairy breed of Belarus, long-lived and easy to feedTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived 🇮🇪 IrelandDroimeann A small Irish dual-purpose cow with a white stripe down its backTaurine · Dual-purpose · Docile 🇮🇹 ItalySarda A small horned beef breed from Sardinia with a dark stripe along its spineTaurine · Beef 🇵🇹 PortugalMarinhoa A large, docile breed from Aveiro District, central Portugal, in a light brown coatTaurine · Docile

🇬🇧 United KingdomBlue Grey A blue roan suckler cow, bred from a black Galloway dam and a white Shorthorn sireTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇮🇹 ItalySardo Bruna A horned, mouse-grey beef breed from the island of SardiniaTaurine · Beef 🇬🇷 GreeceGreek Shorthorn A rare, small hill breed of north-west Greece, grey-blond to dark brown in colourTaurine 🇵🇹 PortugalAlgarvia A red or chestnut triple-purpose breed from the Algarve, rebuilt from survivorsTaurine · Dairy

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

German Angus: Bernd.K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Alentejana: Tiago Lima, CC BY 2.0, source
Red Tambov: No machine-readable author provided. Nasiruddin assumed (based on copy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mertolenga: Joao 1968, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Finnish Ayrshire: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, GFDL, source
Belarus Red: Homoatrox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Finncattle: Eero Järnefelt, Public domain, source
Évolène: Trigaranus, Public domain, source
Whitebred Shorthorn: Dave Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Blue Grey: stuad70, CC BY 2.0, source

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