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EveryCow

Cattle breeds of Europe

Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Highland and Chianina, and hundreds of local breeds. 77 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

🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇭🇺 HungaryHungarian GreyMagyar Szürke A tall, long-horned Podolic breed from the Hungarian plains, kept for beef and draught work.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef

🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreDexter A small Irish dual-purpose breed, usually black or red, kept for milk and beef on poor land.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers

🇮🇹 Italy and 2 morePiedmontesePiemontese A white Italian beef breed known for double muscling and premium lean meat.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef

🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Rich milk

🇫🇷 FranceSalersrace de Salers A large dual-purpose breed from the Cantal mountains of France, red or black with lyre-shaped horns.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇦🇹 Austria and 5 moreFleckvieh A large Central European dual-purpose breed, red and white pied or solid red, kept for milk and beef.Composite · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇭🇷 Croatia and 1 moreBoškarin A gray dual-purpose breed from the Istrian peninsula, kept for milk and gourmet beef.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreLakenvelder A small Dutch dual-purpose breed with a black or red coat and a broad white belt around the middle.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers

🇫🇷 France and 1 moreMaine-AnjouRouge des Prés A red and white French beef breed from the Maine country, once a milk and meat animalTaurine · Beef

🇵🇱 PolandPolish RedPolska czerwona A red Polish breed kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose

🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

🇫🇷 FranceVosgienne A medium-sized French breed from the Vosges mountains, kept for milk and meatTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled 🇮🇹 Italy and 3 morePustertaler SprinzenPustertaler Schecken Rare colour-sided Alpine cattle from South Tyrol: white with brown or black flank patchesTaurine · Dual-purpose

🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled

🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreTyrol GreyTiroler Grauvieh An alpine dual-purpose breed of the Tyrol, milked and fattenedTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers

🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇫🇷 FranceArmoricaine A red and white Breton cow kept for milk and meat, once down to forty headTaurine · Dual-purpose 🇺🇦 UkraineBrown Carpathianбура карпатська A brown dual-purpose breed from the Trans-Carpathian region of UkraineTaurine · Dual-purpose

🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

🇮🇹 ItalyRendena A dual-purpose Alpine breed from the Val Rendena in Trentino, chestnut to near-black.Taurine · Dual-purpose

Photo credits on this page

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

Maremmana: Zyance, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Normande: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Maine-Anjou: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Polish Red: myself ( User:Piotrus ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Lakenvelder: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Vosgienne: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Aosta Black Pied: Lohen11, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
Piedmontese: Aleks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hungarian Grey: The original uploader was Faludi at Hungarian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Fleckvieh: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
Salers: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Armoricaine: Yannig.coulomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Boškarin: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Shorthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Rendena: User:Rendena, CC0, source
Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source

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