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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 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 BreedsHereford Cattle Society wins landmark court case over breed status 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 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 BreedsHereford Cattle Society wins landmark court case over breed status

EveryCow

Cattle breeds of Sub-Saharan Africa

Ankole with its great horns, the Boran, Nguni and Afrikaner, the Kuri of Lake Chad and the N'Dama of the West African forest. 5 breeds on EveryCow so far.

Cattle towns, fairs and pastures

Belmont 1 Casamance 1 Gambella Regional State 1 Guinea highlands 1 Gulf Coast 1 highveld 1 Ambalavao zebu market Borana and the singing wells Bor and the Dinka cattle camps Diafarabé and the cattle crossing Fouta Djallon Lake Chad and the Kuri Mara and the Afrikaner country Mbarara and Ankole Nyanza and the royal Inyambo southern Ethiopia Terekeka and the Mundari camps The Maasai Mara Zululand and the Nguni

Products of the region

Niter kibbeh Mursik Amasi Fura da nono Melktert (milk tart)

Days

Cure Salée at In-Gall The cattle crossing at Diafarabé Savika at Eastertide

Countries

🇦🇴 Angola 1 🇧🇼 Botswana 2 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 🇸🇿 Eswatini 1 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 1 🇬🇳 Guinea 1 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 1 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1 🇰🇪 Kenya 2 🇲🇱 Mali 1 🇲🇿 Mozambique 1 🇳🇦 Namibia 4 🇳🇬 Nigeria 2 🇸🇳 Senegal 1 🇿🇦 South Africa 9 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1

Photo credits on this page

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

Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source

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Every Monday: seven cattle breeds you may not know, the cattle days of the week ahead, and one product explained step by step.