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On British Whites
Extinction of farm animals threatens food security and genetic diversity
Image ABC Central Victoria: Larissa Romensky From ABC Rural News 9 Dec 2019 Australian agriculture is rapidly breeding out diversity within farmed animals, genetics which could one day be the key to stopping diseases and adapting to changing environments. The...
Regenerative Holistic Farming with British White Cattle
British White Cattle are renown to be so closely linked to their wild descendants that they still hold many distinctive characteristics and natural instincts that have been bred out of a lot of domestic breeds over the years.One of these are their natural foraging...
Herd of British White cattle returns to UK Blenheim Estate
Repost from Daily Mail 15/11/19 Herd of British wild cattle returns to Blenheim Estate to help new trees in ancient woodland by trampling down the bracken that stops them grow (sic) The battle to protect Blenheim Palace's beautiful ancient woodland from invasive...
Robertsonian Translocation
1:29 Robertsonian Translocation, a Genetic Defect of Cattle. By Dr Ian Holmes, Ravenswood British White Cattle Stud, Benalla, Australia: 1 March 2019. Robertson discovered a chromosomal rearrangement where two normal V-shaped chromosomes fuse at their centromeres to...
Efficiency and British Whites
Efficiency is a concept that all farmers are familiar with, especially given the difficulties facing the agricultural sector in the twenty-first century. Every penny spent on feed, medicine, or veterinarian bills are pennies off the profit margin, a lesson that many...
How to Select a Proper Beef Cow Udder
How to see and select a proper beef cow udder. Udder Suspension and Teat Size Scores. Udder and teat quality are among the most important functional traits of beef females. Unsound udders and teats are associated with reduced productive life and inferior calf...
Excellence in Calving
Every farmer both loves and dreads calving time. On one hand, breeders eagerly anticipate additions to their herds. Yet calving time often means sleepless nights and risking your investment with difficult births, and then facing the possibility that your first calf...
Frame Score in Beef Cattle
Learning all about Frame Score in Beef Cattle is easy and something all beef cattle producers should be familiar with. Hip height converted to frame score is a linear measurement that helps cattle producers evaluates lean-to-fat ratio potential of an individual animal...
Traits That Will Bring Profit To Your Herd
Fertility and Ease in Calving The single most important economic trait in the cattle industry is that of fertility. That ability of a cow to give birth to a live calf each year of her productive life. The first calf should arrive at the cow’s second birthday and a...
British White Cattle are a Breed Distinguished by History
The British White is a breed that distinguishes itself in both the quality of its meat and the efficiency it offers ranchers, with good feed conversion, fertility, and ease of calving. The British White is one of the few breeds that can be traced in history for...
