Our Cattle

The Longhorn

The Longhorn is an ancient and beautiful cattle breed with an exciting role to play in the modern beef industry. Once a Rare Breed, English Longhorns came close to extinction in the middle years of this century but have proved themselves to have a valuable role to play in the production of quality, healthy beef extensively reared on grass.

English Longhorns are not related to the American or Texas Longhorn whose ancestors came from Spain. They do have a long and fascinating history linked to that of the great livestock pioneer of the 1700s, Robert Bakewell.

English Longhorns are large lean beef cattle with an impressive sweep of horns. They are a strikingly attractive breed. The body may be any one of a wide range of brindle colours but they all have the characteristic white line along the back and down the tail, which is passed onto their cross bred progeny. The impressive horns are valued in the pedigree.

(Information taken from The Longhorn Society website)