Some members will know of Mr Ken Prestidge who has been connected with Dairy Shorthorns for 55 years and owned...
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Dairy Shorthorns
The Native Breed that are Natural grazers with excellent Fertility, Locomotion, Longevity – the one breed that has it all. Milk yeilds of up to 10,000kg, combined with all the superior attributes of a native breed. Suitable for all types of production systems, particularly extended grazing and organic systems.
- excellent mobility
- excellent milk quality
- excellent fertility and longevity
- excellent converters of forage to milk
- excellent temperament and adaptability
The Shorthorn breed of cattle, which we know today, has evolved over the last two centuries, from Teeswater and Durham cattle found originally in the North East of England. In the late 18th Century two brothers, Charles and Robert Colling started to improve these Durham cattle using line breeding techniques established so successfully by Robert Bakewell on Longhorn cattle.